Award Winners / Nos lauréats
The Century Council’s 20th Anniversary “20 People to Watch”
As part of its 20th anniversary celebration, The Century Council has honoured twenty people for their leadership, ideas and commitment to the health and safety of the United States and the idea of a brighter future for America’s young people.
Robyn Robertson was nominated for her continued dedication to road safety research and for her numerous contributions to field. Most notably, Robyn is the creator of Change the Conversation, TIRF’s national education program to reduce impaired driving. She is also the driving force behind the International Inventory of Ignition Interlock Programs, the Alcohol Interlock Curriculum for Practitioners, and the Young and New Driver Resource Centre.
Robyn also serves as the coordinator of the Working Group on DWI System Improvements, a US coalition of leading criminal justice professionals representing fifteen criminal justice organizations.
James J. Howard Highway Safety Trailblazer Award
On September 27 2011, the Governors Highway Safety Association’s (GHSA) most prestigious award, the James J. Howard Highway Safety Trailblazer Award, was presented posthumously to Dr. Herb Simpson for his outstanding contributions to the field of highway safety through his groundbreaking research. Dr. Simpson's work was instrumental in identifying hard core drunk drivers as a significant contributor to highway fatalities and helped pioneer the concept of graduated driver licensing (GDL), among many other contributions.
2010 Widmark Award
In recognition of her achievements in road safety research, Professor Evelyn Vingilis received a Widmark Award at the opening ceremony of the International Council on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety (ICADTS) Conference in Oslo, Norway, on August 23, 2010.
The Widmark Award is the highest honor bestowed by ICADTS and is only given to individuals and organizations that have made outstanding, sustained, and meritorious contributions to the international field of alcohol, drugs, and traffic safety.
As the ICADTS by-laws state, “Individuals and institutions receiving Widmark Awards…have contributed significantly and achieved international recognition over a sustained period of years.”
http://familymedicineuwo.ca/About/Vingillis_Widmark_Award.aspx
Transport Canada Safety and Security Plaque
Plaque de Transports Canada, Sécurité et sûreté
Sherry Norton-Brunelle, a former member of CARSP's Board of Directors, and a researcher with Dalhousie University's Vehicle Research Safety Team, one of Transport Canada's university based research teams, was presented with the Transport Canada Safety and Security Plaque by Trevor Lehouillier, Louis-Philippe Lussier and Jean-Louis Comeau on September 16th, 2009 during the Canadian Association of Technical Accident Investigators and Reconstructionists (CATAIR) Conference in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. The Transport Canada award is designed to recognize individuals who have demonstrated their commitment to transportation safety over an extended period of time and who have contributed to transportation safety in an exceptional way.
Sherry will be retiring after a long, productive and dedicated career in the field of road safety. She started work with the Vehicle Research Safety Team in September 1988 and will retire on March 1, 2010. One of her main interests has been the safety of children in motor vehicles and, in particular, promoting the appropriate use of child restraint systems. The plaque inscription reads, "Thank you for your contribution to road safety and for keeping our children safe! Happy retirement!"
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Transport Canada Safety and Security Plaque |
Presentation of the Award (L:R) Sherry Norton, Dalhousie University; Trevor Lehouillier, Louis-Philippe Lussier, and Jean-Louis Comeau, Transport Canada |
Sherry Norton-Brunelle, une ancienne membre du Conseil d'administration de l'ACPSER, et chercheuse dans l'équipe de recherche en sécurité automobile de l'Université Dalhousie, une des équipes universitaires de Transports Canada, s'est vue décerner une plaque de Transports Canada, Sécurité et sûreté des mains de Trevor Lehouillier, Louis-Philippe Lussier et Jean-Louis Comeau le 16 septembre 2009 lors de la Conférence de la Canadian Association of Technical Accident Investigators and Reconstructionists, qui s'est tenue à Dartmouth en Nouvelle-Écosse. Ce prix de Transports Canada a pour but de reconnaître et honorer les individus qui ont fait preuve de grand dévouement à la cause de la sécurité dans les transports et qui ont contribué de façon significative à cette cause.
