Dates and location
Registration open until
December 30, 2025
Location
On Demand
Access time
Accessible for 90 days after registration
Pricing
$249.00
Member
$249.00
Student
$299.00
Public
$200.00
Personal PD Passport Pricing
Hours
PD hour(s)
5 hours
Ethics hour(s) included
0
hours
Dates and location
Registration open until
December 30, 2025
Location
On Demand
Access time
Accessible for 90 days after registration
Pricing
$249.00
Member
$249.00
Student
$299.00
Public
$200.00
Personal PD Passport Pricing
Hours
PD hour(s)
5 hours
Ethics hour(s) included
0
hours
Description
Unlock your potential with our 5 Hour Audio Learning Build Your Bundle – where convenience meets personalized learning!
Customize your audio learning by choosing 5 audio courses. Choose courses ranging in a variety of popular topics including Ethics, Leadership & Professional Skills, Tax, Technology including AI and Cybersecurity, and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG).
- Get your 5 hours of PD from one place!
- Save Time: Select topics that are relevant to you from a curated list.
- Set your Schedule & Pace: Learn when it is convenient for you.
- Flexible Choice: Choose the audio courses that are most relevant to you.
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Review Available Courses
Choose 5 courses from the list below. These on demand courses were handpicked across our top categories.
| Taxation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Course Title | PD Hours | Description |
| Capital Gains Changes and Housing Developments | 1 hour | This course will help you understand the recently-announced major changes to the taxation of capital gains and housing in Canada and learn possible strategies for tax minimization. |
| CPA Essentials: Trusts, Estates, Wealth and Taxes | 1 hour | The course delves into the multifaceted world of Non-Resident beneficiaries, Powers of Attorney, Death of a Taxpayer, Fiduciary roles and responsibilities, Digital assets, further illustrated by Canadian case studies. |
| Individual Tax Insights: Residents vs Non-Residents | 1 hour | This course dives into various aspects of Canadian individual taxes from the perspective of residents as well as non-residents of Canada, for tax purposes. It provides a comprehensive overview of the differences in taxation of residents and non-residents, with various insightful comparisons of relevant issues and items. |
| Tax Tips for 2025 | 1 hour | In this audio learning course, you will receive an overview of selected important changes and updates in Canadian taxation made in 2024 and applicable for 2025 and beyond. |
| Audit and Assurance | ||
| Attributes of an Effective Audit Committee | 1 hour | This course will examine some of the varied responsibilities of the Audit Committee such as governance, ethics, risk management and emerging best practices. |
| Data, Technology & Innovation | ||
| AI and Accounting 2024: A Comprehensive Snapshot | 1 hour | Explore real-world applications, implementation successes and challenges, and the evolving ethical landscape. Gain actionable insights to optimize your practice, enhance client services, and position your firm for the future. |
| AI in Enhancing Operational Efficiency for Accounting Firms | 1 hour | This course explores the practical applications of AI in automating routine tasks, enhancing data accuracy, and improving workflow management. |
| AI-Driven Financial Analysis and Reporting | 1 hour | This course equips CPAs with knowledge to harness AI for better financial analysis and reporting. Improve your practice's efficiency and gain a competitive edge with AI-driven strategies. |
| Assurance in the Era of AI | 1 hour | This course explores the concept of AI assurance—how traditional assurance methodologies are being adapted to the arena of AI systems. From machine learning's prediction models to generative AI's creative capabilities, we discuss the inherent risks, including bias, transparency, and accountability. |
| Cybersecurity Essentials for CPAs | 1.5 hours | This course will help you gain an understanding of the importance and impact of cybersecurity risks on your organization or client. |
| Digital Literacy for CPAs | 1 hour | This course will help you develop basic digital literacy skills that will help you to leverage apps, programs and systems to build efficiencies into your workflow and create value for your organization. |
| Gen-AI Implementation Concerns: Compute Cost, Ethics and Lawsuits | 1 hour | This course will explain how we got here and what to do if you want to take advantage of this great technology but are worried about potential future liabilities. |
| Ethics | ||
| Leadership Ethics: The Boeing Story | 1 hour | The lessons in this audio learning are meant to provide insight into lessons learned from Boeing that can transfer to any organization. |
| Ethical Behaviour | 1 hour | This course will provide the foundation we need to answer these questions and better equip us to thrive as we take personal responsibility for optimizing the quality of our contributions. |
| Finance | ||
| Financial Planning: Life Insurance | 1 hour | This content takes you across the landscape of life insurance. Understanding it first and then identifying the issues and opportunities will help you navigate this critical aspect in financial planning. |
| Mindset-Driven Financial Management for CPAs | 1 hour | This session goes beyond traditional financial advice, equipping you with actionable tips to adopt a growth mindset and enhance both financial management and personal growth. |
| Human Resources | ||
| Staying Informed: HR Best Practices | 1 hour | This course will help you be knowledgeable about the latest developments empowers leaders to make informed decisions, implement best practices, and create a positive organizational culture. |
