{"id":180,"date":"2014-04-23T13:58:23","date_gmt":"2014-04-23T13:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carsp.ca.vs4.korax.net\/carsp-acpser\/?page_id=180"},"modified":"2026-03-22T21:59:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T21:59:25","slug":"lifetime-achievement-award","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carsp.ca\/en\/events-and-training\/awards-and-scholarships\/lifetime-achievement-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Lifetime Achievement Award"},"content":{"rendered":"
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CARSP Lifetime Achievement Award<\/h2>\n

The CARSP Lifetime Achievement Award for Road Safety is presented annually to individuals who have made a positive impact on road safety in Canada. Candidates will have had acareer in this field (past\/present) and have also made contributions to the Canadian Association of Road Safety Professionals.<\/p>\n

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  2. He\/she would have made significant contributions to the field of road safety in Canada (minimum 15 years in the field).<\/li>\n
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  4. He\/she would have contributed to CARSP in a significant way.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    Presentation at the 2025 CARSP\/ICTCT Conference<\/h2>\n
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    Dr. Michel B\u00e9dard<\/h3>\n

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    The first of three winners of the 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award is Dr. Michel B\u00e9dard.<\/p>\n

    The award was presented by the sponsor of the award, Accident Support Services International, represented by Victoria Sarracini.<\/p>\n

    Dr. Michel B\u00e9dard has spent the past 25 years advancing our understanding of older driver safety. A professor in the Department of Health Sciences at Lakehead University and the Scientific Director of the Centre for Applied Health Research at St. Joseph\u2019s Care Group in Thunder Bay, he was formerly Faculty Dean, and the inaugural Director of Lakehead\u2019s Centre for Research on Safe Driving.<\/p>\n

    Over the course of his career, Dr. B\u00e9dard has made his mark on the research community in many ways. His main interest lies in the intersection between healthy aging and driver safety: how to balance the mobility afforded by driving with the need to identify those unsafe to drive. Specifically, his work explores how we can increase efficiency and accuracy in assessing fitness-to-drive, strategies to prolong the safe driving lifespan, and how to support older adults through the life-altering experience of driving cessation.<\/p>\n

    His research has contributed to knowledge surrounding the validity of assessment tools (including driving simulators); challenged existing views about driving evaluations; conveyed the dangers of impaired driving (by way of distraction, alcohol, illicit drugs, and prescription medications); demonstrated the potential of older driver retraining interventions; and captured the meaning that older adults attach to driving and driving cessation. His body of work guides clinicians and policy-makers in making evidence-informed decisions.<\/p>\n

    Dr. B\u00e9dard has received more than 20 million dollars in funding, published more than 200 peer-reviewed articles, contributed to nearly 300 conference presentations (including 13 at CARSP), and supervised more than 70 students from the undergraduate to post-doctoral level.<\/p>\n

    Highlights of his recognitions include a Canada Research Chair in Aging and Health from the Government of Canada, the Premier\u2019s Excellence Research Award from the Province of Ontario, a Fellowship with the Gerontological Society of America, and a Distinguished Researcher Award from Lakehead University.<\/p>\n

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    Paul Mackey<\/h3>\n

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    The second of three winners of the 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award is Paul Mackey.<\/p>\n

    The award was presented by the sponsor of the award, Accident Support Services International.\u00a0 This award was presented by Dr. Martin Lavalli\u00e8re, the Conference Chair.<\/p>\n

