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York University recently established a Civil Engineering department and offers courses in Transportation Engineering, Urban Transportation Planning, Road Safety Engineering, and Transportation Economics. Congratulations to Erik Nevlan, Ansom Thomas, Davin Utama, and Ravichandra Rampure for the role they played in establishing the student chapter and for being the inaugural chapter executive. A special thanks to Dr. Kevin Gingerich for his role as the faculty advisor. Our preparations for the 2018 CITE Annual Conference in Edmonton are well underway. With the theme Fostering Community, the Local Arrangements Committee is working on delivering a technical program, tours, and social events that will bring together the best and brightest from across Canada’s transportation community. The robust program focuses on the future of rapid technological advancement and a changing climate. Find out what there is to look forward to with the conference preview starting on page 13. As part of the conference, there are a number of student related activities that I would highly encourage our student membership to attend. Thanks to the efforts of representatives from the University of Manitoba and University of Alberta, there will be a Student Leadership Summit on June 2-3. The goal is to provide students from various universities with an opportunity for professional development and fellowship. Student chapters from across Canada will also be participating in our annual CITE Collegiate Traffic Bowl, all of them striving to be crowned the CITE Champion and moving on to compete at the ITE Collegiate Traffic Bowl as part of the Joint ITE International and Midwestern/Great Lakes Districts (MWITE/GLITE) Annual Meeting and Exhibit in Minneapolis, MN on August 20-23. Let’s see if my alma mater, McMaster University, can repeat as CITE Champions. Just a reminder that CITE is active on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook. We are experiencing steady growth on these social media channels and they are a great way to keep up on CITE news, job postings, and interesting links. Follow us at: @itecanada linkedin.com/company/canadian-institute-of-transportation-engineers facebook.com/itecanada Hope to see many of you at the Edmonton conference. If there is anything you want to share about CITE, or have any questions that I can help out with, please feel free to drop me an email at esoldo@cite7.org.
EDWARD SOLDO, P.Eng., FITE Canadian District President
SPRING 2018 | TRANSPORTATION TALK
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