PARG RESEARCH SEMINARS

Fall 2025

• PARG Accounting Research Discussion Session, November ___, 2025
  (to be determined)
• PARG Accounting Research Discussion Session, October 16, 2025 – 10:00-11:00. Zoom poster
  E. Effah, Y. Qi, R. Zhang. The Unseen Cost of Green Policies: The Impact of Environmental Regulation on Workplace Safety

Winter 2025

• PARG Accounting Research Discussion Session, April 7, 2025 – 11:30-14:30. in person, NI6011. poster
  BUSI6001/5081 PhD students presentations
• PARG Accounting Research Discussion Session, March 27, 2025 10h00-11h00. Zoom poster
  N. Tabri, M. Bujaki, F. Brouard, M. Wohl , A. Ortis. Money Matters: Assessing the Correlation of a Financial Self-Concept and Tax Attitudes
• PARG Accounting Research Discussion Session, February 25, 2025 – 12h00-13h00. Zoom poster
  K. Ruff, L. Ricci, J. F. Akwetey, F. Zaredorahia, R. Clancy, J. Grady, E. Hansen. Case Studies in Balancing Relevance and Uniformity in Impact Measurement: an impact investing firm and nonprofit collaboration
• PARG Accounting Research Discussion Session, January 31, 2025 – 10h00-11h00. Zoom poster
  A. Mansurov, M. Bujaki, F. Brouard. Students’ Perceptions of Diversity and Inclusion in an Accounting Firm’s Recruitment Photos: Implications for the Accounting Professional Pipeline

Winter 2024

• PARG Accounting Research Discussion Session, May 10, 2024 – 12:00-13:00. NI3038 or Zoom poster
  J. A. Liew, L. Keddie. Maple Leaves to Palm Trees: A comparative analysis between Malaysia and Canada of State-Owned Enterprises’ sustainability and ESG reporting
• PARG Accounting Research Discussion Session, April 8, 2024 – 14:30-17:30. in person poster
  BUSI6000/5080 PhD students presentations
• PARG Accounting Research Discussion Session, February 28, 2024 – 12:00-13:00. in person & Zoom poster
  O. Sakka. Does risk management build organizational resilience? the case of Canadian manufacturing SMEs
• PARG Accounting Research Discussion Session, February 2, 2024 – 10:00-11:00. Zoom poster
  H. Khemakhem, P. Arroyo Pardo, J. Montecinos. Is Gender diversity on the Board Committees a Performance Catalyst? Answers from Canadian Capital Market

Fall 2023

• PARG Accounting Research Discussion Session, December 18, 2023 – 12:00-13:00. in person NI4040 & Zoom poster
  F. Brouard, M. Litalien, N. Brown. Definitions of Northern / Rural / Remote / Peripheric Communities in a Philanthropic Context
• PARG Accounting Research Discussion Session, November 27, 2023 – 9:00-11:00. in person NI3040 & Zoom poster
  X. Hu. Debt Concentration and the Tax Sensitivity of Leverage
• PARG Accounting Research Discussion Session, October 30, 2023 – 10:30-11:30. in person NI4022 & Zoom poster
  E. Gray, D. Fraser. What We Heard: Discussion with Employers of Sprott Accounting Students

Winter 2023

• PARG Accounting Research Discussion Session, April 12, 2023 – 12:00-14:00. in person poster
  BUSI6001/5081 PhD students presentations
• PARG Accounting Research Discussion Session, March 1, 2023 – 12:00-13:00. Zoom poster
  F. Brouard, M. Pilon, A. Webb. Hockey Canada Crisis: Financial information and governance
• PARG Accounting Research Discussion Session, February 13, 2023 – 10:30-11:30. in person & Zoom poster
  Amanda Bradford-Janke. Grant Proposal Writing

Fall 2022

• PARG Accounting Research Discussion Session, November 28, 2022 – 12:00-13:00. Zoom poster
  Tawai (David) Wang, Opportunities or Challenges? The Association between Audit Fees and Blockchain Disclosures in 10-K Filings.
• Sprott Research Seminar, November 21, 2022 – 11:30/12:00-13:00. In-person + Zoom poster
  Oriane Couchoux. Becoming an audit professional through the turmoil: The experience of staff auditors during periods of organizational, technological, and regulatory disruptions

