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François Bellevance
HEC Montréal
Montréal, QC |
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François Bellavance est professeur titulaire au Service de l’enseignement des méthodes quantitatives de gestion à HEC Montréal et directeur du laboratoire sur la sécurité des transports au Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche sur les Réseaux d’Entreprise, la Logistique et le Transport (CIRRELT http://www.cirrelt.ca/). Il est aussi membre de la Table québécoise de la sécurité routière.
Il a obtenu son Ph.D. en statistique en 1994 de l'Université de Montréal. Il a été directeur du service de consultation statistique de l'Université Simon Fraser (1990-1993), biostatisticien au centre hospitalier St-Mary et professeur adjoint au département d'épidémiologie et de biostatistique de l'Université McGill (1994-1998). Ses activités de recherche portent sur la statistique appliquée et le data mining appliqué aux bases de données administratives pour des problèmes principalement reliés à la sécurité routière (ex. : téléphone cellulaire au volant et le risque d’une collision; panneaux réclames le long des routes et l’incidence de collisions; l’efficacité de la ceinture de sécurité; les nouveaux conducteurs de véhicules lourds; l’augmentation des VUS dans la flotte de véhicules et son impact sur la sécurité routière; les collisions latérales et la sévérité des blessures; les jeunes conducteurs, la fatigue au volant).
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Paul Boase
Membership Chair
Transport Canada
Ottawa, ON |
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Paul Boase obtained a BA in Sociology/Psychology at York University in 1982, and a MA in Psychology from the University of Toronto in 1983. Over the past twenty-five years, he has worked in research, statistics, and traffic safety at Sunnybrook Medical Centre, Ortho Pharmaceutical, the Ontario Ministry of Transportation, and Transport Canada where he is presently Chief of the Road Safety & Motor Vehicle Regulation Directorate's Road Users' Division.
Paul is Chair of the Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators' (CCMTA) Research Task Force, and Co-Chair of CCMTA's committees on Strategies to Reduce Impaired Driving (STRID) and the National Occupant Restraint Program (NORP). He is also a Co-Investigator for the Canadian Driving Initiative for Vehicular Safety in the Elderly.
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Sarah Blades
Canadian Road Safety Youth Committee
Porters Lake, Nova Scotia |
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Sarah Blades has more than five years of injury prevention experience, in the fields of injury prevention, youth engagement and road safety. She served for two years as the Co-Chair of the Nova Scotia Road Safety Youth Committee, and is currently the Chair of the Canadian Road Safety Youth Committee.
Sarah has recently completed the Master of Public Health program from the University of Waterloo, and is currently undertaking a term Executive Directorship of the Atlantic Collaborative on Injury Prevention. In April 2013, Sarah will return to her position as a Health Promotion Specialist at Child Safety Link, the Maritime-wide Child and Youth Injury Prevention Program based at the IWK Health Centre in Halifax. Sarah lives in beautiful Porters Lake and works in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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Marie-Soleil Cloutier
Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS)
SAREL
Sherbrooke, QC |
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After completing a Masters in GIS at UQAM, MS Cloutier earned her PhD in geography at Université de Montréal. The originality of her thesis lies in the combined use of quantitative (methods of spatial analysis in GIS and multivariate statistical methods) and qualitative (representations of risk) methods for a better understanding of road risk on the way to school in a parent/child context. She is director of the Laboratory for Spatial Analysis and Regional Economics (SAREL) and member of the executive of the Network for Road Safety Research (RRSR). She is also involved in several multidisciplinary teams working on health issues and road safety. Her expertise in health geography and urban studies and is used in various research projects: the impact of different urban forms on traffic safety, children and seniors' pedestrian safety in cities, influence of environment on different behaviors and health status: blood donation, food, seasonal allergy.
Après avoir complété une maitrise en système d'information géographique à l'UQAM, MS Cloutier a obtenu un doctorat en géographie à l'Université de Montréal. L'originalité de ses travaux de thèse tient à l'utilisation combinée de méthodes quantitatives (méthodes d'analyse spatiale dans les SIG et méthodes statistiques multivariées) et qualitatives (représentations du risque) pour une meilleure compréhension des risques routiers sur le chemin de l'école dans un contexte parent/enfant. En plus d'être directrice du Laboratoire d'analyse spatiale et d'économie régionale (LASER) et membre de l'exécutif du Réseau de recherche en sécurité routière (RRSR), elle est impliquée dans plusieurs équipes pluridisciplinaires travaillant sur des problématiques de santé et de sécurité routière. Son expertise en géographie de la santé et en études urbaines est ainsi mise à profit à travers différents intérêts de recherche : l'impact des différentes formes urbaines sur la sécurité routière, la sécurité des piétons enfants et aînés en ville, l'influence des milieux de vie sur différents comportements et états de santé : don de sang, alimentation, allergie saisonnière.
