George Kuhn Education Award
The George Kuhn Education Award is presented to the students who have achieved the highest marks in the FIATA Diploma Course – Advanced Freight Services (Formerly the Advanced Certificate Courses). The highest grade is based on the completion of the Advanced Freight Services course. Consideration for this award is given to each region in Canada.
Mr. Kuhn was CIFFA’s President from 1982 to 1983 and CIFFA’s Executive Director from 1999 to 2006 after an accomplished career in the international transportation industry in his native Switzerland, later in England, France, United States and Japan. He pioneered the creation of the CIFFA education programs in the early 1980s, complete with the Dangerous Goods courses and various workshops. Mr. Kuhn passed away November 11, 2019, leaving a vast legacy in our industry.
