CPA Ontario Centre

Professor Dean Neu is the Director of the CPA Ontario-Schulich Centre for Digital Financial Information in the Schulich School of Business at York University, Toronto, Canada. Prior to joining the faculty, he was the Director of the Centre for Public Interest Accounting and Future Fund Chair of Accounting at the University of Calgary. He has been a visiting professor at the University of Alberta, the University of Toronto and Universidad de Autonoma del Estado de Morelos in Mexico. He is also a former co-editor of Critical Perspectives on Accounting.

As an accounting scholar, Dean is committed to understanding not only how accounting is used in the public sphere but also how it can be used to facilitate social accountability.  Dr. Neu’s program of research uses both very big data and very small data to study social accountability.  With his colleague Dr. Saxton, he utilizes Twitter data sets that consist of millions of data observations to examine how social actors such as individuals, NGOs and even bots enlist accounting words and numbers to ‘speak truth to power’ .  Additionally, Dr. Neu uses micro level ethnographic methods to study the role of accounting in the world of undocumented work in North America as well as organized extortion processes in Central America .  The use of big data and ethnographic methods contribute to our understanding of the potential and limitations of accounting in encouraging social accountability outcomes.

Catalina Miranda, CPA, CA, CBV

Director of Professional Practice

Catalina Miranda is the Director of Professional Practice at CBV Institute (tradename of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Business Valuators), a leader within the business valuation profession. Catalina earned her CPA designation in 2008, and her CBV designation in 2009. She holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the Schulich School of Business at York University.

Before joining CBV Institute in 2018, Catalina spent nearly 8 years with the Ontario Securities Commission’s Corporate Finance Branch, and prior to that, practiced business valuations at EY in Toronto.

Isabella Yang, MBA, CPA, FCCA

Finance Manager at Toronto Parking Authority

Isabella has over 10 years of experience in financial reporting, budgeting, and planning with in-depth knowledge of IFRS and USGAAP. With the continuous process improvement mindset, she is dedicated to driving business value by providing internal and external financial reporting, as well as business insights beyond the numbers.

Jacqui Mulligan, CPA, CA

Director of Education, CPA Ontario

Jacqui Mulligan is the Vice President of Education for CPA Ontario, a professional association with more than 97,000 members and 21,000 students. CPA Ontario serves to protect the public interest, advance the accounting profession, and guide a new generation of Chartered Professional Accountants as they develop into responsible and confident business leaders.

Jacqui has been involved in Education at CPA Ontario for more than 17 years and was part of the team which developed the current CPA professional program and examinations. In her role at CPA Ontario Jacqui oversees transcript and student registrations; the delivery of the CPA profession’s education programs and the Post-Secondary Institution accreditation, articulation and funding.

Jacqui is a Chartered Professional Accountant and earned a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Toronto.

Shanker Trivedi is an Associate Professor of Accounting and Program Director of the Master of Accounting, Diploma in Intermediate Accounting, and Diploma in Advanced Accounting programs. Shanker Trivedi’s research interests are in financial accounting, the accounting profession, and tax. His teaching interests are in contemporary issues in accounting and in financial accounting. He has taught at all levels; bachelors, masters, and doctoral. Shanker has published in journals such as Experimental Economics, and Accounting Organizations and Society, among others. He is also the co-author of the 6th and 7th editions of Advanced Financial Accounting. He has served on many committees within and outside the university setting.