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Inside this Edition

What We’re Hearing

From You

From Our Profession

Tell Us More

What’s Happening

Local Training Events

National Training Events

Other IIA Events

Careers and Certifications

What Happened

Annual General Meeting

Chapter Conference

Annual Golf Day

International Conference

Who’s Who

Chapter Board and Committees

Who’s Helping

Our Sponsors

Summer 2013

Hello Everyone!

We’ve been busy since our Spring 2013 Newsletter. We hope you have been too, and are now enjoying the dog days of summer.

We are always working to enhance our Chapter to better support you in this profession. Being an internal auditor can be a lonely profession but you are far from alone. Internal Audit has a strong presence in Toronto and it’s about to get stronger.

This year we are celebrating our 70th anniversary. We hope you

will celebrate with us and take this opportunity to get connected to your local internal audit community. We are focused on making these connections both easy and rewarding for you. You’ll probably even have some fun!

Here are some ways you can get connected:

Join our Online Community

We will be building our social media platform over the coming months. This will provide you an easier way to stay connected with local members and get news about the Chapter, and the profession, fast. See Page 2 for more information.

Attend a Training Event

You might be surprised at who you’ll meet and what you’ll learn from our presenters. Our events cover both technical and soft auditing skills.

After attending an event, you might see your audit projects and audit teams with fresh eyes. See Page 3 for details.

Build Your Professional Profile

Working towards an internal auditing certification is a great way to renew a passion for this profession. It’ll also help to boost your career options. Get started on Page 4.

I look forward to meeting you at upcoming Chapter events and seminars. Stay tuned for exciting announcements regarding our 70

th year celebrations. Enjoy the rest of your summer.

Jeff McIlravey, CFSA, CRMA, President IIA Toronto Chapter president@iia-toronto.org

President’s Message

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What We’re Hearing

From You

Let’s Be Social

In the coming months we’ll be developing our social media platform so you’ll have more timely and concise news from us.

But we know you’d prefer dialogue, not monologue. So, we’re working to be more accessible to you and provide you with easier and more convenient ways to give us feedback and make stronger connections.

Click here to join our community and stay connected.

Let’s Celebrate

This year marks the IIA Toronto Chapter’s 70th

year. Toronto is a hot spot for the internal audit profession and we don’t take that for granted. At over 2,800 members, we are now the second largest chapter globally. We think that’s worth celebrating. Over the next year we’ll bring you more opportunities to stay connected and engaged with the Chapter.

You will see more events to build your local professional network, sharpen your audit skills and even share some audit war stories.

We are also working to better include our members that reside outside of the GTA.

From the Profession

Internal Audit Standard and You

So, you’re not the CAE. Have you ever wondered what your responsibility is for ensuring your department conforms to audit standard? You might be surprised.

IIA President and CEO, Richard Chambers, describes the additional responsibilities you have following changes that took effect in January 2013. Click here to find out how these changes affect you.

Tell Us More

We want to hear from you. We’re keen to know if you’re getting what you want from us. Are we covering the right topics in the training events? Are our newsletters hitting the mark?

Take a minute and let us know how we can make your membership more valuable and rewarding.

Email us at: administrator@iia-toronto.org

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What’s Happening - Events

Local Training Events

Education Series

Continuous learning was recently named as one of the 7 Attributes of Highly Effective Internal Auditors.

Starting this fall, we’ll once again be bringing you our Sunrise, Sunset, and Seminar series.

Find out the latest here.

National Training Events

IIA Canada 2013 National Conference

September 29 - October 2nd 2013 in Winnipeg

This is our 6th national conference. You’ll find this year’s conference to be both innovative and transforming.

This is your chance to build your national professional network and get the latest thought leadership on internal auditing, risk management, governance, internal control, information technology, education and security.

For conference and registrations details click here.

Free to Members Webinar Series

Monitoring for Payables Fraud. September 10th at 1pm to 2.30pm

The Purchase-to-Payment process remains an area prone to fraud, money leakage, waste and inefficiency. This webinar series will teach you the top risks and controls to monitor in this process.

Seminar and registration details can be found here.

Other IIA Events

Keep your skill set sharp and current. IIA Canada runs a variety of training events in various locations and formats.

Click here for the latest offerings.

Other Events

13th Annual Toronto Fraud Forum (jointly hosted by ACFE-Toronto Chapter and the CASIU-Trillium Chapter)

Don’t miss your chance to attend one of the largest fraud conferences in Canada. This conference can help you to exercise due professional care by considering “the probability of significant errors, fraud, or noncompliance.”

