Throughout their history, each legacy body has celebrated the achievements of its students and candidates—those who have passed a rigorous program of accounting studies, met stringent requirements for practical experience, and demonstrated a strict adherence to the highest professional standards.
Year after year, they have welcomed new CAs, CGAs, and CMAs into membership with convocation ceremonies to mark their achievements. Throughout the years the graduating classes have gotten bigger and the ceremonies more elaborate, but the joy and satisfaction of earning a professional accounting designation has never wavered. Here is a look at convocations then, and now.