Life at SAIT
Cecil joined the School of Business in 2021 and teaches various Accounting and Finance courses, including Introductory, Intermediate, and Advanced Financial and Management Accounting. Considering his 20-year career as an instructor in Jamaica and Canada, Cecil has a deep passion for teaching and sharing knowledge with his students. His priority is to ensure that students are successful during their educational, professional and personal journeys.
Through his hands-on and active learning approaches to instruction, Cecil strives to develop students into valuable assets for their communities and wider society. To his students, Cecil says that knowledge is power and has potential to transform lives.
Outside work, Cecil enjoys reading, cooking, baking, and going on road trips with family and friends.
Education
Cecil has an MBA in Accounting from Oxford Brookes University, UK. Before graduate studies, Cecil completed his ACCA. He is a Certified Professional Accountant (CPA) and a Fellow Chartered and Certified Accountant (FCCA).
Professional Accomplishments
Before teaching at SAIT, Cecil was an instructor at various post-secondary institutions across Ontario and Jamaica. He also worked for the Jamaican Ministry of Finance for 19 years, serving in clerk, auditor and manager roles.
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SAIT is located on the traditional territories of the Niitsitapi (Blackfoot) and the people of Treaty 7 which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, the Kainai, the Tsuut’ina and the Îyârhe Nakoda of Bearspaw, Chiniki and Goodstoney.
We are situated in an area the Blackfoot tribes traditionally called Moh’kinsstis, where the Bow River meets the Elbow River. We now call it the city of Calgary, which is also home to the Métis Nation of Alberta.