Sherry prendra sa retraite après une longue, productive et dévouée carrière dans le domaine de la sécurité routière. Elle a commencé à travailler avec l'équipe de recherche en sécurité automobile de l'Université Dalhousie en septembre 1988 et prendra sa retraite le 1er mars 2010. Un de ses principaux champs d'intérêt a été la sécurité des enfants en automobile et, en particulier, la promotion de l'utilisation correcte des sièges d'auto pour enfants. L'inscription sur la plaque se lit comme suit : " Merci pour ta contribution à la sécurité routière et pour avoir veillé à la sécurité de nos enfants ! Bonne retraite ! " (traduction)
2009 Canadian Transportation Awards
On October 22, 2009, Canada's Transport Minister John Baird and the Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) announced the winners of the 2009 Canadian Transportation Awards, recognizing leadership, excellence and achievement in the transportation sector.
| Ms. Mavis Johnson, of Burnaby, British Columbia, was honoured with an Award of Excellence for her many years of developing, managing and participating in engineering, enforcement and education programs to promote road safety at local, municipal, provincial and national levels as president and founder of the Canadian Traffic Safety Institute, a centre of excellence for all road safety disciplines. She was a consultant on safety issues for Alberta, Nova Scotia, the City of Edmonton, the Corporation of Delta and Brazil, on behalf of the World Bank, and has occupied a number of positions in the transportation industry throughout her career. She is widely recognized for her expertise in road safety and improvement strategies. |  (L:R) John Law (TAC President), Shirley Bond (BC Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure), Mavis Johnson, John Baird (Federal Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities) |
2008 Individual Partnership Award
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BCAA Traffic Safety Foundation Executive Director, Allan Lamb presents the 2008 Individual Partnership Award to Dr. Jocelyn Pedder of Rona Kinetics. Dr. Pedder is an internationally recognized leader in the field of impact biomechanics and injury control, and her work with Transport Canada and other road safety organizations, including the Traffic Safety Foundation, has helped to develop significant road safety initiatives and campaigns. |
Transportation Person of the Year
La Personnalité de l'année dans le domaine des transports
| The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, along with Mr. Russell Neudorf, president of the Transportation Association of Canada, have announced the winners of the 2007 Canadian Transportation Awards. The awards recognize leadership, excellence and achievement in all modes and segments of the transportation sector.
The Transportation Person of the Year is awarded to an individual who has assumed leadership roles that have contributed to the improvement or advancement of the transportation industry. Ms. Geni Brafman Bahar, a CARSP member, currently vice-president of iTRANS Consulting Inc. of Richmond Hill, Ontario, received this award for her dedication to improving the safety of North American roads. By combining expertise in engineering with strong leadership skills, Ms. Bahar has worked tirelessly to promote traffic and road safety engineering. Over the course of her 27-year career, she has coordinated multidisciplinary teams in a wide variety of safety projects. As an advocate of the hands-on approach, Ms. Bahar led the Ontario Provincial Government in the successful development and implementation of a road safety management system. Today, the resulting "Science of Highway Safety" is taught to transportation professionals across North America. An expert in the field and a respected road safety advocate, Ms. Bahar has played a key role in developing reference material, training practitioners and advising professional committees.
