Helping to shape the future of accounting in Canada

UTM Professor joins the AcSB’s International Financial Reporting Standards Discussion Group

Associate Professor of Accounting, Teaching Stream at the University of Toronto Mississauga, Irene M. Wiecek, has been invited to serve on the IFRS Discussion Group. Wiecek joins 16 other members whose backgrounds and experience range. She has been appointed for a three-year term beginning April 2016.

Established by the Accounting Standards Board (AcSB), the group’s role is to implement and maintain a regular public forum to discuss issues that arise in Canada when applying International Financial Standards. This appointment acknowledges Irene’s expertise in the area of IFRS and will allow her to continue her already significant contributions to the discussions surrounding IFRS and its application in Canada.