from t he di str ict director
The first day of spring came and went and, unfortunately for some parts of the country, winter would not let go. As I write this in mid-April, I’m watching light snow falling in Southern Ontario while our members in Manitoba are enjoying a record snowfall and school closures. Despite the
Edward Soldo, P.Eng., FITE Canadian District Director, ITE director@cite7.org
wintery weather, our spring events continue. The ITE Spring Conference “Innovations that Work” was held successfully in March with over 700 virtual participants. It provided members with a great learning opportunity about the latest transportation trends. The ITE International Board of Direction (IBOD) also had a virtual check-in meeting in March.
The focus of this CITE Transportation Talk is on diversity and inclusion and hence I wanted to provide the membership with some background on what ITE is undertaking in this area. In 2019, ITE adopted a Diversity and Inclusion Policy which is available on ITE’s website at: www.ite.org/membership/ diversity-and-inclusion. ITE believes that differences in background and experience enrich the culture and experiences of ITE for our membership as they do for the communities in which we live and work. Our personal experience and identity shape how people see the world and greater inclusion will provide a more thoughtful, open, and integrated sharing of ideas and experiences across the entire global membership. The greater diversity of ideas and experiences will help us to be in a position to tackle transportation’s biggest challenges and to develop the preparedness and resilience that ITE will need to address future challenges that cannot be currently defined.
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TRANSPORTATION TALK | SPRING 2022