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Andrew Davidson
Ontario Ministry of Transportation
Toronto, ON
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Andrew Davidson is the manager of the Road Safety Marketing Office (RSMO) for the Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO).
Since Joining the MTO in 1994, Andrew has worked predominantly in marketing and the promotion of road safety. He has been with RSMO since 2000 and became manager of the unit in 2010. Over his tenure with RSMO, Andrew has worked closely with his research and policy counterparts within the ministry as well as numerous external partners to develop innovative campaigns addressing a broad range road safety issues including: impaired, aggressive, distracted and drowsy driving, novice/young drivers and seatbelts. Andrew's initiatives have earned the MTO numerous marketing awards including an International Public Awareness and Consumer Education Award from the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators for the iDRIVE ROAD STORIES youth road safety program.
Andrew is well versed in Social Marketing and Social Norms Marketing and has applied both to the promotion of road safety in Ontario. His success is built upon a foundation of partnerships with national, provincial and local road safety organizations with which he has jointly developed many road safety programs on issues of mutual concern.
Andrew holds a Bachelor of Environmental Studies from the University of Waterloo and has worked in a planning and research capacity on a range of issues including freight movement, community transportation, public transit and school board planning.
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Mavis Johnson
President/Président
Structure/Governance Chair
Canadian Traffic Safety Institute
North Vancouver, BC |
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Mavis Johnson is the Founder and President of the Canadian Traffic Safety Institute. She has been involved in road safety in the UK and Canada for over 40 years.
She continues to take a leadership role in road safety across Canada in various positions and in the last ten years has also undertaken many international road safety projects, particularly in developing and rapidly motorizing nations. Her major focus is in strategic road safety planning.
She has been recognized on several occasions by the Institute of Transportation Engineers in British Columbia and Canada by receiving their Distinguished Achievement and Lifetime Achievement Awards. More recently she was recognized through the Canadian Transportation Awards program with an Award of Excellence for her outstanding contribution to road safety.
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Brian Jonah
Vice President/Vice-président
Road Safety Consultant
Ottawa, ON |
Brian is a Senior Researcher at the Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators (CCMTA) in Ottawa. He retired from the Road Safety Directorate of Transport Canada in November 2008 where he had been the Director, Road Safety Programs responsible for collision data collection and analysis, including collision investigations, road user and road infrastructure research, the development of road safety related policy and programs, and communication with the public.
After receiving a doctorate in social psychology from the University of Western Ontario, he has worked over the following 35 years on road safety research, vehicle safety regulation, and policy and program evaluation, with particular emphasis on impaired driving, seat belt use, risky driving and young drivers. As the chair of the CCMTA’s Road Safety Vision Task Force from 2003-2008 and the Road Safety Research and Policies Standing Committee from 2007-2008, he led, in collaboration with his provincial colleagues and other stakeholders, Canada’s previous national road safety program called Road Safety Vision 2010.
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Jennifer Kroeker-Hall
Sirius Strategic Solutions
Victoria, BC |
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After more than two decades of public service in B.C. and Alberta, Jennifer started her own strategic management consulting company, Sirius Strategic Solutions. Following on her work in driver licensing and road safety at ICBC, she specializes in enhancing road and public safety and security by providing expert advice and facilitating policy and program solutions to governments, associations and organizations.
Prior to starting her own consulting firm, Jennifer had a progressive career in the public sector and has a broad based understanding of government, having overseen policy, administrative and operational programs in the justice and road safety environments. Over more than 20 years, she has held senior management and executive positions with the Province of B.C. and ICBC. In her most recent positions, Jennifer worked both nationally and internationally, being recognized by the Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators for her outstanding contributions; receiving the Jennie Howie Government Member Award in 2006.
Jennifer has extensive volunteer and board experience having been elected to, and chaired, the Board of the Institute of Public Administration of Canada (IPAC, Victoria Regional Group), the Alumni Board of the School of Public Administration, University of Victoria, and the Greater Victoria Police Victims Services Board. She has also served on the IPAC National Board and the Greater Victoria Public Library Board, in addition to her volunteer commitments with the United Way and Santas Anonymous. Her skills and volunteer commitment are evidenced by her most recent role as Chair of the Organizing Committee for IPAC’s national conference held in Victoria in 2011.
