Nola Buhr, PhD, CA, joined the accounting faculty at the University of Saskatchewan in July, 2000.  She obtained her Chartered Accountant designation in 1988 and worked for five years in public practice for CA firms in Winnipeg and Bermuda.  Since obtaining her PhD in Accounting from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario in 1994, Nola has taught accounting at universities in the US, Oman and Canada.  Broadly speaking her area of research is accountability and her work includes environmental and sustainability accounting disclosure as well as accounting history.  Nola has published widely and sits on seven academic editorial boards.  One of her recent projects was serving as the researcher for the CICA Report Financial Reporting by First Nations. 

Nola has been an active volunteer with the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants since 1991.  In March 2009 she completed a two year term as the Chair of the Public Sector Accounting Board (PSAB) which sets accounting standards for all levels of government in Canada.  Currently she is a member of the PSAB Assets Task Force.  Nola is a member of the federal government Departmental Audit Committees for the department of Canadian Heritage and the department of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada.  As well, she recently completed a three and a half year term as the chair of the Audit Committee for the government of the province of Saskatchewan.