TORONTO, September 13, 2021
CIFFA (The Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association), is pleased to announce the promotion of Julia Kuzeljevich to Director, Policy and Communications.
Kuzeljevich joined CIFFA in 2017 as its Public Affairs Manager after 18 years in the business media working on several transportation and supply chain publications.
She will be responsible for advancing CIFFA’s advocacy agenda, working to influence public policy development positively and proactively and to address regulatory issues that affect freight forwarders’ ability to conduct day-to-day business.
As well as managing CIFFA’s volunteer national committees in sea freight, airfreight, customs, sustainability and technology, she will represent the legislative and regulatory interests of CIFFA members with government authorities, carriers and other associations. Reporting to the Executive Director, Kuzeljevich will provide leadership direction to a Communications team and a lobbyist.
“We are pleased to announce the promotion of Julia Kuzeljevich to this new role advancing CIFFA’s policy agenda and building further on our excellent reputation domestically and internationally as the trusted advisor for the freight forwarding community,” said Bruce Rodgers, Executive Director, CIFFA.
An experienced moderator and presenter, Kuzeljevich is bilingual and holds honours B.A. degrees from York University and Humber’s School of Journalism. She has completed CIFFA’s International Transportation and Trade course and is currently working towards the CSCB’s Canadian Customs and Border Procedures.
TORONTO, August 10, 2021
Every year, CIFFA offers an award to a young freight forwarder who best demonstrates industry knowledge and skills to become a true international freight forwarding professional in the future.
In January, 2021, after a review process of industry experience and a written dissertation demonstrating technical knowledge, CIFFA announced Georgina Alejandra Pérez Pérez as the 2021 Canadian Young Freight Forwarder of the Year Award recipient.
After completing an additional dissertation, Georgina entered the international competition and, following a review process by FIATA and the TT Club, on August 10, 2021 was announced as the Americas regional winner of the Young International Freight Forwarder of the Year competition. Georgina’s dissertations looked at two very distinct shipments, both linked to the Canadian Arctic – the first related to an importation project bringing an over-dimensional mining truck from Chicago, USA to the Northwest Territories, Canada, and the second project focused on the challenges of a time-sensitive movement, bringing a diesel generator from southern to northern Canada.
As the Americas regional winner, Georgina will be invited to compete at the FIATA World Congress where she will present her dissertations to the Award Steering Committee that will subsequently announce the 2021 Young International Freight Forwarder of the Year.
The prize to be awarded to the winner principally consists of practical and academic training, including a week based at one of the TT Club’s regional centres in London, Hong Kong or New Jersey plus a week in the TT Club’s Head Office in London. Additionally, one year’s subscription to the International Transport Journal (ITJ) is provided to all four regional winners.
Georgina has graduated from the Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro, Mexico with an Honour’s Bachelor’s degree in biochemical engineering and a Master’s degree in food science and technology. She continued her studies in Canada, where she has completed the International Transportation and Customs program at Seneca College, the Authorized Cargo Representative course, the MSR Customs Automation Certificate and the FIATA Diploma in International Freight Forwarding. Georgina worked as a logistics coordinator at ACE Express Canada Logistics and is currently working at DSV Air & Sea, where she was first in the position of an ocean import coordinator and now works in the air exports department.
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TORONTO June 25, 2021.
CIFFA (The Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association) announces a new appointment to its Board of Directors.
Joel MacKay is the President and Owner of Mactrans Logistics Inc, a North American 3PL. Joel and his team have built Mactrans from a group of three people in 2009 to over thirty associates today with offices in Toronto, Montreal, and Moncton. Mactrans has been named one of Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies by Canadian Business (Maclean’s) for the last five years and one of Canada’s Top Growing Companies by the Globe and Mail for the last two years. Mactrans is a proud member of the SmartWay Transportation program and the Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA). Both Joel and Mactrans look forward to being part of CIFFA.
Joel has thirty years experience in the Canadian transportation industry starting at the age of fifteen when he worked on the loading dock for Speedy Transport. During high school and university Joel returned every summer and held various operations positions. Upon graduating from Western University in 1997 Joel started in transportation sales. Joel held sales positions at CCX (now XPO) and Livingston before starting Concord Logistics Solutions in 2006 with a partner. In 2009 Joel went out on his own and founded Mactrans Logistics. Joel is the proud father of two girls and is grateful for all the support his father, industry veteran Roy MacKay, has provided him throughout his career.