Jennifer holds both a Master of Arts in Criminology from Simon Fraser and a Master of Public Administration from the University of Victoria.
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Craig Milligan
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB |
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Craig Milligan, EIT, is a civil engineering Ph.D. candidate involved in road safety research at the University of Manitoba, having obtained his B.Sc. (CE) at the U of M at the top of his class. Craig's research is supported by the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship, the most prestigious graduate award in the country.
Craig has authored road safety research articles for Accident Analysis and Prevention, the CMRSC, TAC, CITE, and others. His track record in road safety includes helping to deliver the new TAC pedestrian crossing control guidelines, evaluating the International Road Assessment Program for Transport Canada, and helping the World Bank to integrate road safety into its new comprehensive assessment framework during a 2012 summer internship in Washington, DC.
As an instructor at the University of Manitoba, Craig is also responsible for passing on road safety concepts to the next generation of undergraduate engineering students.
Craig is a member of the TAC Road Safety Standing Committee and the TRB Strategic Management Committee. He is bilingual in French and English, and worked for KGS Group Consulting Engineers prior to joining the University of Manitoba Transport Information Group as a graduate student and research associate.
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Guinevere Ngau
Treasurer/Trésorier
HDR
Toronto, ON |
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Guinevere Ngau, M.Eng., P.Eng., M.B.A., is a Project Engineer at HDR Corporation with a focus on active transportation solutions for public and private sector clients.
Guinevere has worked on road safety audits and reviews; she presented a paper about her work on the Autoroute 30 Road Safety Audits at the 2011 Canadian Multi-disciplinary Road Safety Conference in Halifax. Guinevere was one of the contributing authors in the Ontario Traffic Manual (OTM) Book 15, Pedestrian Protection and Control for use in Ontario.
She has worked on a number of environmental assessments and preliminary designs for improvements to pedestrian and cycling realm, including road diet projects in an urban setting as well as traffic calming and multi-use trail design for rural roads. In addition, she has conducted pedestrian safety research and has developed pedestrian safety assessment tools.
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Liz Owens
Alberta Transportation
Edmonton, AB |
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Liz Owens has been working in the traffic safety field for the past 26 years within Alberta Transportation. She was the Manager of the Collision Information and Research Branch with Alberta Transportation for eleven years, before moving into the position of Director of Driver Fitness and Monitoring and then Director of Policy Research and Public Education. She has been actively involved in the implementation of the Alberta Traffic Safety Plan.
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Paul Tiessen
Web Master/Maître du site
Transport Canada
Ottawa, ON |
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Paul Tiessen BASc is a Motor Vehicle Defect Analyst with Transport Canada's Road Safety and Motor Vehicle Regulation Directorate. Previously, Paul was a Research Associate with the University of Western Ontario, Faculty of Engineering's Multi-Disciplinary Accident Research Team conducting in depth investigations of real world crashes and safety related defects for Transport Canada in Southwestern Ontario.
Paul has specialized in advanced occupant restraint systems, quantifying vehicle damage from an energy perspective and the analysis of event data recorders associated with motor vehicle collisions. Paul co-authored the scientific paper, "The Use of Event Data Recorders in the Analysis of Real-World Crashes" which received the Dr. Charles H. Miller Award for the best technical paper presented at the 12th CMRSC.
Paul attended the University of Guelph and the University of Western Ontario. Paul received certificates in Applied Physics for Traffic Accident Investigators from IPTM, Pedestrian Collision Investigation from the RCMP and CDR Data Analyst certification from CSI. Paul is also a member of CATAIR, EOTIS and SAE.
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Ward Vanlaar
Traffic Injury Research Foundation
Ottawa, ON |
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Dr. Ward Vanlaar joined the Traffic Injury Research Foundation (TIRF) in 2005 and has served as the Vice President Research since 2010. Dr. Vanlaar has M.A. degrees in statistics and criminology, and obtained his Ph.D. in transportation science from the Transportation Research Institute at Hasselt University in 2009.
From 1999 to 2005, Ward worked for the Behaviour and Policy Department of the Belgian Road Safety Institute and was Head of Research in that department from 2001 to 2005. When working in Belgium, he was involved in several European research projects, both as a researcher and coordinator. Ward's main fields of interest include traffic enforcement, risky driving behaviour, statistics and methodology, data management and safety performance indicators.
