The CATIE Awards Committee and judges, from far right: Norman Morris (judge), Tammy Thompson (committee auditor), Joy Nott (committee), Cora Di Pietro (judge), Bob Armstrong (judge), Molly Zito (committee), Mary Anderson (committee).

This past October, I.E.Canada introduced the CATIE Awards, Canada’s newest and most prestigious trade awards. The CATIE celebrates and recognizes excellence in Canada’s trade community. Categories included:

• Best Practices in Trade Processes Award - recognizing the implementation of a new process to improve trade processes, to create efficiencies and reduce costs.

• Trade Leadership Award - peer recognition of an individual who has demonstrated leadership and vision in the process of compliance and the culture of professionalism in trade.

• Greening of the Supply Chain Award - corporate award recognizing best practices in environmental trade sustainability.

• I.E.Canada Beth Travis Member of the Year - recognizing a member who has demonstrated a passion and commitment to the development of Canadian trade and to I.E. Canada’s mission to be the voice of trade.

Recently, the CATIE Awards committee and judges met to review the CATIE nomination and judging processes. As an inaugural event, the Awards were extremely well received and are well on the way to becoming a much anticipated annual event. All who participated in the nomination and judging process passionately supported the awards and offered excellent suggestions to enhance the process.

I.E.Canada would like to again thank all who participated, particularly the awards committee, the judges and of course, the sponsors: HSBC Bank Canada, UPS, Heenan Blaikie, and Ernst & Young.

Keep watching for updates regarding the 2010 CATIEs and remember, it’s never too early to start thinking of a deserving candidate!

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