L'honorable Lawrence Cannon, ministre des Transports, de l'Infrastructure et des Collectivités, de concert avec M. Russell Neudorf, président de l'Association des transports du Canada, a dévoilé les noms des lauréats 2007 du Programme canadien des prix en transport. Ces prix visent à reconnaître le leadership, l'excellence et les réalisations dans tous les modes et segments du secteur des transports. Le prix de la Personnalité de l'année dans le domaine des transports est décerné à une personne dont le leadership a contribué à l'amélioration ou à l'essor de l'industrie des transports. Mme Geni Brafman Bahar est membre de l'ACPSER et vice-présidente de iTRANS Consulting Inc., une firme de Richmond Hill, en Ontario. Elle a reçu ce prix pour son dévouement à l'amélioration de la sécurité sur les routes nord-américaines. Mme Bahar a travaillé sans relâche à la promotion du génie technique appliqué à la gestion de la circulation et à la sécurité routière, en mettant à profit son expertise en génie et ses remarquables compétences de leader. Au cours de ses 27 années de carrière, elle a coordonné des équipes multidisciplinaires chargées de divers projets liés à la sécurité. En préconisant une approche axée sur l'adoption de méthodes pratiques, Mme Bahar a conduit le gouvernement de l'Ontario vers le développement et la mise en œuvre fructueuse d'un système de gestion de la sécurité routière. Aujourd'hui, la « science de la sécurité routière » qui en découle est enseignée aux professionnels du transport partout en Amérique du Nord. Experte et promotrice respectée de la sécurité routière, Mme Bahar a joué un rôle clé dans l'élaboration de documents de référence, la formation de praticiens et la prestation de conseils auprès de comités professionnels. |
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Police Officer of the Year 2007On May 17, 2007, as part of the Eleventh Annual Police Officer of the Year Awards, and having been nominated by his peers, Corporal Dave Chu, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, received an award as Police Officer of the Year for 2007 from the Board of Trade in Surrey, BC (http://www.surreychamber.org/). |
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 Inspector Stanley McNeil (R), RCMP National Traffic Services, presents the 2006 CATAIR President's Choice Award to Dr. Alan German (L) |
2006 CATAIR President's Choice AwardCATAIR's President's Choice Award was initiated in 2002, and has been awarded to eight members in past years. This year's recipients are Bob Rivers and Dr. Alan German. They join the past awardees of Don LeComte, Brian Linklater, Murray Dance, Ken Zwicker, Bob Scott, Bob McElroy Ph.D, Peter Skrypka, and Bob Sybydlo. Alan German has been a member of CATAIR since its inception year, 1984. He was also active in the formation of EOTIS. Alan is, and has been active in a number of professional associations and groups, and yet Alan has been a constant supporter of, and participant within our association. Alan has assisted virtually every police analyst within Canada over the past 20 or so years through his sharing of expertise and his continual involvement with police training. Alan has also been diligent in providing our association and other groups Transport Canada's vehicle specifications data to assist in our daily investigative duties. Alan has always come to the podium, so to speak, whenever he was approached to present for our group, or others. We are honoured to have Alan as a member of CATAIR, and I am pleased to be able to present Alan with the President's Choice Award as a token of our appreciation for his dedication to CATAIR and to making our roads a safer place to travel on. Terry Lolacher, President
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Distinguished International Colleague Award
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The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society's Distinguished International Colleague Award for 2005 was presented to Ian Noy, Director, Standards Research and Development, Road Safety and Motor Vehicle Regulation Directorate, Transport Canada. The presentation ceremony formed part of the plenary opening session of the society's 49th annual meeting held in Orlando, Florida in September, 2005. The citation recognized Dr. Noy's outstanding contributions to human factors and ergonomics, particularly with regard to ergonomics research on highway safety, and his leadership in both Canadian and international ergonomics organizations.
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Wilbur S. Smith Distinguished Transportation Educator Award
Alan Clayton, Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Manitoba, is the first Canadian recipient of the Wilbur S. Smith Distinguished Educator Award of the Institute of Transportation Engineers.
Wilbur S. Smith, an Honorary Member and the 11th International President of ITE, was a legend in the transportation community, known and respected worldwide for his innovative transportation systems and his lifelong commitment to the furtherance of the profession. His illustrious career included serving as professor and associate director of the Bureau of Highway Traffic at Yale University.
The Wilbur S. Smith Distinguished Transportation Educator Award recognizes a person who has made an outstanding contribution to the transportation profession by relating academic studies to the actual practice of transportation.
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Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators (CCMTA)
Conseil canadien des administrateurs en transport motorisé (CCATM)
Each year the Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators confers an award to a government member who has contributed with distinction. In 2005, an award was presented to Paul Gutoskie for his significant efforts in support of Road Safety Vision 2010.
Chaque année, le Conseil canadien des administrateurs en transport motorisé décerne un prix ?? un membre du gouvernement qui s???est distingué par sa contribution. Pour 2005, un prix a été remis ?? Paul Gutoskie pour l???effort important déployé en appui de Vision sécurité routičre 2010.
