CARSP News

Hello CARSP friends. As we embark on 2024, I’m proud to look back at CARSP’s remarkable achievements and initiatives in 2023. The highlight, for me, was the ITE Canada/CARSP Conference. Hosted in Winnipeg, Man., this conference brought together more than…

EZRA HAUER, Professor (emeritus), Department of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto. B.Sc., Technion, Israel; M.Sc. Technion, Israel; Ph.D., U.C. Berkeley. Active in road safety research and consulting since 1970. Author of more than 200 scientific papers. Recipient of R. Crum…

The CARSP Young Professionals Committee (YPC) has exciting news for Fall 2023!  Welcoming Our New Members We’re thrilled to welcome five new members to the YPC! You can find a quick highlight of each member below. Our full bios can…

Researchers at Western University have recently launched an online survey to explore young Canadians’ experiences with cannabis use and driving under the influence. The study is funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and has several collaborators!  We kindly…

By Maryam Hasanpour, Ph.D. Candidate  Maryam Hasanpour is a Ph.D. candidate in Transportation Engineering at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University). Her research interest is traffic safety, focusing on conflict-based analysis using new and innovative machine learning methods. In addition to being a CARSP and…

Author Martin Lavallière, Ph.D. Author’s bio Martin Lavallière, Ph.D. is a professor of kinesiology at the Department of health sciences at Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC) since August 2016. He received his B.Sc. (2005), M.Sc. (2007), and Ph.D. (2013)…

By Emily McCullogh, Alison Macpherson, Brent Hagel, Audrey Giles, Pamela Fuselli, Ian Pike, Juan Torres, and Sarah A. Richmond Emily McCullogh: Dr. Emily McCullogh is a postdoctoral fellow at York University in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Health Science working under…

Martin Lavallière, Ph.D. Researcher and professor at the Department of health sciences Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC), Chicoutimi, Qc, Canada How did you first get involved in road safety? Was there any person/s who encouraged or inspire you to…

Last week, CARSP Board Member and alcohol and drug-impaired driving expert Dr. Douglas Beirness presented at the 2023 Drug Recognition and Enforcement Conference about #drugimpaireddriving. Dr. Beirness shared that according to a roadside survey, carried out very recently, alcohol use by drivers…

In addition to the 2023 Joint Conference co-hosted by ITE Canada and CARSP, in Winnipeg, in June, the two professional organizations officially formed a partnership agreement to find mutual benefits for their respective members. More information about this agreement and highlights…

“Young people deserve the right to dream without limits” – Guy Cormier, President of Desjardins Group. ‘Dream the Impossible’ was held in Montreal, Quebec, from June 19-20, 2023. This event, hosted by Desjardins and supported by Bell, Google, Hydro Quebec,…

The success of the ITE Canada/CARSP 2023 conference, coupled with the growing interest in transportation safety issues, presented an opportunity for our two organizations to work more closely together into the future, on matters of mutual interest. The backdrop to…

At our recent Annual General Meeting, current President Raheem Dilgir, announced the incoming President and Vice President, both of whom will start their tenure immediately following the upcoming ITE Canada/CARSP Conference, to take place in Winnipeg from June 4-7, 2023. …

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Ready to test your skills about road safety and transportation, our host city, and the conference theme? Want to earn some bragging rights? Try out our trivia quiz! To help you prepare for the ITE Canada/CARSP 2023 Joint Conference, we…