After moving to Canada in 2005, Ward also taught statistics as a part-time professor at the University of Ottawa. He serves as an expert advisor for the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) and a board member of the Association of Transportation Safety Information Professionals (ATSIP). Ward is an editorial board member of the Journal of Safety Research, a member of the International Council on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety (ICADTS) and a member of the American Probation and Parole Association (APPA).
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Lyne Vézina
Past President/Ancien président
Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec
Québec, QC |
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Lyne Vézina est directrice des Études et des stratégies en sécurité routière à la Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec. Elle a obtenu un baccalauréat en Statistique de l'Université Laval en 1985 ainsi qu'un certificat en administration. Sa formation fut par la suite complétée par des cours à la maîtrise en épidémiologie.
Lyne travaille dans le domaine de la sécurité routière depuis 1987. Elle a mené différentes enquêtes terrain sur le port de la ceinture de sécurité, les sièges d'auto pour enfants ainsi que le casque de vélo. Elle a effectué diverses études dont le profil des non-porteurs de la ceinture de sécurité, les conducteurs à haut risque et l'évaluation du programme d'antidémarreur éthylométrique. Elle a également contribué à la mise en place au Québec de programmes alliant la sensibilisation et le contrôle policier pour la ceinture de sécurité et la conduite avec les facultés affaiblies par l'alcool.
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Evelyn Vingilis
University of Western Ontario
London, ON |
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Dr. Evelyn R. Vingilis is the Director of the University of Western Ontario's Population & Community Health Unit and holds appointments as a professor in the Department of Family Medicine, the Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, and the School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Studies.
Evelyn obtained a B.Sc in Psychology from McMaster University (1971), an M.A. in Psychology from York University (1974), and a Ph.D. in Psychology from York University (1978).
Her research interests are alcohol, drugs and traffic safety, criminal justice, at-risk youth, mental health, knowledge diffusion and utilization, and survey, policy and evaluative research. Her work includes both the development and evaluation of actual programs such as R.I.D.E. and the Youth Action Programme and epidemiological studies. In addition, she has developed trans-disciplinary research and end-user teams such as the Consortium for Applied Research and Evaluation in Mental Health (CAREMH) to maximize knowledge diffusion and utilization.
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David L. Wiesenthal
York University
Toronto, ON |
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David L. Wiesenthal obtained his bachelor’s degree in psychology from the City College of the City University of New York and his doctoral degree in social psychology from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He was a Post-doctoral Fellow and Special Lecturer at York University and then joined the faculty in 1971. He is currently a Full Professor in the Department of Psychology. He has lectured at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the University of Umeå, the University of Stockholm, the University of Linköping, Swedish Road and Traffic Research Institute, and Lund University.
Prof. Wiesenthal has research interests in driver stress/stress reduction, driver vengeance/aggression, driver attributional processes, cognitive processes, risk-taking and media influences on risky driving. He has recently received grant funding from AUTO 21 and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. He is the co-editor (with Dwight Hennessy) of Contemporary issues in road user behavior and traffic safety (2005), published by Nova Science. He also has strong interest in the promotion of research ethics and, in addition to publishing in this area, he has served as Chair of the university research ethics board, and has been a member of the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors of the York Centre for Practical Ethics.
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Jean Wilson
Safety Metrics West
North Saanich, BC |
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Dr. Jean Wilson has 30 years of experience in road safety - a career that began in 1982 when she joined the Road Safety Directorate of Transport Canada. She spent 11 years in Ottawa and served as Chief Road Users before moving to the west coast in 1993 to become Director, Research & Evaluation of the former BC Motor Vehicle Branch.
In 1996, she transferred to the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC), where she spent 14 years leading a team of researchers, statisticians and data analysts and managing road safety research and evaluation projects, in addition to managing the statistical reporting from the provincial police collision database.
In 2010, following her retirement from ICBC, Jean embarked on an independent consulting career. She is currently the Director of Safety Metrics West.
Jean also represented BC on the Standing Committee for Road Safety Research and Policies of the Canadian Council of Motor Vehicle Administrators (CCMTA) from 2000-2009, including a two-year term as committee chair. She served on a number of the committee task forces and working groups including those focused on Road Safety Vision 2010, impaired driving, fatigue, distraction, speed and intersection safety, national collision data and research.
Jean obtained her Ph.D. in experimental psychology from the University of Toronto. Her primary research interests include program evaluation, alcohol, drugs and driving, young drivers, road user attitudes and behaviour, driver distraction, occupant restraint use and pedestrians.
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