17/03/2026
CITP Spotlight: Evan Buie – Trade Commissioner, Global Affairs Canada
For Evan Buie, CITP, the path into international trade began with a genuine interest in global business and early career experiences that opened doors into…
CITP Designation
11/03/2026
How can businesses, and the trade professionals who support them, move forward with confidence in a volatile world?
Global trade has rarely felt more uncertain, or more full of opportunity. That tension was at the heart of the panel discussion at the 2026…
10/03/2026
CITP Spotlight: Marc-André Beaupré — Senior Relationship Manager, EDC
For Marc-André Beaupré, CITP, a career in international trade wasn’t something he set out to find—it was something he grew into through curiosity, determination, and an appreciation…
03/03/2026
CITP Spotlight: Ismail Benmezdad — Director of Operations, Kerry Logistics Inc.
Some professionals find their way into international trade by chance. For Ismail Benmezdad, CITP, it was a deliberate choice. From early in his career, he…
04/02/2026
How to land a role in the international trade job market
A quick browse through most LinkedIn feeds these days, and you’ll see a common theme that everyone is talking about: today’s tough job market. HR managers are complaining that potential employees are ghosting interviews, job seekers are ranting…
07/01/2026
CITP Spotlight: Katherine Bagang, Senior Business Development Manager at GVig Singapore Pte Ltd Group
From the outside, international trade can look like a series of transactions: products moving across borders, contracts signed, and markets entered. But for Katherine Bagang,…
22/12/2025
CITP Spotlight: Yewande Olubowale, Trade Advisor at WTC Winnipeg
For Yewande Olubowale, international trade has always been about more than transactions—it’s also about how trade drives the global economy as a whole. As a Trade Advisor at…
10/12/2025
CITP Spotlight: Akhil Choudhary, Trade Commissioner at High Commission of Canada, India
For Akhil Choudhary, CITP®, international trade isn’t just about products moving around the world—it’s about ideas, innovation, and collaborative solutions that can improve lives across…
18/11/2025
CITP Spotlight: Abbas Sumar, Dean, International Education of Durham College, and Principal of Sumar + Associates Ltd.
For Abbas Sumar, the future of global business is not defined by the exchange of goods alone, but by the ripple effects those exchanges create…
22/10/2025
CITP Spotlight: Nil Özçelik Razavi, PhD – Trade Expert, T.C. Ticaret Bakanlığı
When Nil Özçelik Razavi, PhD, first moved from Turkey to Canada in 2007 to complete her doctoral research in Translation Studies, she never imagined she…