The Canadian Payroll Elects Board Chair

The Board of Directors of the Canadian Payroll Association (CPA) is pleased to announce the election of Sandra Morrison, CPM, CPHR, as its 2018-2019 Chair. In her role, Ms. Morrison will champion the Association’s core purpose of payroll compliance through education and advocacy, and its strategic priority to gain influence in the business, government and academic communities. Ms. Morrison has over 20 years of payroll, benefits, pension and human resources experience. She is currently the Director, HR, Total Rewards & North American Payroll at Canfor Corporation in Vancouver where she oversees payroll, human resources and total rewards for 7,500 employees worldwide. She previously held positions as Director of HR for Retirement Concepts, as Senior Manager of HR, Compensation & Benefits for the City of Coquitlam, and as Vice President, HR & Payroll for Wesbild Holdings. She has served as a key volunteer and contributor to the Association for the past 12 years, on several task forces including those for Social Insurance Number Guidelines and HR Fundamentals, and worked on various committees reviewing certification course materials. She has been an instructor of the CPA’s certification courses at Douglas College for the past 14 years and for the CPA’s Professional Development Seminars for the past 8 years, served as Co-Chair of the CPA’s 2013 Vancouver Conference Committee, joined the Board of Directors in 2012, and the Executive Committee in 2016. The CPA congratulates Ms. Morrison on her appointment. As the national association representing employers’ payroll needs since 1978, the CPA influences more than 500,000 payrolls annually, provides value to more than 41,000 payroll practitioners, and works with federal, provincial and territorial governments to ensure payroll legislation, regulations and administration are efficient and effective for all stakeholders.