Auditing: The Art and Science of Assurance Engagements, Canadian Edition, 15th edition

Al Arens (1935 to 2010), founding author of this textbook, was the PricewaterhouseCoopers Professor of Accounting Emeritus at Michigan State University. In addition to writing books on auditing, he was a coauthor of computerized accounting supplements and he was actively involved in the continuing education of practitioners with local and regional CPA firms. Al was a past president of the American Accounting Association and a former member of the AICPA Auditing Standards Board. He practiced public accounting with both a local CPA firm and the predecessor firm to Ernst & Young. He received many awards including the AAA Auditing Section Outstanding Educator award, the AICPA Outstanding Educator award, the national Beta Alpha Psi Professor of the Year award, and many teaching and other awards at Michigan State.

Randy Elder, who has served as a coauthor of this textbook since the 8th edition, is Dixon Hughes Goodman Professor and Department Head of Accounting and Finance at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He teaches undergraduate and graduate auditing courses, and has received several teaching awards. His research focuses on audit quality and current audit firm practices and he served as the team leader for the American Accounting Association Auditing Section PCAOB research synthesis teams on audit confirmations and audit sampling. He has extensive public accounting experience with a large regional CPA firm, frequently teaches continuing education for a large international CPA firm, and is a member of the AICPA.

Mark Beasley, who has also served as a coauthor of this textbook since the 8th edition, is the Deloitte Professor of Enterprise Risk Management and Professor of Accounting at North Carolina State University. He has taught undergraduate and graduate auditing courses, and has received several teaching awards including membership in NC State's Academy of Outstanding Teachers. He has extensive professional audit experience with the predecessor firm to Ernst & Young and has extensive standards-setting experience working with the Auditing Standards Board as a Technical Manager in the Audit and Assurance Division of the AICPA. He served on the ASB Fraud Standard Task Force responsible for developing SAS 99, the ASB Antifraud Programs and Controls Task Force, and the Advisory Council overseeing the COSO Enterprise Risk Management: Integrated Framework project. He served over 7 years as a member of the COSO Board, representing the AAA.

Chris Hogan joined as a coauthor starting with the 16th edition. Chris is the Russell E. Palmer Endowed Professor of Accounting and Department Chairperson in the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University. Chris teaches graduate auditing and her research focuses on internal controls and integrated audits, audit firm client portfolios, and the impact of regulation on audit markets. Chris has auditing experience with Price Waterhouse, one of the predecessor firms to PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP. She has served in multiple leadership roles within the American Accounting Association, including serving as President of the Auditing Section and on the Audit Committee of the AAA.

Joanne C. Jones. This is the third Canadian edition to be authored by Joanne C. Jones, who is an associate professor of auditing at York University. Joanne teaches graduate and undergraduate auditing and her research focuses on issues such as professionalism and ethics in accounting, audit practice, and globalization and the diversity of the accounting profession. She also investigates academic ethics and accounting education and has published several instructional audit cases in academic peer-reviewed journals. Joanne is an active reviewer for several academic journals and currently serves as an editor for Issues in Accounting Education and is an associate editor at Accounting Perspectives. Prior to earning her PhD, she worked for several years as an external auditor with KPMG and as the associate director of education with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario (now CPA Ontario).

Bartosz Amerski. We are again pleased to have Bartosz Amerski as contributing author for the Fifteenth Canadian Edition. Bartosz teaches graduate and undergraduate auditing and accounting at York University, where he has received recognition and awards for his excellence in teaching and creating a positive learning environment for his students. Bartosz also teaches in the CPA Ontario's Professional Educational Program (PEP) and the Prerequisite Educational Program (PREP). He has completed a Masters of Laws (LL.M.) at Osgoode Hall Law School and is an audit director with the office of the Auditor General of Ontario. Prior to that, Bartosz worked at Ernst & Young as an external auditor.