This year’s conference will be held on September 25

th 2013 at Le Parc, in Thornhill.

Click here for all details.

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What’s Happening - Careers and

Certifications

CIA Certification

Expand your knowledge and improve your career opportunities. Get your CIA certification.

Getting your certification can also improve your bank account. In the 2012 Internal Audit Compensation Study, the IIA’s Audit Executive Centre found that CIAs reported earning as much as 40% more than their non-certified peers.

You’ll find the steps for certification are straightforward. There’s a lot of support in place to make the process easier for you.

With some effort on your part, you’ll soon be reaping the rewards of certification.

Click here to start your certification journey today.

We now have a special offer, exclusive to our members. You can buy the new 3 part CIA exam for just $500 + HST.

To take advantage of this offer, just contact us today at administrator@iia-toronto.org or call us on 416-223-5326.

CRMA Takes off in Canada

This summer, the IIA Canada issued its first newsletter. In the newsletter, it announced that at 500 Canadians, we now have the third highest number of CRMAs behind the US and China.

Registration for the new CRMA exam began in May 2013, with the first exams starting in July 2013.

Click here to find out how to join the ranks.

Your Next Move

This spring, we held our Register or Refresh to

Win contest in support of our job search engine,

internalauditjobs.ca, powered by Workopolis

Niche Network. We thank all those who

participated by creating or refreshing their

personal profiles. On August 1st a random draw

was held to choose the winner of the iPad Mini

32GB Wi-Fi. Congratulations to our winner, Sean

MacIntosh.

We are keen to help you build your internal audit

career by helping you make your next career

move. Create your profile and search for your

next position here.

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What Happened

Annual General Meeting and Annual Recognition Dinner

May 6th 2013 at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel

We enjoyed a terrific evening at this year’s AGM and Recognition Dinner. Thank you to everyone who joined us to celebrate another successful year at the IIA Toronto Chapter.

Congratulations to our graduates of the CIA, CCSA, CFSA and CGAP programs. This year we were also fortunate enough to celebrate members who have attained the new CRMA certification.

From Left to Right: Jeff McIlravey, Archie Thomas, Kim Munro, Phil Tarling.

Kim Munro was awarded Volunteer of the Year. We are grateful for her commitment to transform our GTA education series. She is a familiar face to all our members who have attended a recent session.

We were able to have Phil Tarling as our keynote speaker. Phil is the 2012-13 Chairman of the Global Board of the Institute of Internal Auditors. He gave his presentation on his theme of “Saying it Right” and shared his thoughts on the current state of the profession and how it might evolve.

Thank you again to our many Sponsors for this evening.

Chapter Conference – Internal Audit in a Regulated World

May 31st 2013 at PwC Tower

This conference provided participants with key insight directly from Julie Dickson, Superintendent of Financial Institutions.

Ms Dickson shared her views on internal audit’s role in an organization and discussed key OSFI initiatives undertaken under her leadership. In case you missed her speech, click here.

Annual Hook ‘n’ Slice Golf Tournament

June 10th 2013 at Glen Eagle Golf Club

In true auditor spirit, we forged ahead with this year’s golf tournament despite unplanned setbacks. Namely the rain. Harry Kanwar won the tournament’s Grand Prize, an iPad Mini courtesy of our Title Sponsor TeamMate.

All our players who participated in this year’s tournament, will receive a $50 credit towards next year’s golf tournament for braving the bad weather and showing their commitment to the Tournament, the Chapter, the Game and...a day away from the office.

IIA 2013 International Conference

July 14-17th 2013 in Orlando, Florida

A record breaking 110 countries were represented at this year’s conference. If you couldn’t make it this year, review all the conference’s highlights here.

