About the Authors

Maureen R. Fizzell

Maureen R. Fizzell, B.Ed, B.Comm., M.Sc., CMA, FCMA has been teaching at the university level for 26 years, nine years at the University of Saskatchewan and 17 years at Simon Fraser University, where she is now the Director of the Undergraduate Program in the Faculty of Business Administration. In 2003 she was named a CMA/SFU Business Academic Fellow, and in 2004 she was awarded the FCMA designation. Over her university career, she has taught financial accounting from the introductory to the advanced level.

Maureen is an active CMA member who has served on the B.C. Board of Directors on two occasions. She served on the CMA Canada National Board of Examiners from 2000 to 2004, and on the B.C. Board of Directors from 1997 to 1999 and again from 2003 to 2005. As well, she has been a member of the Saskatchewan Provincial Council, critiqued exams and acted as a liaison between university students and the Society. During her 26 years of teaching, Maureen has received numerous teaching awards, including: Most Effective Professor in the Classroom Award at the University of Saskatchewan in 1990, TD Canada Trust Distinguished Teaching Award in 1996, and membership on the Teaching Honour Roll in 1997 and 2010 at Simon Fraser University.

Donald C. Cherry

Donald C. (Don) Cherry, B.Comm., MBA, CMA, FCMA, has taught accounting for over 35 years. He began his teaching career at Seneca College in Toronto in 1974, and moved to Dalhousie University in Halifax in 1978. Don has taught a wide range of courses, from the introductory undergraduate level to advanced graduate and executive programs, and has won numerous teaching awards from both Commerce and MBA students.

In addition to teaching, at various times during his career Don served as Director of Dalhousie's Commerce Program, Associate Director of the School of Business, Associate Director of the Lester Pearson International Institute, Director of the Centre for Development Projects, and Director of the Centre for International Business Studies. As a result of a strong interest in economic development and social justice issues, he has worked in management education programs in over a dozen developing countries and been involved in numerous international development efforts.

Aside from his work on textbooks, Don has published articles in several accounting magazines and the proceedings of numerous conferences, and authored a number of case studies dealing with financial management issues. He has also been an active member of the Society of Management Accountants, including serving on the Provincial Council for Nova Scotia and the National Board of Examiners, and chairing the CMA Syllabus Committee.