Kenneth Weaver, FCGA

Renowned Educator, Farsighted Leader 

Kenneth France Weaver, FCGA, was CGA-BC’s President in 1975, and one of its great leaders and long-time promoters. During his term as President, Mr. Weaver said that from the day in 1950 when a small delegation approached the head of UBC’s commerce department for help in setting up CGA-BC’s education program, the Association had grown and “developed beyond the wildest dreams of its most ardent members.” Mr. Weaver could always be counted on to be included in that company of CGAs.

As President he helped to advance the education program when he agreed to the purchase of CGA-BC’s first in-house computer; the decision was an early sign of the Association’s commitment to being a technological leader in professional distance education.

Education was where his passion lay. “My father came to his calling late in life, but he came to it, and he gave his students his all,” said his son Michael. “Around exam time, I can remember him taking student calls even at dinner time. He had to calm down many an anxious student and even if it took an hour or two, he’d patiently explain a point until he was sure his student grasped the concept. Of course, by then his supper was cold.”

Born and raised in Vancouver, Kenneth. Weaver served in the Canadian Army during the Second World War in Canada and Europe. After the war, he attended UBC, where he earned his BCom in 1949. He was certified in 1953, just two years after CGA-BC was founded by an act of the Legislature. 

After 20 years as an accountant in small business, he left industry to join UBC’s Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration as Coordinator of the Diploma Division. Among his responsibilities were the administration, preparation and revision of the CGA course of studies and the appointment of examiners and preparation of the CGA exams.

Mr. Weaver later left UBC to join Vancouver Community College as an accounting instructor, and also joined the public practice firm of Anderson, Brown & Weaver before retiring in 1989. A sign above the entrance to the school’s Business Administration Department read, Welcome to BAD Manors.

He may have retired from active business in 1989, but his service to the Association didn’t flag. In addition to serving on the Board of Governors from 1972 to 1978, Mr. Weaver continued to serve on the Education Advisory Group from 1970 to 1974 and again from 1981 to 1997. In 1976 he chaired the first meeting of the Professional Development Committee, which would see a commitment to professional development, continuing education, and the maintenance of member standards.

In recognition of his many contributions, the National Board of Directors conferred the Fellowship honour upon Kenneth. Weaver in 1976, and in 1984 he received the Life Member status. 

This article first appeared on the CGA-BC website, May 2, 2011.