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Who’s Who

Officers

President Jeff McIlravey, CFSA, CRMA

Senior Vice President Jim Barbour, CIA, CRMA

Vice President Programs Kim Munro, CIA

Vice President Administration

Roman Kanter, CIA

Treasurer Ka-On Tong, CIA

Secretary Serena Persaud

Governors

Beili Wong, CIA Chair of the Board

LCBO

Mark Britt, CIA, CRMA University of Toronto

Neil Brown, CRMA Deloitte

Jacqueline Bukaluk, CRMA Scotiabank

Susie Carnevale, CRMA Protiviti

David Florio, CRMA Grant Thornton

Peggy Gilmour, CRMA RBC

Charan Kumar, CIA Collins Barrow

Ingrid Kutter, CIA , CRMA OSFI

Linda Lister E&Y

Jodie Lobana, CIA Lobana Consulting Group

Tony Malfara KPMG

Scott Page, CIA, CCSA, CRMA

Wajax

Craig Pattinson, CRMA Bell Canada

Douglas Pirie PWC

Mark Rodrigues, CIA,CRMA Cara Foods

Committee Chairs

Audit Committee David Florio, CRMA

Governance Committee Jacqueline Bukaluk CRMA

Chapter Historian Logi Kanap

CAE Roundtable Tony Malfara

Academic Relations Gordon Perry, CIA

Advocacy Committee Stephen Hack, CIA

Canadian Conference on Audit, Governance and Security (CITAGS)

Robert Crawford, CIA, CRMA

Charan Kumar, CIA

Certification Gordon Perry, CIA

Employment Services Betina Airoldi CIA, CRMA

Government Relations Ron Foster, CIA, CRMA

GTA Education Series Margaret Pacheco

Hospitality/Golf Alan Tsang

Membership Services Robert Crawford, CIA, CRMA

Past Presidents & Honorary Members Committee

Ron Dell’Agnese, CIA

Newsletter & Social Media

Monique de Jong, CIA, CRMA

South West Ontario Education Series

Herman Van Meeteren, CIA, CRMA

Sponsorship Geoff Rodrigues, CIA, CRMA

Volunteer Committee Bennet Chan

Webmaster & Social Media

Neil McIntyre

Members of the IIA Canadian Board

Mark Britt, CIA, CRMA

Tony Malfara

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Who’s Who (continued)

IIA Canada Committee Chairs

Academic Relations Colin Shaw, CIA, CRMA

Jodi Lobana, CIA

Canadian Conference Advisory Committee

Jeff McIlravey, CFSA, CRMA

Information Technology Jeff McIlravey, CFSA, CRMA

Marketing Mark Britt, CIA, CRMA

Tony Malfara

IIA Global Committees

Academic Relations Robert Cuthbertson

Advocacy Tony Malfara

Chapter Relations Committee of North America

Mark Britt, CIA, CRMA

Learning Solutions Committee

Scott Page, CIA, CCSA, CRMA

Professional Issues Committee

Archie Thomas, CIA

2015 International Conference Committee

Mark Britt, CIA, CRMA

Jeff McIlravey, CFSA, CRMA

CRMA Advisory Committee Colin Shaw, CIA, CRMA

Be Here and Be Transformed

This September, the Institute of Internal Auditors is holding Canada’s 6

th annual IIA National Conference– the Heart of our

Continent. “Be here and be transformed” is a fitting conference theme not only for this city but also for our progressive and dynamic audit profession.

The conference education program committee has prepared a world class, inspiring program and thought provoking speakers in five educational tracks. What’s more is that you will enjoy networking with colleagues from across the country throughout the conference, and you can expect a fun and very memorable experience on our gala night.

Our keynote speakers will share their experiences and successes:

Lloyd Axworthy, President and Vice-Chancellor of The University of Winnipeg, will share his thoughts on “Transformational Leadership”;

Adil Buhariwalla, Vice President of Internal Audit with Emirates Group in Dubai, will discuss passion, enthusiasm, and motivation, through “Don’t Ration Your Passion”;

Carman L. Lapointe, the Under-Secretary-General for Internal Oversight Services for the United Nations, will share “Rising to the Transformation Challenge: Which way is up?”; and

Paul Sobel, IIA Chairman and Vice President/Chief Audit Executive for Georgia-Pacific, LLC, will provide his thoughts on the Future of the Internal Audit Profession.

We will close our conference with a panel discussion on Organizational Governance – How do you transform from good to great? – And how should internal audit contribute to this transformation? Our senior panel, moderated by Brian Brown, CAE Canadian Grain Commission and Past Chair of IIA Canada, and including the Honourable Gary A. Filmon, Corporate Director, David Brown, Brown Governance, and Scott Mitchell, Chairman and CEO Open Compliance & Ethics Group (OCEG), are all leaders in modern governance practices who bring experience with boards and audit committees.

We look forward to seeing you! For registration, program details and costs, please visit http://www.iiacanadanationalconference.com

Who’s Helping - Our Sponsors