    Paul Mackey a \u00e9t\u00e9 responsable de la recherche en s\u00e9curit\u00e9 routi\u00e8re au minist\u00e8re des Transports, o\u00f9 il a collabor\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9laboration d\u2019un programme de subvention \u00e0 la recherche universitaire, les Actions concert\u00e9es.\u00a0 Il est \u00e9galement un pionnier dans la mise en \u0153uvre de mesures de mod\u00e9ration de circulation au Qu\u00e9bec, avec un premier article \u00e0 ce sujet en 1988.\u00a0 Depuis 31 ans, il dirige la firme-conseil Rues\u00e9cure qui a travaill\u00e9 sur 242 projets de r\u00e9am\u00e9nagement routier pour am\u00e9liorer la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 de tous les usagers.\u00a0 Il s\u2019est tenu au courant des d\u00e9veloppements en s\u00e9curit\u00e9 routi\u00e8re ailleurs au Canada, aux \u00c9tats-Unis, en France, en Angleterre et en Australie.\u00a0 Il a \u00e9t\u00e9 pendant 6 ans professionnel accr\u00e9dit\u00e9 en s\u00e9curit\u00e9 routi\u00e8re. Son travail a \u00e9t\u00e9 soulign\u00e9 dans l\u2019attribution du titre d\u2019urbaniste \u00e9m\u00e9rite, d\u00e9cern\u00e9e par l\u2019Ordre des urbanistes du Qu\u00e9bec.<\/p>\n

    Au d\u00e9but de sa carri\u00e8re, il a fait le lien entre les recherches psychologiques qui d\u00e9montraient le lien \u00e9troit entre les caract\u00e9ristiques de la rue et de ses abords et le comportement des conducteurs.\u00a0 Il a port\u00e9 une attention particuli\u00e8re \u00e0 la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 des pi\u00e9tons jeunes et \u00e2g\u00e9es, aux personnes \u00e0 mobilit\u00e9 r\u00e9duite et aux cyclistes.<\/p>\n

    C\u2019est donc avec un grand plaisir que je remets ce soir, au non de CARSP, un Lifetime achievement award \u00e0 M. Paul Mackey. M. Mackey, je vous invite \u00e0 monter sur sc\u00e8ne pour recevoir votre prix.<\/p>\n

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    Lyne V\u00e9zina<\/h3>\n

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    The third of three winners of the 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award is Lyne V\u00e9zina.<\/p>\n

    The award was presented by the sponsor of the award, Accident Support Services International.\u00a0 This award was presented by Dr. Martin Lavalli\u00e8re, the Conference Chair.<\/p>\n

    Lyne V\u00e9zina ne le sait pas, mais c’est en partie gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 elle, comme probablement plusieurs d\u2019entre vous dans la salle, que je travaille en s\u00e9curit\u00e9 routi\u00e8re depuis les 20 derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es. Alors que je terminais mon baccalaur\u00e9at, elle acceptait de nous accueillir \u00e0 la SAAQ afin qu’on leur pr\u00e9sente le projet de recherche qui allait jeter les bases de toutes mes \u00e9tudes gradu\u00e9es ainsi que de mes recherches actuelles. Son ouverture face \u00e0 l\u2019innovation et aux d\u00e9couvertes a \u00e9t\u00e9 les bases de plusieurs carri\u00e8res de personnes ici pr\u00e9sentes ce soir et encore pour les ann\u00e9es \u00e0 venir.Elle \u0153uvre au sein de la SAAQ depuis 1987, initialement comme Agente de recherche statisticienne, et comme statisticienne. En 2002, elle est nomm\u00e9e Directrice \u2013 \u00c9tudes et strat\u00e9gies en s\u00e9curit\u00e9 routi\u00e8re. Depuis avril 2015, elle est la Directrice g\u00e9n\u00e9rale \u2013 Recherche et d\u00e9veloppement en s\u00e9curit\u00e9 routi\u00e8re \u00e0 la SAAQ.<\/p>\n

    Pour CARSP, elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 une membre cl\u00e9 et estim\u00e9 de CARSP depuis les derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es. Membre du Conseil d\u2019administration de l\u2019Association de janvier 2003 \u00e0 juin 2014, elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 vice-pr\u00e9sidente de l\u2019association en 2008-2009 et surtout, pr\u00e9sidente en 2010-2011. En plus de son r\u00f4le au sein de CARSP, elle a aussi oeuvr\u00e9 au sein du Conseil d\u2019administration du Conseil canadien des administrateurs en transport motoris\u00e9 (CCATM).<\/p>\n

