Welcome MFAc Students and Alumni to Join our MFAc Events!
In order to help you develop your career and internship skills, MIAB (MFAc Internship Advisory Board) plans to offer MFAc students distinct sessions in seven formats:
- 1: Career skills - Career preparation skills (CD)
- 2: Career skills - Presentation skills using PowerPoint (PS)
- 3: Career skills - Excel skills (E)
- 4: Book club (BC)
- 5: Orientation (MO)
- 6: Excel Instruction program
- 7: Workshop (W)
- 8: Institute of Internal Auditor (IIA)
Sessions for Winter 2024 are as follows:
| Session | Topics | Date | Time |
| MO22-R | New MFAc Student Orientation - Meet with University Units | Friday, January 5, 2024 | 9:30am-12:00pm |
| MO23-R&IP | New MFAc Student Orientation - Meet with MIAB Coordinators | Sunday, January 7, 2024 | 10:00am-11:30am |
| BC23-IP | Who says Elephants Can't Dance Inside IBM's Historic Turnaround, Louis Gerstner Jr., 2002 | Thursday, January 25, 2024 | 5:30pm-8pm |
| CS135-R | Sameen Sattar: How to get your dream job in Canada (Part1) | Sunday, January 28, 2024 | 10am-11:00am |
| CS136-R | Sameen Sattar: How to get your dream job in Canada (Part2) | Sunday, February 4, 2024 | 10am-11:00am |
| CS137-R | Zahid Islam-Resume Preparation | Sunday, February 25, 2024 | 10:30am-12pm |
| IIA-4 | Strategic Insights into Audit Planning, Risk Assessments and Best Practices in the Public Sector | Wednesday, February 28,2024 | 8:30am-10:30am |
| CSW241 | Excel basics-navigating through Excel | Saturday, March 2, 2024 | 1pm-2pm |
| CSW242 | Excel basics-core functions | Saturday, March 2, 2024 | 2pm-3pm |
| BC24-IP | Elon Musk, Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future, Alan Vance, 2015 | Thursday, March 7, 2024 | 5:30pm-8pm |
| FMW2411 | Overview + Foundational technical skills | Saturday, March 9, 2024 | 1pm-2pm |
| FMW2412 | Model design and reflection questions | Saturday, March 9, 2024 | 2pm-3pm |
| FMW2413 | Revenues | Saturday, March 9, 2024 | 3pm-4pm |
| FMW2421 | Recap Day 1 + Costs | Saturday, March 16, 2024 | 1pm-2pm |
| FMW2422 | Financial statements | Saturday, March 16, 2024 | 2pm-3pm |
| FMW2423 | Depreciation | Saturday, March 16, 2024 | 3pm-4pm |
| FMW2431 | Recap Day 2 + Income Taxes | Saturday, March 23, 2024 | 1pm-2pm |
| FMW2432 | Working capital | Saturday, March 23, 2024 | 2pm-3pm |
| FMW2433 | Debt and equity + Other considerations + Recap all 3 days, exercises, Wrap-up | Saturday, March 23, 2024 | 3pm-4pm |
| IIA-5 | Internal Audit's Role In Cyber Resilience | Tuesday, April 30, 2024 | 8:30am-10:30am |
| BC25-IP | Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson, 2023 | Thursday, May 9, 2024 | 5:30pm-8pm |
Our sessions for Fall 2023 were as follows:
| MO19-R&IP | New MFAc Student Orientation - Meet with MIAB Coordinators | Friday, September 1, 2023 | 10am-11:30am |
| MO20-R | New MFAc Student Orientation - Meet with University units | Friday, September 8, 2023 | 9:30am-12:00pm |
| MO21-R&Ip | New MFAc Student Orientation - Meet with MIAB Coordinators | Friday, September 15, 2023 | 10am-11:30am |
| CS130-R(CD) | Zahid Islam - Resume preparation and behavioural interview | Sunday, September 24, 2023 | 1pm-2pm |
| BC20-IP | 80/20 Your Life: Work less, Worry Less, Succeed More, Enjoy More by Richard Koch, 2020 | Wednesday, September 27, 2023 | 5:30pm-8:00pm |
| CS131-R(CD) | Tim Storus-Job Application Only | Wednesday, October 11, 2023 | 6pm-7:30pm |
| CS132-IP(CD&PS) | Tim Storus-Job Applications and Mock Interviews | Wednesday, October 11, 2023 | 8pm-9pm |
| EXF2311 | Binu Mathai- How to use charts in Excel effectively | Saturday, October 28, 2023 | 1pm-2pm |
| EXF2312 | Binu Mathai- Solver | Saturday, October 28, 2023 | 2pm-3pm |
| EXF2313 | Binu Mathai- Goal Seek and Data Validation | Saturday, October 28, 2023 | 3pm-4pm |
| BC21-IP | Anatomy of a Breakthrough: How to Get Unstuck When It Matters Most, by Adam Alter 2023 | Wednesday, November 1, 2023 | 5:30pm-8:00pm |
| EXF2321 | Binu Mathai- If, and, or and other logical functions | Saturday, November 4, 2023 | 1pm-2pm |
| EXF2322 | Binu Mathai- Scenario analysis | Saturday, November 4, 2023 | 2pm-3pm |
| EXF2323 | Binu Mathai- Sensitivity table | Saturday, November 4, 2023 | 3pm-4pm |
| IIA2 | AI Changes Everything In The Public Sector | Tuesday, Nov 7, 2023 | 8:30am-10am |
| EXF2331 | Binu Mathai- Vlookup and Hlookup functions | Saturday, November 11, 2023 | 1pm-2pm |
| EXF2332 | Binu Mathai- Pivot tables and Pivot graphs | Saturday, November 11, 2023 | 2pm-3pm |
| EXF2333 | Binu Mathai- Sorting and subtotal | Saturday, November 11, 2023 | 3pm-4pm |
| CS134-R(CD) | Sameen Sattar- How to get your dream job in Canada | Sunday, November 12, 2023 | 10am-12pm |
| EXF2341 | Binu Mathai- Getting started with Macros | Saturday, November 25, 2023 | 1pm-2pm |
| EXF2342 | Binu Mathai- Useful functions and features when dealing with data and navigating through Excel | Saturday, November 25, 2023 | 2pm-3pm |
| EXF2343 | Binu Mathai- Autofilter | Saturday, November 25, 2023 | 3pm-4pm |
| IIA3 | Doing More with Less: Introduction to Lean and Applicability to Public Sector Internal Auditors | Wednesday, December 6, 2023 | 8:30am-11am |
| BC22-IP | Your Future Self: How to Make Tomorrow Better Today, by Hal Hershfield, 2023 | Wednesday, December 6, 2023 | 5:30pm-8:00pm |
All events are free to MFAc students and alumni. We want to offer you an opportunity to help develop your career and internship skills as well as help expand your networking through these learning sessions.
FACC6850 requires attendance at 10 classes. 1/3 of each Career Skills (CD/PS/E) module will count up to a maximum of 2 of the 10 FACC6850 class attendance credits. Attendance also counts towards our Career Skills Confirmation (CSC)
