Faculty and staff

• Heriot-Watt University, Scotland, UK, – DBA, Accounting
• Saint Mary's University, Halifax, NS, Canada, – MBA, Finance
• Acadia University, Wolfville, NS, Canada, – BBA, Accounting

Professional Qualifications 

• Certified General Accountant (CGA) of Canada, May 1994
• Fellow of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA), July 2007
• Certified Investment Manager (CIM), Canadian Securities Institute (CSI), January 2001
• Provincial Post-Secondary Instructor Diploma of BC (completed all courses), May 2007

Others

• Reviewer of various Financial Management and Accounting textbooks (2009 ~ now)
• Marker and course lecturer for Finance 1 (FN1) & Advanced Finance course (FN2 of CGA Canada and UBC Diploma in Accounting program) (2010 ~ now)
• Exam. Reviewer for Introductory Financial Accounting (FA1, CGA Canada) (2011 ~ now)
• Exam. Reviewer for Economics 1 (EC1, CGA Canada) (2010 ~ now)

Courses recently taught at UFV:

• BUS 226 –  Economic and Business Statistics
• BUS 245 –  Personal Wealth Creation
• BUS 247 –  Introductory Management Accounting
• BUS 249 –  Introduction to Finance
• BUS 343 –  Intermediate Accounting I
• BUS 347 –  Auditing Principles

Leung, R. (2018, November-a). Doing good and doing well? Can socially responsible firms have effects on firm-level corporate governance, accounting quality and firm value in strong institutional contexts? Evidence from Canada. Paper presented at the 13th Asian-Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues, San Francisco, CA.

Leung, R. (2018, November-b). Effects of family-controlled corporations on firm-level financial performance across competitive strategies. Paper presented at the 13th Asian-Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues, San Francisco, CA.

Leung, R., & Fung, S. (2018, November). Learnings outcomes as perceived enjoyment in studying accounting – Personal vs. environmental factors. Paper presented at the 13th Asian-Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues, San Francisco, CA.

Leung, R. (2015, November). Earnings management motives and firm value following mandatory IFRS adoption – Evidence from Canadian companies. Paper presented at the 27th Asian-Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues, Gold Coast, Australia.

Fung, S., & Leung, R. (2015, May). A systemic study of the awareness of corporate social responsibility of professional accounting students. Paper presented at the 5th Biennial Conference of the World Accounting Frontiers Series (WAFS), Macau, China.

Leung, R., & Fung, S. (2015, May). Mandatory adoption of IFRS, corporate governance quality and equity financing in the market-based economy. Paper presented at the 5th Biennial Conference of the World Accounting Frontiers Series, Macau, China.

Leung, R. (2015, April). The cost of equity effect from mandatory IFRS adoption - The importance of reporting incentives. Paper presented at the 38th European Accounting Association (EAA) Annual Congress, Glasgow, United Kingdom.

Leung, R., Ilsever, J., & Fung, S. (2015, April). Empirical validation & investigation of significant institutional & personal factors that impact upon & motivate accounting students. Paper presented at the Sam Houston State University General Business Research Conference, Huntsville, TX.

Leung, R. (2014, October). The cost of equity effect from mandatory IFRS adoption - The importance of reporting incentives. Paper presented at the 26th Asian-Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues, Taipei, Taiwan.

Leung, R., & Ilsever, J. (2013, November). Review of evidence between corporate governance and mandatory IFRS adoption from the perspective of agency theory and information asymmetry. Presentation at the 9th Knowledge Globalization Conference, Boston, MA.

Ilsever, J., Ivanof, M., & Leung, R. (2013, May). An empirical evidence of international accounting harmonization and transparency impact on capital markets: An innovative approach to efficient accounting reporting system in Canada. Proceedings of the Knowledge Globalization Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, 8(1), 205-242.

Leung, R. (2016). Earnings management motives and firm value following mandatory IFRS adoption – Evidence from Canadian companies. Corporate Ownership & Control, 13(2), 280-295.

Leung, R., & Ilsever, J. (2015). Supporting and supplemental learning intervention strategies (SSi) in introductory accounting classes. Journal of Accounting and Auditing: Research & Practice, 2015(2015). doi:10.5171/2015.129854.

Leung, R., & Ilsever, J. (2014). Measurement of the impact of supporting and supplemental learning intervention strategies (SSI) in introductory accounting classes at the University of Fraser Valley. Business Studies Journal, 6(1), 59-71.

Ilsever, J., Ivanof, M., & Leung, R. (2013). International accounting harmonization and transparency: Impact on capital markets: A general review of literature. Journal of Knowledge Globalization, 6(2), 77-111.

Leung, R., & Ilsever, J. (2013). Review of evidence between corporate governance and mandatory IFRS adoption from the perspective of agency theory and information asymmetry. Universal Journal of Accounting & Finance, 1(3), 85-94. doi:10.13189/ujaf.2013.010301.