Paul Arsenault, Service Nova Scotia & Municipal Relations, received a Distinguished Service Award at the 2005 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators.
Paul Arsenault, Service Nova Scotia & Municipal Relations, a reçu un Prix pour services exceptionels à l'Assemblée annuelle 2005 du Conseil canadien des administrateurs en transport motorisé
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2004 Sandford Fleming Award
The Sandford Fleming Award for 2004 has been granted by the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering to Dr. Frank Wilson, Honorary Research Professor with the Transportation Group in the Civil Engineering Department of the University of New Brunswick. Though he retired from UNB as Vice President of Research after 30 years of service, which included time spent as Dean of Engineering and Dean of Graduate Studies, Dr. Wilson is currently still active as a transportation consultant at all levels of government and in the private sector.
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Canadian Council of Professional Engineers (CCPE)
Young Engineer Achievement Award
The Young Engineer Achievement Award bestows distinction on young outstanding engineers and recognizes exceptional achievements in their chosen field. Recipients of this award have shown engineering excellence within the profession, active participation in engineering associations and other professional organizations, and continued leadership in the community. The award for 2004 was presented to Dr. Jeannette Montufar on Saturday, May 15, 2004 at the Confederation Centre of the Arts in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.
Dr. Montufar is an Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering at the University of Manitoba. During her relatively short career, she has worked for Battelle Memorial Institute in Columbus, Ohio; the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) in Ann Arbor, Michigan; and the Texas Transportation Institute. As a transportation consultant, Dr. Montufar has been involved in projects for several organizations including Transport Canada, Manitoba Transportation and Government Services, and the U.S. Federal Highway Administration. Dr. Montufar is an active member of several organizations, including the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Manitoba, the Institute of Transportation Engineers, and is a current member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Association of Road Safety Professionals.
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OPP Award
The Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB) of the Ontario Provincial Police has recognized CARSP member Dr. Michael Shkrum for his extensive work in forensic pathology. At a special luncheon held in London Ontario, CIB Director Det/Supt. Ross Bingley presented a plaque to Dr. Shkrum. A similar award was given to Dr. David Ramsay, a neuropathologist. It was noted that both have been involved in many investigations where their experience and scientific expertise have assisted the OPP and other police agencies. The doctors have testified many times and have shown the ability to explain their individual areas of expertise to courts at various levels. Dr. Shkrum is presently writing a book for forensic pathologists that will be published in 2005.
OPP Review, Winter 2003
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Humanitarian of the year
Dr. Herb M. Simpson, President and CEO of the Ottawa-based Traffic Injury Research Foundation (TIRF) has received the ???Humanitarian of the Year??? award from the Washington, D.C.-based National Commission Against Drunk Driving (NCADD). The NCADD is the successor to the Presidential Commission on Drunk Driving appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1982. ???Dr. Simpson???s ground breaking research on hard core drunk drivers has been instrumental in helping us zero in on this high risk group,??? said John Moulden, President of the NCADD. ???More importantly, his work has helped the US and Canada develop policies and measures to address this problem and make the roads safer for everyone.???
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Saskatchewan Safety Council
Traffic Safety Award
Corporal John Stevenson of the RCMP was presented with the Saskatchewan Safety Council's Traffic Safety Award during an awards' banquet on October 4, 2003. The award recognized John's significant contribution to traffic safety in Saskatchewan through his involvement in a wide range of safety programmes. These have included developing a presentation used in Driving Without Impairment classes, and a graphic presentation promoting snowmobile safety. John is an instructor for snowmobile safety training courses run by the Saskatchewan Safety Council and in-house by the RCMP.