Winter 2022

• PARG Accounting Research Discussion Session, May 4, 2022 – 12:00-13:00. Zoom poster
  Marc Pilon & Jo-Anne Ryan, The Laurentian University financial crisis: An accounting analysis of the insolvency.
• PARG Accounting Research Discussion Session, April 11, 2022 – 11:30-14:30. Zoom poster
  BUSI6000/5080 students
• PARG Accounting Research Discussion Session, March 4, 2022 – 12:00-13:00. Zoom poster
  Silvia Gaia, CEO network centrality and annual report readability
• Sprott Research Seminar – Sabbatical Returns, February 17, 2022 – 12:00-13:00. Zoom poster / slides
  F. Brouard, Philanthropy, Tax, Health, Accounting Profession, History and Humour
• PARG Accounting Research Discussion Session, February 11, 2022 – 12:00-13:00. Zoom poster
  M. Firoozi, Cybersecurity Disclosure in the Banking Industry: A Comparative Study
• PARG Accounting Research Discussion Session, January 17, 2022 – 13:00-14:00. Zoom
• PARG Accounting Research Discussion Session, January 10, 2022 – 13:00-14:00. Zoom
• PARG Accounting Research Discussion Session, January 7, 2022 – 13:00-14:00. Zoom
• PARG Accounting Research Discussion Session, January 5, 2022 – 13:00-14:00. Zoom

Fall 2021

• no activity

Winter 2021

• PARG Accounting Research Discussion Session, May 3, 2021 – 11:30-13:00. Zoom poster
  Charles H. Cho, The Blind Spots of Interdisciplinary
• PARG Accounting Research Discussion Session, April 14, 2021 – 14:30-17:30. Zoom poster
  BUSI6001 Sprott PhD candidates (G. Adams, A. Ault, B. Lemieux)
• PARG Accounting Research Discussion Session, March 18, 2021 – 11:00-13:00. Zoom poster
  S. Neculita, Performance Measurement in Public Universities from the Province of Ontario, Canada
• PARG Accounting Research Discussion Session, February 18, 2021 – 12:00-13:00. Zoom poster
  A. Neal, Constructing the Identity of Canada’s Merged Accounting Profession through Pre- and Post-Merger National Accounting Magazine Cover Images

Fall 2020

• PARG Accounting Research Discussion Session, November 13, 2020 – 12:00-13:00. Zoom poster
  F. Brouard. COVID-19 Crisis within Arts and Culture Sector and Comedy Industry in Québec and Canada
• PARG Accounting Research Discussion Session, October 28, 2020 – 12:00-13:00. Zoom poster
  M. Bujaki, An Historical Perspective on Water and the Environment during the Construction of the Erie (1817 – 1825) and Rideau (1826 – 1832) Canals: Insights and Implications from Environmental Philosophy
• Sprott Shifting Landscapes – Accounting Roundtable (in collaboration with PARG), October 16, 2020 – 12:00-13:00. Zoom Event description / Registration
  The public accounting profession and COVID-19: Changes to the nature of work and implications for mental health
  Panelists: Greg Boddy (GGFL), Michael Burch (Welch), Kristy Carscallen (KPMG), Carol Wilding, CPA Ontario)
  Moderators: M. Bujaki & F. Brouard Event report / Event video (59 minutes)

Winter 2020

• PARG Accounting Research Discussion Session, April 15, 2020 – 12:00-14:00. poster
  BUSI6000/5080 students (G. Adams, B. Lemieux, A. Neal, A. Sykes, X. Ding)
• PARG Accounting Research Discussion Session, April 3, 2020 – 10:00. info forthcoming
  Sherra Profit, Office of the Taxpayers’ Ombudsman, Government of Canada
• PARG Accounting Research Discussion Session, March 2, 2020 – 14:30-16:00. poster
  L. Keddie

Fall 2019

• PARG Accounting Research Discussion Session, December 6, 2019. poster
  N. Hyndman, Queen’s University, Belfast, UK – Building Trust and Legitimacy in the Charity Sector through Better Reporting – Reflections from a UK Insider
• PhD Thesis Examination – Alisher Mansurov , December 5, 2019.
  (Supervisor: Merridee Bujaki)
  Investor and Firm Perspectives on Impression Management in Earnings Press Releases: Insights from TSX Venture Exchange Firms PhD thesis Alisher Mansurov 2019
• PARG Accounting Research Discussion Session, December 5, 2019. poster
  P. Lapointe-Antunes – Part I: Welcome to the Gray Zone: Shades of Honesty and Earnings Management; Part II: Discussion with an Editor-in-Chief
• PARG Accounting Research Discussion Session, December 4, 2019. poster
  N. Hyndman, Queen’s University, Belfast, UK – Accounting change in the UK Public Sector: was it all worth it?
• PARG Accounting Research Event – Mental Health in the Accounting Profession , November 28, 2019. Poster / Invitation
  Video Denis Trottier / Slides Merridee Bujaki / Slides Caroline Workman
• PARG Accounting Research Discussion Session, November 18, 2019. poster
  L. Béduneau-Wang, Postdoc HEC Montréal – Performance indicators and coopetitive tensions (1853-2017): The organizational setting of water management
• CREWW Community Networking: Literature Reviews , October 30, 2019. poster / slides
  A. Kuzhabekova, CREWW post-doc researcher – Demystifying Literature Reviews
• Sprott Research Seminar, October 28, 2019. poster
  L. Keddie – New research Accounting Faculty.
• PhD Thesis Examination – Marc Pilon , September 27, 2019.
  (Supervisor: François Brouard)
  Accountability in Ontario’s Health Care System: The Role of Governance and Information in Managing Stakeholder Demands PhD thesis Marc Pilon 2019
• PARG Accounting Research Discussion Session, September 23, 2019. poster
  M. Bujaki – Discipline and Governmentality at a Distance: Internal Controls at the Isthmus Lockstation, Rideau Canada, 1832-1854

