We have an offer for 10% off the best airfare with WestJet for travel to Vancouver for CPPC Forum 2012, available through our travel agent UNIGLOBE Geo Travel. This includes three days prior to Forum and three days after the event, so that you can extend your stay on the West coast. The offer does not include seat sales or web fares. To book with UNIGLOBE, contact them at uvic@geo.ca or by phone at 250-386-4444 or 800-457-6449 and press 1.

In our support of the Canadian Supply Chain Sector Council, the CPPC was involved last year in producing a video profile of work in public procurement. Melinda Nycholat, Director of the CPPC and Director, Contract Services with Defence Construction Canada discusses the range of expertise involved in her job in construction procurement. Click here to access the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k45xtaR1QTQ&list=UUQ2cKtAXxjAfDw9nYUV9ung&index=6&feature=plcp

The Canadian Supply Chain Sector Council has good resources to continue your career in the supply chain, be it in public procurement or private sector retail, warehousing, logistics or transportation. Find them at www.supplychaincanada.org.

The Canadian Supply Chain Sector Council released their 2011-2012 Human Resources study last month, outlining many of the challenges that employers face in supply chain and public procurement, and providing strategies to recruit and retain. The report is available in pdf format online at http://c366462.r62.cf0.rackcdn.com/CSCSC_HR_Study_Report_2012.pdf.