    Au fil des ans, elle a su montrer un leadership remarquable\u00a0 en s\u00e9curit\u00e9 routi\u00e8re pour le Qu\u00e9bec afin d’en faire un exemple de bonne pratique autant dans les politiques gouvernementales qui y sont d\u00e9velopp\u00e9es et appliqu\u00e9es mais aussi dans un souci constant de supporter la recherche de diff\u00e9rentes m\u00e9thodes pour d\u00e9montrer que les interventions r\u00e9alis\u00e9es au Qu\u00e9bec sont bas\u00e9es sur les donn\u00e9es probantes et de la recherche de grande qualit\u00e9.<\/p>\n

    Surtout, elle a su fi\u00e8rement repr\u00e9senter le Qu\u00e9bec et le Canada ici et ailleurs sur diff\u00e9rentes instances promouvant la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 routi\u00e8re. Elle incarne ce que l\u2019on cherche chez une personne \u0153uvrant en s\u00e9curit\u00e9 routi\u00e8re : pers\u00e9v\u00e9rance, rigueur et PASSION. Merci Lyne pour cette brillante carri\u00e8re, et merci de nous avoir permis qu\u2019elle soit r\u00e9alis\u00e9e \u00e0 tes c\u00f4t\u00e9s.<\/p>\n

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    Presentation at the 2024 CARSP Conference<\/h2>\n
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    The winner of the 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award is Dr. Bhagwant Persaud.<\/p>\n

    The award was presented by the sponsor of the award, Accident Support Services International, represented by Amanda Giuliano.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

    Dr Bhagwant Persaud has been a key and valued member to CARSP for several decades. As a professor\u00a0 of Civil Engineering at Toronto Metropolitan University, he has become well recognized, in Canada, the United States, and around the world, as an expert in the area of statistical methods in highway safety analysis and making substantial contributions to road safety engineering research.<\/p>\n

    Bhagwant is an expert at Highway Design, Mathematical modelling of crash causes, Road safety statistical methods in highway safety analysis, Technology and Intelligent Systems, Traffic Engineering and Transportation Infrastructure.<\/p>\n

    Throughout his career he has received a number of honors and awards and has many publications and patents.\u00a0 At the Transportation Research Board annual meeting he received the prestigious D. Grant Mickle Award for best papers in 2001, 2003, and 2008.\u00a0 He is an emeritus member (former co-chair) of the Transportation Research Board Committee on Safety Data, Analysis and Evaluation.<\/p>\n

    Bhagwant has continuously contributed to the next generation of road safety professionals by ensuring that his students are working on road safety engineering research and are contributing members to CARSP conferences.\u00a0 He has ensured that his students and their work have been presented at annual CARSP conferences over the decades. Many of his students have won the CARSP student award for best paper over the years.<\/p>\n

    For Bhagwant, the joy of discovery is amplified by the sense of purpose he feels in his work. \u201cMy work involves mathematically modelling crash causes based on real crash data,\u201d he says.\u00a0 \u201cA lot of my work is directly linked to reducing the risk of crashes,\u201d he says. \u201cRoad safety is effectively a version of public health, so it\u2019s quite motivating.\u201d<\/p>\n

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    Presentation at the 2023 ITE Canada\/CARSP Joint Conference<\/h2>\n
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    Dr. Eric Hildebrand<\/h3>\n

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    Ladies and gentlemen, it is my honor to present the CARSP Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr. Eric Hildebrand, recognizing his outstanding contributions to road safety in Canada.<\/p>\n

    Dr. Hildebrand, a distinguished faculty member at the University of New Brunswick since 1993, has made significant advancements in transportation engineering and road safety throughout his esteemed career.<\/p>\n

