Certificate in Accounting Program (Live Online and In-Class)

Course Descriptions

Faculty*

Ummul Banin Bhaimeya

Ummul Banin H Bhaimeya has over 17 years of practical accounting experience, mainly working for public practices. She has a vast knowledge of organizations within various trades. She earned her Chartered Accountancy Professional (CPA) designation from ACCA UK in 2004 and has held her Certified Genernal Accountant (CGA) designation for ten years. With her practical knowledge and strong foundations in accounting, Ummul is thrilled to instil the knowledge into students who share her enthusiasm for Financial Accounting.

Sanjay Bhatia

Sanjay Bhatia is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) with more than 15 years of international experience working in the fields of bookkeeping, accounting, and taxation in the United States, India and Canada. He is passionate about developing technical and professional skills of students demanded by employers in today’s highly competitive industry. He believes in sharing his wealth of experience and knowledge by imparting result-oriented education to future professionals.

Rhonda Darbyson

Rhonda Darbyson has over 20 years of practical business experience as a small business owner, administrative assistant, and bookkeeper in the retail, service, manufacturing, and non-profit sectors. In addition to performing all aspects of full-cycle accounting, she has also created business plans for several successful start-ups and written multiple funding proposals and job bids.

Cynthia Ellacott

Cynthia Ellacott is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) who has worked to enhance both large and small businesses by reviewing processes and making recommendations for changes. She has worked in the accounting field since she was a teenager in her family business. She started doing ledger accounting when she was thirteen before the start of accounting programs and obtained her accounting designation in 2000.

Peter Goel

Peter Goel is an educator at heart. His true passion is teaching, and this includes post-secondary students, business clients and others. He is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) and Certified General Accountant (CGA) with ten years of highly diversified industry experience. Peter Goel has worked with public and private companies involved in various sectors. He brings his industry experience into the classroom and connects theory with real-world experience, which creates value for students and their future employers.

Zahra Kawa

Zahra comes to Ashton with over 15 years of experience in accounting and finance. Having worked in different capacities in public practice, private, public and not-for-profit organizations, her experience spans diverse industries such as aviation, transportation, construction, and telecommunications. As an educator, she has experience in facilitating CPA modules, in-class workshops and teaching CPA candidates. Zahra holds an Honours Degree in Commerce and has a Certified Professional Accountant (CPA) designation for British Columbia.

John Kurian

John Kurian is a professionally trained and experienced accounting instructor with over 20 years of experience in the fields of corporate accounting, finance, mergers and acquisitions, technology, and education. He is passionate about teaching and e-learning and draws on his practical experience when teaching accounting, business, and technology courses. He believes that good hands-on training and learning real-world experience are the keys to developing successful accounting knowledge and skill sets in managing business operations.

Tenaj Patterson

Tenaj Patterson is a graduate of an M.Ed in Business, an Honours Degree in Business Administration and has 10+ years in the accounting sector. As an educator, she has focused her career on preparing the future professionals of tomorrow. She has taught a plethora of courses within the business sector at various Universities and Colleges in Canada for the past 7 years.

Emad Tawadrous

Emad Tawadrous is a Certified Management Accountant (CMA) who was working as a taxation lecturer assistant for two years and as an accounting instructor for the past five years. He teaches accounting fundamentals, financial reporting, managerial accounting, cost accounting, payroll, computerized accounting with Sage and QuickBooks, management information systems, business math, and corporate and personal taxation.

*Subject to change without notice

Admission Requirements

Dates

Live Online

Full Time:

• November 07, 2022 – February 09, 2023
  • Webinars are held Monday to Friday from 6:00 to 8:00 pm  PST
  • Students must devote at least 20 hours per week to attending webinars, seminars, and laboratories online
  • Seminars and laboratory times are decided at the start of the cohort

Part Time:

• September 13, 2022 – April 20, 2023
  • Webinars are held Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30 to 7:30 pm PST
  • Students must devote at least 20 hours per week to attending webinars, seminars, and laboratories online
  • Seminars and laboratory times are decided at the start of the cohort

In-Class

Full Time:

• September 12, 2022 – December 06, 2022
  • Classes are held Monday to Friday from 5:00 to 9:00 pm  PST
  • Students must devote at least 20 hours per week to attending classes, seminars, and laboratories in-person
  • Seminars and laboratory times are decided at the start of the cohort

Fees

Tuition fees for the program are payable in three instalments. The first instalment is due 2 weeks prior to the start date. Students with guaranteed funding arrangements will be exempt from this requirement provided they produce proof of funding before the cohort start date.

All formats of the program are eligible for Canada Student Loans, other forms of government funding, and bank financing. However, students are responsible for making their own funding arrangements and are advised to contact the relevant funder well in advance of the start date to make an application.

Application and tuition fees for this program are as follows:

• Application fee: $40 (Domestic Students) or $140 (International Students)
• Tuition fee (Domestic): $3,450
• Tuition fee (International): $4,485

Note: Tuition fees do not include the cost of the required textbooks. The textbook fee is approximately $650.

Technical Requirements

Live Online Students

Ashton College uses web conferencing tools to help instructors and students connect and collaborate live online. For the online classes, students need to have a fully functional computer system with a webcam, speakers and microphone or headset and headphones, along with a reliable high-speed internet connection. Though the classes can be accessed using smartphones and tablets, we recommend using a laptop or desktop computer for a better learning experience.

This program was reviewed and approved by the Registrar of the Private Training Institutions Branch of the Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Training.