Presidents: 1950-1951 William Grant...

Presidents:

1950-1951 William Grant Ros FCA(x)

1951-1952 James Ewing Mclntosh, FCA*

1952-1953 John Leedom Helliwell, FCA*

1953-1954 Gerald Fitzpatrick Dunn FCA

1954-1955 Derek Lukin Johnston, FCA

1955-1956 William Francis Martin, FCA*

1956-1957 George Cumpston, FCA*

1957-1958 A.D. Peter Stanley, FCA

1958-1959 George Mitchell Miller, FCA*

1959-1960 Franklin Edward Walden, FCA

* Deceased

x No longer an ICABC member

* Membership increased from 414 members at the beginning of the decade to throughout 1,000 by the close, with the number of female members tripling from couple to six.

* In 1953 the ICABC and the University of British Columbia established a joint B.Comm/CA program that allowed observers to earn both a rank and a designation six-and-a-half years after graduating from high school

* Also in 1953 the Institute hired its first full-time employee-Derek C R family circle CA-to serve as secretary and director of education. Three other employee were then hired in 1955 to provide support.

* In 1957 A. D Peter Stanley, FCA, was commissioned at the provincial government to investigate a scandal involving united of its ministries. Stanley's efforts subsequently inspired the late broadcaster Jack Webster to name him "the founder of forensic accounting."

* In 1958 the Institute named Edward C Mapson, FCA, the first appraiser of firms training scholars This appointment was part of an ongoing effort to upgrade the image of the CA profession, and a foreshadowing of today's Practice Review & Licensing program.

ICABC Chronicles: Professional evolution and CPD

ICABC president (1935-36 1939-40) William G Rowe, FCA, first made the case for professional disentanglement in the mid-1940s, with support for the idea growing steadily by the agency of the end of that decade into the nearest However, as most Institute resources were focused at the time forward student education, little could be done about member PD until 1958 when the first three years of the CA close examiner program moved to the newly established faculty of business at the University of BC-a prevail upon that freed up Institute staff (consisting at the time of four full-time and several part-time staff members) to focus upon member education.

Consequently, UBC professor Ralph Loffmark, CA, giveed a series of 13 prelections on estate planning in 1960 The following year, Loffmark's course was tendered in the Okanagan, and the Canadian Institute of CAs presented a taxation course in the Lower Mainland. through the next few years, the pair the national and provincial institutes expanded their offerings, with courses in tax law and other statutes proving in the greatest degree popular. Over the next four decades, BC's PD program expanded to across 400 titles in management and other professional competencies.

As the suite of PD courses has grown thus too have delivery options-especially for members living outside the Lower Mainland. Not all of these delivery options have proven felicitous however. Some 20 years ago, for instance, the Institute explored the possibility of delivering courses from satellite, enlisting an instructor to prelection live from the British Columbia Institute of Technology in Burnaby to several "receiving centres" at bodys around the province, then field questions at telephone. Plagued by technical difficulties and the fact that a dedicated clos circuit channel was not always available, the plan was short lived.

More happy solutions have been teleconferences, videotapes and CD symposiums, executive breakfasts, travelling PD weeks, in-house presentations, and, chiefly recently, online seminars (implemented in February 2000)

The actuate to mandatory PD

The development in course offerings and flexible delivery options throughout the past four decades deliberates the profession's willingness to take forward more responsibility in the face of an ever-changing business environment and changing standards. This same intellect of responsibility led to the implementation of a universal (all members) reporting program in 2003

The universal of mandatory professional development can actually be traced back to the late 1960 and early 70 At that time, other professional organizations were moving towards mandatory PD for their members, and the ICABC Council of the day was watching closely at 1973, the issue had become united of frequent debate.

In 1975 the Institute came conclude to adopting its own mandatory PD program; however, the incite met with considerable resistance and stalled. A compromise was subsequently reached, however, that l to the adoption of "voluntary monitored" PD in December 1976

The issue of mandatory PD did not resurface until 1985 through which point the program of voluntary reporting had grown At that time, the Institute struck a task force to consider implementing a reporting program for all members, yet the idea, once again, met with resistance. However, when Council asked members to consecrated by a vow on a mandatory program for public practice members the following year, the resolution passed; as a deduction reporting on the 70-hour, three-year revolution of time began for members in public practice in 1990