NOTE: The workshops provided by Invest Nova Scotia, in partnerships with Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Forum for International Trade Training (FITT) and Export Development Canada (EDC), are primarily available to businesses based in Nova Scotia. If your company is located outside of Nova Scotia and you wish to participate, you may be added to a waitlist for future opportunities. Priority will be given to Nova Scotia-based businesses.

Manage your company’s supply chain and logistics to mitigate risks, reduce costs and improve efficiency throughout every stage of your global value chain. The Global Value Chain course examines how you can control and manage logistical systems within the global value chain in order to minimize your costs and risks, and maximize your international business potential. It also examines aspects of distribution, inventory management, document management and procurement, which are integral to international trade logistics.

This four-day course will take place on the following dates:

Day 1: Thursday, May 22, 2025, 9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Day 2: Friday, May 23, 2025, 9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Day 3: Thursday, May 29, 2025, 9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Day 4: Friday, May 30, 2025, 9:00 am - 12:30 pm

This course is virtual via Zoom. A link will be provided a week before the workshop start date.

Course facilitator:

Leah Sanford CITP-FIBP, Principal & Co-Owner of Kelford Inc.

Leah Sanford is a certified International Trade Practitioner (CITP | FIBP®) and co-owner of Kelford Inc.—a Halifax-based boutique marketing firm. She spends her working days helping established and aspiring entrepreneurs find their voice, fuel their passion, and connect with their ideal customers around the world.

A seasoned facilitator, Leah has taught in Canada’s Lab2Market Program through Memorial University and the University of Manitoba, with the Australian professional development enterprise Paddl, and now with FITTskills. A strong advocate for international trade training, Leah has supported FITT programming with her unique lens on entrepreneurship and marketing through speaking engagements, course evaluations, and project marking.

Leah has been called the “business hug” that every entrepreneur needs, because she focuses on what moves and motivates them to do amazing work, at a steady pace, for the long-term—so they get what they want and build the business of their dreams.

An endlessly energetic motivator who sets the pace, Leah keeps her clients, students, and everyone around her on track and having fun, and ensures that no one gets left behind or loses hope. Because when the finish line is far—as it often is in international trade projects— sustainable pace is the only way to get there.

Registration details:

Registration fee: This four-day workshop is FREE to Nova Scotia businesses.

How to register: If you are interested in registering for this workshop, reserve your spot above.

Registration deadline: Tuesday, May 20, 2025

How can FITTskills help your business? For more information, please contact:

Yuliya Demish, Export Development Executive
Invest Nova Scotia
yuliya.demish@investnovascotia.ca
902.221.5138

FITTskills | Global Value Chain (May 22, 23, 29 & 30, 2025)