GFOA and Canada

GFOA Resources for Canadian Members

The Government Finance Officers of the United States and Canada represents a diverse group of professionals from many forms of state/provincial, regional, and local governments.

In Canada, GFOA’s membership of over 500 individuals represents governments from 9 of the 10 provinces and 2 of the 3 territories. Recently, Canadian governments were recognized with GFOA’s Award for Excellence, approximately 100 win the Canadian Award for Financial Reporting, any many other individuals contribute to GFOA research and best practices.

To better serve GFOA’s Canadian members, GFOA has developed the Community for Canadian Issues (CCI) to provide focused educational and networking opportunities for GFOA members in Canada. In addition, this resource page provides highlights from GFOA programs and services that features Canadian members or are relevant to current issues in Canadian public finance.

Community For Canadian Issues

The Community for Canadian Issues (CCI) is a voluntary association of GFOA members organized to provide focused educational and networking opportunities for GFOA members in Canada.

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Transforming Finance and Asset Management with Tanya Garost

Listen to IPWEA’s Infrastructure Matters podcast as host David Jenkins engages with Tanya Garost, President of the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA).

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Canadian Partner Organizations

Asset Management Competency Framework for Canadian Communities

Infrastructure asset management (AM) can help organizations navigate these challenges of an aging asset base, financial deficits, climate change, demographic changes, and more.

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Rethinking Budgeting

Traditional line item budgeting is incremental, which can make it slow for local governments to adapt to changing conditions. The Rethinking Budgeting initiative considers new ways of thinking, new technologies, and practices to meet the changing needs of communities.

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Fiscal First Aid Resources

GFOA's material library contains all Fiscal First Aid research reports, webinars, podcasts, and tools.

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Canadian Award for Financial Reporting Program

GFOA established the Canadian Award for Excellence in Financial Reporting Program (CAnFR Program) in 1986 to encourage and assist Canadian local governments to go beyond the minimum requirements of generally accepted accounting principles.
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