Winter / Spring 2019

• PARG Accounting Research Discussion Session, June 17, 2019.
  Theodora Aryee, University of Ghana – Accountants’ Social Construction of Their Changing Roles and Identity: An Emerging Economy Perspective poster
• PARG Accounting Research Discussion Session / Sprott Research Seminar, June 3, 2019. **CANCELLED**
  Kiymet Tunca Caliyurt, Trakya University – The Role of Accountant and Auditor in Fighting against Climate Change Risk under Related Regulation poster
• PARG Accounting Research Discussion Session, April 8, 2019. poster
  BUSI6001 Sprott PhD candidates (R. Husband, A. Neal, H. Phan)
• CREWW Community Networking: ‘Academic Paper Review Process’, February 25, 2019.
  F. Brouard, L. Nardon, L. Neilson note on Research Review – Brouard (2019)
• PARG Accounting Research Discussion Session, February 14, 2019. poster
  F. Brouard, C. Paré – Women in the Québec Francophone Comedy Industry: Ladies in “Old Boy’s Club” slides

Fall 2018

• Sprott Research Seminar, November 26, 2018. poster
  What kind of research goes on at Sprott? Accounting Faculty.
  (Becker, H., Brouard, F., Bujaki, M., Firoozi, M., Pollanen, R., Ruff, K., Sakka, O.) slides
• PARG Accounting Research Discussion Session, November 19, 2018.
  Keddie, L.(Concordia U.) Succumbing to the pressure? An investigation of the influence of stakeholder power on CSR performance-based incentives use
• PARG Accounting Research Discussion Session, November 15, 2018.
  Perreault, L. Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) Engagement and Management by Small Canadian-Controlled Private Corporations (CCPCs)
• PARG Accounting Research Discussion Session, November 13, 2018.
  Hahn, T-A. (Queen’s U.) The Nature of Tax Work: Why Neither Accountants nor Lawyers Dominate the Tax Field in Canađa
• PARG Accounting Research Discussion Session, November 12, 2018.
  Sakka, O. Internal audit and the Canadian public sector
• National Capital Region (Sprott-Telfer-UQO) Thesis Competition, October 5, 2018.
  Perreault, L. (Winner of First place); Pilon, M. news
• Sprott Research Seminar, October 1, 2018.
  Becker, H. Sabbatical Returns
• PARG Accounting Research Discussion Session, September 17, 2018.
  Pollanen, R. Usefulness of consolidated government accounts: A comparative view

Winter 2018

• PARG Accounting Research Discussion Session, April 16, 2018.
  Perreault, L. Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) Engagement and Management by Small Canadian-Controlled Private Corporations (CCPCs): An Initial Proposal
• PARG Accounting Research Discussion Session, April 9, 2018.
  Brouard, F. Research Interests Overview in 2018
  Sakka, O. Internal Audit Performance in the Public Sector: Definition and Measurement
  Firoozi, M. CEO Narratives and Social Media
• PARG Accounting Research Discussion Session, March 26, 2018.
  Hahn, T.-A. (Queen’s U.) The practice of tax in Canada as a de facto profession: The coalescence of a profession as evidenced by collective identity
• PARG Accounting Research Discussion Session, March 12, 2018.
  (cancelled because of labor dispute on campus)
• PARG Accounting Research Discussion Session, February 12, 2018.
  Pollanen, R. Public-Sector Accounting Standard-Setting Structures, Processes, and Debates in Canada
• PARG Accounting Research Discussion Session, January 22, 2018.
  Ruff, K. Three Approaches to Materiality: User, Archetypal, and Maieutic