D. Grant Mickle Award
The Transportation Research Board (TRB) has announced the awards to be presented at its 83rd Annual Meeting. The awards will be presented at the Chairman's Luncheon on January 14, 2004 The recipients of this year's D. Grant Mickle Award are CARSP members Bhagwant N. Persaud, Craig Lyon and Dominique Lord, and their co-author Hugh W. McGee, Sr., for their paper, "Development of a Procedure for Estimating the Expected Safety Effects of a Contemplated Traffic Signal Installation"
2003 H. Robert Burton Distinguished Service Award
Every year since 1992, the Canadian Institute of Transportation Engineers (CITE) bestows on an individual its most prestigious award, the H. Robert Burton Distinguished Service Award. This award is named after a man who dedicated much of his life to the traffic engineering profession. Bob Burton spent his entire career practicing and promoting traffic engineering. He was still active in the Toronto Section of CITE right up to his death at the age of 101 years. Each year, CITE recognizes an individual who has shown these same qualities that Bob Burton practiced. It is now my pleasure to introduce to you this year's recipient of the H. Robert Burton Distinguished Service Award - Mavis Johnson -of the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia.
Jan O. Voss, P.Eng., PTOE
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2003 Sandford Fleming Award
Dr. Said Easa, Professor and Chair of the Department of Civil Engineering at Ryerson University received the 2003 Sandford Fleming Award from the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering in recognition of "outstanding contributions to the development and practice of transportation engineering in Canada." This lifetime achievement award was presented to Dr. Easa at the Awards Banquet, held during the Annual CSCE Conference on Friday, June 6, 2003 in Moncton, New Brunswick.
The Sandford Fleming Award was established by the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering in 1999 in honour of Sir Sandford Fleming, 1827-1915, Canada's foremost railway surveyor and railway engineer of the 19th century. He was Chief Engineer of the Intercolonial Railway from Eastern Quebec to Southern New Brunswick and in 1871 he was appointed chief Engineer of the proposed new Canadian Pacific Railway from Montreal to the Pacific Coast. His railway route from Winnipeg to Vancouver through the Yellowhead Pass is now used in the Canadian National Railway.
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Prince Michael International Road Safety Awards
The Prince Michael of Kent International Road Safety Awards recognize achievements in road safety. The Awards are judged against the criteria of innovation, achievement, commitment, quality of research, replicability and sustainability. In 2002, the judges unanimously selected the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) as the winner of the International category, praising its efforts to reduce crashes and claims costs. The judges considered the breadth and depth of ICBC's road safety programs, including its innovative and effective community road safety strategy (Safer City project), the use of community volunteers in the Speed Watch program, the Road Improvement program, and the Targeted Traffic Enforcement program. "This insurance company clearly demonstrates it is a world leader in proactive road safety programs," said Prince Michael as he presented the Award to Mavis Johnson, a CARSP member, who represented ICBC at a gala ceremony at the Savoy Hotel in London early in December, 2002.
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Queen's Jubilee Medals
Transport Canada
This commemorative medal was created to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee as Queen of Canada. The Medal was presented to selected Canadians, in recognition of a significant achievement or distinguished service to their fellow citizens, their community or to Canada. CARSP members, Dainius Dalmotas and Derek Sweet, both from the Road Safety and Motor Vehicle Regulation Directorate of Transport Canada, were recipients of Queen???s Jubilee Medals.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Queen???s Jubilee Medals were presented to the following CARSP members, for their dedicated work in RCMP's collision analyst programme in Saskatchewan:
Sergeant Murray Klatt, Senior Collision Analyst, 'F' Division RCMP
Corporal John Stevenson, 'F' Division RCMP Collision Reconstructionist, Prince Albert Region Highway Patrol
Constable Doug Green, 'F' Division RCMP Collision Reconstructionist, Yorkton Region Highway Patrol
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2002 Young Researcher Award
CARSP member, Dr. Dominique Lord, received the 2002 Young Researcher Award from the Transportation Research Board. This award is given by TRB's Committee on Safety Data, Analysis and Evaluation in recognition of outstanding work by a young researcher. The award was based on Dr. Lord's paper: Application of Accident Prediction Models for Computation of Accident Risk on Transportation Networks which was presented at the 2002 TRB Annual Meeting.
