Ontario Bridge Training

Chinese Professionals Association of Canada (CPAC)

Phone: (416) 298-7885
E-mail: office@chineseprofessionals.ca  
Website:  http://www.chineseprofessionals.ca/index.php
Location: Toronto

This program offers occupation-specific language and business culture training to help internationally trained accounting professionals work towards obtaining a Certified General Accountants designation and find work in their field. It also offers placements that provide Canadian work experience.

Ryerson University

Phone: 416-979-5000 ext. 2628
E-mail: iafp@ryerson.ca  
Website:  http://www.ryerson.ca/ce/gateway
Location: Toronto

This program helps internationally trained accountants and financial professionals obtain licensure and find jobs in Ontario. This program includes occupation-specific language support, academic training, workplace culture and communication assessment and training. Participants also have access to mentorships, and work placements, in order to get the Canadian work experience needed to practice in Ontario. Outcomes for participants will be professional development, which leads to employment and advancement towards certification.

Certified General Accountants of Ontario (CGA)

Website: www.cga-ontario.org
E-mail: cjacques@cga-ontario.org
Location: Province-wide

An interactive online communication skills training program delivered by the Certified General Accountants of Ontario (CGA) that assists internationally trained accounting professionals enrolled in the CGA program to improve their English language, culture and communications skills. The program provides participants with career development support, coaching and mentoring to obtain professional level practical work experience, concurrent with the study of conceptual knowledge, which are both requirements in achieving the CGA designation.

Program components include:

• Language assessment
• Occupation-specific language training
• Workplace culture and communication training
• Employment services, including job search strategies, resume preparation, mentoring, and interview coaching; and
• Work experience that will enable internationally trained accounting professionals to meet the one year senior level work experience requirement for certification.

Laurentian University

Phone: 705-222-1766, 1-866-210-3020
E-mail: info@professionsnorth.ca  
Website:  www.professionsnorth.ca
Location: Sudbury

This program offers portfolio development and workplace communications skills training for internationally-trained professionals of various fields. The program also helps professionals in the accounting and financial services fields towards accreditation and technical skills upgrading. Through this program, participants will increase their job readiness and access work placements. PNN has service locations in Sudbury, North Bay, Sault Ste. Marie, Thunder Bay and Timmins. Services will be provided in both English and French.

Women’s Enterprise Skills Training of Windsor Inc.

Phone: (519) 256-6621
Email: info@westofwindsor.com
Location: Windsor

This one-year program, offered by the University of Windsor-Odette School of Business in partnership with the Certified Management Accountants (CMA) of Ontario, helps internationally trained individuals obtain employment in the finance sector. The program offers academic training that bridges international experience to Canadian business practices. The courses offered through this program also fulfill the academic prerequisites for writing the CMA National Entrance Examination and the Level 2 Certified General Accountants Examination.