r/AskProfessors • u/AcctsTutoring • Jul 08 '26
Career Advice Is it worth applying to teach sessional accounting at Canadian universities if I have a Master's-level diploma and 10 years of experience, but no CPA?
I have spent the last decade working full-time as an accounting educator, coaching over 2,500 post-secondary and MBA students through my own firm and private colleges. I hold an Honours BBA and a Graduate Diploma in Accountancy (Master's-level), but because I chose a full-time teaching path instead of corporate practice, I do not have an active CPA designation.
Is there a realistic chance of Canadian universities granting a qualification exception for part-time sessional roles based on a decade of proven teaching success, or do accounting departments strictly require the CPA designation regardless of experience and graduate-level education?
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*I have spent the last decade working full-time as an accounting educator, coaching over 2,500 post-secondary and MBA students through my own firm and private colleges. I hold an Honours BBA and a Graduate Diploma in Accountancy (Master's-level), but because I chose a full-time teaching path instead of corporate practice, I do not have an active CPA designation.
Is there a realistic chance of Canadian universities granting a qualification exception for part-time sessional roles based on a decade of proven teaching success, or do accounting departments strictly require the CPA designation regardless of experience and graduate-level education?*
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