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2001 H. Robert Burton Distinguished Service Award
The most prestigious award of the Canadian Institute of Transportation Engineers is the H. Robert Burton Distinguished Service Award, named after a man who dedicated much of his life to the Traffic Engineering profession. Bob Burton spent his entire career practicing and promoting traffic engineering in Canada. He was still active in the Toronto Section of CITE right up to his death at the age of 101 years. Each year, CITE recognizes an individual member who has shown these same qualities that Bob Burton practiced, by presenting the H. Robert Burton Distinguished Service Award at the annual awards luncheon. Al Popoff was the winner of this award for 2001.
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2001 Edmund R. Ricker Award
Dr. Francis P. Navin was the recipient of the 2001 Edmund R. Ricker Award from the the Institute of Transportation Engineers. ITE is an international association of traffic engineers, transportation planners and other professionals who are responsible for meeting society's needs for safe and efficient surface transportation through planning, designing, implementing, operating and maintaining surface transportation systems worldwide.
2001 D. Grant Mickle Award
The D. Grant Mickle Award was established by the Transportation Research Board in 1976 and may be given annually for the outstanding paper published in the field of operation, safety, and maintenance of transportation facilities. It honours the fifth executive director, who was later appointed a member of the Board's Executive Committee and became its 33rd chairman. CARSP members Bhagwant Persaud and Dominique Lord, together with their co-authors, were the 2001 award recipients for the paper:
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CARSP Member is 2001 Inductee into the
Saskatchewan Transportation Hall of Fame
On Thursday, October 17th, 2001, Dr. Art Bergan, founder of International Road Dynamics, was inducted into the Saskatchewan Transportation Hall of Fame. The Saskatchewan Transportation Hall of Fame is located in the Western Development Museum (History of Transportation) in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan where there will be a plaque displayed in Dr. Bergan's honour. |
CCMTA Award for 2001
Le prix du CCATM 2001
The 2001 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators (CCMTA) was held June 17-21, 2001 in Whitehorse, Yukon. At the Territorial Banquet, CCMTA's President, Jennie Howie, presented the award for Government Member of the Year to Kwei Quaye, Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI).Frank M. Masters Transportation Engineering Award
Dr. Said Easa, Chair of the Department of Civil Engineering at Ryerson Polytechnic University, has received the 2001 Frank M. Masters Transportation Engineering Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). This award recognizes his outstanding contributions to ASCE and to the transportation sector, both professionally and as an academician.U.S. Government Award for Safety Engineering Excellence
On June 4, 2001, at the 17th. International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles, held in Amsterdam, Dr. Alan German, a Past-President of CARSP and a current member of the Association's Board of Directors, received a U.S. Government Award for Safety Engineering Excellence. This series of awards is given in recognition of and appreciation for extraordinary scientific contributions in the field of motor vehicle safety and for distinguished service to the motoring public. The citation read as follows: |
Transport Canada
Over the past twenty-three years, Dr. German has performed numerous studies in motor vehicle safety and collision investigation, and has authored or co-authored approximately sixty scientific articles and papers dealing with various aspects of motor vehicle safety. He is internationally recognized as an authority in collision investigation. His publications have enhanced the safety communities' knowledge in a number of aspects of motor vehicle safety, in particular, with respect to the design of occupant restraint systems. He was instrumental in developing Transport Canada's up-to-40 km/h low speed offset test which led to establishing requirements for advanced airbags. This award is bestowed in recognition of his contributions in the field of motor vehicle safety and field collision investigations.
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Canadian Council of Professional Engineers
Meritorious Service Award
Dr. Frank R. Wilson, P.Eng. has received the Meritorious Service Award for Professional Service from the Canadian Council of Professional Engineers. Dr. Wilson was recognized for his outstanding contribution to Professional Engineering in Canada at a special ceremony held in St. Andrews, New Brunswick.May, 2001
1999 D. Grant Mickle Award
The D. Grant Mickle Award was established by the Transportation Research Board in 1976 and may be given annually for the outstanding paper published in the field of operation, safety, and maintenance of transportation facilities. It honours the fifth executive director, who was later appointed a member of the Board's Executive Committee and became its 33rd chairman. The award recipients for 1999 were CARSP member Alison Smiley and her co-authors for their paper:Identifying Gaps in Child Pedestrian Safety: Comparing What Children Do with What Parents Teach; Carolyn MacGregor, Alison Smiley and Wendy Dunk; 1999
Fine Fellows!