| Leadership & Professional Skills | ||
| Business Writing for Accountants | 1 hour | In this audio learning course, you will receive ten actionable tips for improving your business writing. In turn, better writing will lead to a noticeable impact on your bottom line. |
| From Taxing to Thriving: How CPAs Can Avoid Burnout | 1 hour | The module instructor will share her own story of experiencing founder burnout, the causes, and her ultimate lesson that sometimes, burnout can be exactly what you need to make the changes required to live a more aligned, energizing and fulfilling life. |
| Leading the Finance Function of the Future: Accelerator | 1 hour | This course will provide busy CFOs and VPs of Finance, from various industries and size of companies, an understanding of the most critical challenges facing finance today. |
| Organizational Change 101 for CPAs | 1 hour | This audio program explores perspectives that will enhance your capacity to be lead and manage change through all its phases – from initial assessment and visioning through to full implementation and the setting of the stage for changes to come. |
| Strategic Career Planning: Defining Your Value | 1 hour | This course is aimed to empower CPAs to approach their careers with a long-term vision and gain practical steps on how to get there. Learn how to define your unique value and work experience to achieve the career advancement you desire. |
| The Value of CPAs in NFPs | 1 hour | This content will provide an overview of the directly transferable skills of a CPA to nonprofits, as well as showcase how CPAs can achieve a greater sense of purpose and impact by contributing to causes that they care about. |
| Thriving in Challenge: Empowering the Nonprofit Workforce | 1 hour | Each session, led by Wendy Mitchell, highlights trends, insights, and strategies to equip CPAs with the tools to make meaningful contributions to the nonprofit sector. |
| Transilient Leadership: Turning Setbacks into Opportunities | 1 hour | This audio series offers a deep dive into harnessing personal and professional setbacks as catalysts for substantial growth and innovation. |
| Strategy & Governance | ||
| Anti-Money Laundering Spotlight: TD’s Compliance Failure | 1 hour | This audio learning session is specifically designed for CPAs who play a crucial role in safeguarding financial integrity and upholding regulatory compliance. Through an in-depth analysis of TD Bank’s missteps, participants will gain critical insights into the importance of robust AML practices, effective risk management, and timely reporting of suspicious activity. |
| Elevating Your Board Effectiveness | 1 hour | This session will provide practical insights, intelligence and tools to empower CPAs with the skills and confidence to lead and serve on boards. If you are a new or an experienced board member, this session will empower you to find your voice if it is outside your comfort zone. |
| ERM Primer for CPAs | 1 hour | This audio series provides a summarized overview of ERM that works through a methodical framework and will demonstrate how risks can best be managed. |
| Governance for CPAs | 1 hour | To add value and be effective as a Director, beyond accounting, many CPAs have benefited from a landscape presentation on broader legal duties and obligations, including CEO succession and evaluation, strategy, risk, financial and non-financial reporting, and boardroom dynamics. This course will cover these topics, and more. |
| Governance in the Digital Era | 1 hour | This mini lesson series explores the multifaceted challenges and opportunities presented in the digital age, focusing on how to adapt governance frameworks to address the implications of emerging technologies like generative artificial intelligence. |
| Sustainability & ESG | ||
| Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Reporting | 1 hour | This course will provide an overview from how international regulations may impact some Canadian organizations’ reporting to how companies are changing how they do business to focus more on becoming sustainable. |
| Sustainability 101 for CPAs | 1 hour | This course provides an overview of several aspects of ESG for the finance professional and an understanding of how to create and manage an effective ESG strategy at their workplace. |
Who Will Benefit
This bundle will support professional development learning for CPAs with diverse learning and work experience. Some roles that would benefit include: Accountants, Senior Accountants, Financial Analysts, Finance Managers, Controllers, Finance Directors and Tax Advisors.
How to Access the Bundle
NOTE: Following your purchase you'll receive an email explaining how you can purchase 5 courses from your selected Build Your Bundle.
This bundle contains audio learning courses. These courses are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Once registered for the courses, you can access the material at any time. However, you will only have access to the course for 90 days after REGISTRATION. You will asked to select all five courses in one single transaction. All courses must be selected by December 31, 2025.
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Testimonials
Audio learning allows me to play it while still being able to do my own work at the same time. It’s like listening to the radio; but instead I’m learning.
Peter
CPA, CGA
There is more depth of information delivered here in this audio learning than in a blog or YouTube video, while still being efficient with time.
Kamal
CPA, CMA
I can listen to the audio wherever I am.
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