| Our CMC-BC community continued to thrive this past year. We hit record highs in new CMCs earning their designations, the strongest pipeline of soon-to-be CMCs, and a full house of nearly 75 people in Victoria at our Annual Awards Night. We held three virtual Pathways to Consulting sessions targeted to students interested in a career in management consulting, in partnership with post-secondary student consulting clubs around the province. We co-designed a platform to engage with our vital community of FCMCs who came together to launch our ‘Ask an FCMC’ initiative, held a virtual event open to CMCs across the country on International Consultants Day last June, and conducted a thorough process to welcome four new FCMCs into their ranks. We held in-person informal mixers in Victoria and Kelowna every two months, hosted by local CMCs. We’ve been asked about mixers in Vancouver and we’ve tried it all – mixers only downtown, mixers downtown and in South Surrey etc. Unfortunately, most of the time, only the local host shows up. If anyone based in the Lower Mainland has any ideas about how to increase attendance, please do let me know – we will try anything! Based on your feedback, we refreshed our approach to our virtual monthly Third Thursday events with rotating hosts and discussion topics, shorter timeframe, and a standing link to make it easy to join. Please do come try them out – you’ll always walk away glad that you did. We launched a new Member Hub and website for CMC-BC to continue making our membership services stronger. And we’re in the process of developing a new MoU with the Certifying Institutes across the country and CMC-Canada to ensure we have a strong federation today and into the future. None of this would be possible without volunteers from our CMC-BC community who make it happen. I want to especially recognize our Council for their dedication and selflessness: |
| Rob Cupello, VP James Grieve, Registrar Eileen Lian, Treasurer Gilbert Tai, Secretary Sarah Palmer, Director at large Michael Rosen, Director at large Brendan Smith, Director at large |
November In-person CMC-BC Mixers
Thank you to everyone who joined our CMC-BC (in-person) Mixers on November 27, 2025 It was fantastic to see people come together in both Victoria and Kelowna.
Stay tuned for our next in-person Mixers on February 26th from 4:30pm to 6:00pm in Victoria (at 10 Acres Bistro) and Kelowna (Copper Brewing)!
Mark your calendars and join us. Pictured below is our crew in Victoria!
Membership Renewal
You will have noticed several recent communications about membership renewal. If you haven’t had a chance to review your membership yet, you can do so in our newly launched Member Hub here.
Remember to connect with the CMC-BC LinkedIn feed as that is a channel we regularly use.
As always, please reach out to me at Ashka.Wirk@cmc-bc.ca with questions, ideas, or just to connect!
Sincerely,
Ashka Wirk
President and Council Chair, CMC-BC