The President of the Canadian Association of Road Safety Professionals, Dr. Jocelyn Pedder, and Past President, Dr. Claire Laberge-Nadeau, have been elected as Fellows of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine:The Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine has elected Jocelyn Pedder, Ph.D. a Fellow of this Association in recognition of significant and sustained contributions to traffic injury control.
The Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine has elected Claire Laberge-Nadeau, M.D. a Fellow of this Association in recognition of significant and sustained contributions to traffic injury control.
CCMTA Award for 1999
Le prix du CCATM 1999
| We are pleased to note that Derek Sweet, Director, Road Safety Programs, Transport Canada, has received an award from CCMTA (Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators ) in recognition of the work he has done on a number of files. | Nous sommes heureux de vous annoncer que Derek Sweet, Directeur, Programmes de la sécurité routière, Transports Canada, a reçu le prix du CCATM (Conseil Canadien des Administrateurs en Transport) en reconnaissance du travail effectué dans de nombreux dossiers. |
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President, Board of Directors
The Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators (CCMTA)
"The Member Government Award goes to a long time member of both the Standing Committee on Compliance and Regulatory Affairs, and the Standing Committee on Road Safety Research and Policies. This award is being presented to him in recognition of his tireless efforts and determination to improve road safety in Canada. He has over the years chaired numerous CCMTA task forces and project groups, and has worked to coordinate Canadian jurisdictional input into the various NAFTA regulatory harmonization initiatives. CCMTA wishes to acknowledge his dedication, facilitation and leadership skills relating to NAFTA, Safety Ratings, Hours of Service, National Occupant Restraint Program, Road Safety Vision 2001, the National Collision Database, to name but a few of the many projects he is involved with. I would ask Derek Sweet from Transport Canada to come forward..."
Awards for Safety Engineering Excellence
At the 16th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles, held May 31 to June 4, 1998, in Windsor, Ontario, an award for safety engineering excellence was presented to CARSP member Eric R. Welbourne. These awards are made by the Department of Transportation of the United States of America in recognition and appreciation for extraordinary scientific contributions in the field of motor vehicle safety engineering and for distinguished service to the motoring public. The citation for this award reads as follows:
Eric R. Welbourne
Transport Canada
Mr. Welbourne has demonstrated exceptional leadership in the research field of human biomechanics and vehicle crashworthiness in support of motor vehicle regulations. His work has advanced fundamental understanding of human response in vehicle crashes. In particular, his modelling work has contributed to the advancement of scientific knowledge concerning the biomechanics of injury involving the head, chest, and lower extremities. As a result of this work, important changes to Transport Canada's occupant protection policies and vehicle safety regulations have been made. For these contributions to automotive safety, he is being recognized with this award.
Saskatchewan Safety Council
1998 Traffic Safety Award
At the Injury Prevention Symposium, held February 5-6, 1998 in Saskatoon, the Saskatchewan Safety Council, presented their Traffic Safety Award for 1998.Bill Todd, Chairman of the Traffic Division, steps up to the podium, and the microphone???
"I am pleased to present the Traffic Safety Award for 1998. The award is presented to an individual or group for the greatest contribution to traffic safety in the previous year.
For 1998, the Traffic Safety Division considered various candidates for this honour, and selected three worthy nominees:
The first nominee is Joseph Chan for his work with Transport Canada as an investigator in collision reconstruction, product defects, and safety equipment.
Secondly, we have Joseph Chan for his work in assisting police to investigate traffic crashes, collision reconstruction, his interest in school bus safety, and as a professional engineer lecturing to engineering classes at the University of Saskatchewan.
The third nominee is Joseph Chan for his work in seat belt use and promotion, his extensive lecturing and training of volunteers to conduct child restraint clinics for many years (during 1997, he trained volunteers in 25 locations), and for being the Saskatchewan representative on the Inter-Provincial Child Passenger Safety Committee.
And, the winner is ... [May I have the envelope please?] ... Joseph Chan