Thanks for you quick respond.
Well, I have been working for almost one year as a full charge bookkeeper; however, I am thinking of my future income and career. To be honest, the previous accounting education does not give me enough transferable credits to CGA. If I were not wrong, I would only get FA1 exempted. I did learn some accounting courses, but they are not good enough for transferring. Anyway, I decide to start a new journey from scratch no matter how hard it is and how long it takes.
The first choice is I will take some CGA courses in Langara where I am living close to.
http://www.langara.bc.ca/continuing...ams/professional-accounting/designations.html
They put a nice chart to show the differences between the current 4 designations, CGA, CMA, CA, CPA.
The advantages are part-time basis and course by course, but I am not sure if it is authentic and gets approved by CPA cause I cannot find related information regarding which course is accepted by CPA. CPA says it will release a new standard of courses to its partners: post-secondary institutions.
If it were true, I may take some courses here to fulfill the prerequisite for CPA.
The only drawback is I cannot get a degree through such a education. I still need to transfer all of my previous credits from the college in Ontario(where I got my accounting diploma) and Langara to another University, say, SFU or UBC whatsever. That is so complicated!
The other choice is I will go directly into a degree program which includes all the CPA prerequisite courses. It is better to be a institution located in Vancouver cause I do not want to spend too much time on wheels as I have a day job. Also, it has to be a part-time basis and most of courses are in evenings.
Maybe I am asking too much and do not want to sacrifice a bit.
Feel free to input, thanks a lot. I appreciate your help.