    As a dedicated professor, he has mentored and shaped the knowledge and skills of numerous students in transportation planning and engineering, while also supervising graduate students pursuing their master’s and PhD degrees, fostering the development of future leaders in the field.<\/p>\n

    Beyond academia, Dr. Hildebrand has excelled as a consultant, providing invaluable expertise in road safety engineering and traffic engineering projects. His real-world impact is evident in his involvement as a road safety auditor on large-scale highway projects across Canada, where his expertise has enhanced transportation safety and efficiency.<\/p>\n

    Dr. Hildebrand’s commitment to enhancing road safety extends to his leadership as the team leader of the UNB\/Transport Canada Collision Research Team for over three decades. This collaborative effort has focused on investigating and improving collision prevention strategies, solidifying Dr. Hildebrand’s dedication to making roads safer across the country.<\/p>\n

    Moreover, he has also been a staunch supporter of CARSP. His active involvement with CARSP includes serving on the Board of Directors for several years and contributing to the organization’s conferences by authoring or co-authoring numerous papers.<\/p>\n

    His exceptional achievements have garnered well-deserved recognition, including several UNB awards for teaching excellence and the prestigious Sir Sanford Fleming Award bestowed upon him by the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering in 2017.<\/p>\n

    In conclusion, Dr. Eric Hildebrand’s exceptional dedication, expertise, and impact on transportation engineering and road safety, along with his active involvement with CARSP, make him highly deserving of this award. His contributions as a researcher, educator, consultant, and leader have left an indelible mark on the field, and his recognition is a testament to his outstanding achievements.<\/p>\n

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    Presentation at the 2022 CARSP Conference<\/h2>\n

    The CARSP lifetime achievement award was awarded to Dainius Dalmotas and Geni Bahar, who went an extra mile to serve the the field of road safety as well as CARSP.\u00a0 The summaries of accomplishments for Dainius and Geni are as follows.<\/p>\n

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    Dainius graduated from Sir George Williams University (Montreal, Canada) in 1972 with a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering. He then joined the Road Safety and Motor Vehicle Regulation Directorate of Transport Canada, where he occupied a variety of positions until his retirement from the federal government in 2005.<\/p>\n

    From 1998 to 2005, he was the Chief of Crashworthiness Research. As such, he was responsible for planning and managing contracted research in the areas of human biomechanics and vehicle crashworthiness, conducting in-house development and evaluation projects supporting regulatory initiatives addressing vehicle crashworthiness, and developing position papers on technical policy issues pertaining to automotive safety in Canada. While at Transport Canada, he conducted collaborative research efforts with a number of organizations, including the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), and the Australian Government.<\/p>\n

    Dainius has produced numerous technical reports, and is the author of many scientific papers that have been published in the international literature. He has received several awards, including the US Government Award for Safety Engineering Excellence in 1996, and an Award of Excellence for An Outstanding Contribution to Transportation in Canada in 1997. Most recently, Dainius was the recipient of the Arnold W. Siegel International Transportation Safety Award for 2019.<\/p>\n

    He has served on a number of committees under the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Harmonization of Research Activities (IHRA). His past memberships have included the Advisory Council for the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis, and NHTSA’s Blue Ribbon Panel for the Evaluation of Advanced Airbags. He was also a Visiting Scholar at George Washington University, Washington, DC.<\/p>\n

    Dainius is currently a member of the Advisory Board for the Stapp Car Crash Conference, and remains active as a consultant in the field of automotive safety research and crash testing.<\/p>\n

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    Geni Bahar<\/h3>\n

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    Geni is one of Canada\u2019s outstanding road safety professionals. Her lifetime contributions are many, diverse, and important.
    \nIn many Canadian cities and a few in the US ones lives were saved directly by the numerous operational reviews, safety audits and the community traffic studies which she directed.
    \nAnother category of contribution are the projects involving system wide safety modeling and network screening. These helped to improve road safety in many states, provinces, regions and metropolitan areas.
    \nThen there are the new tools and methods developed with Geni\u2019s help, under her leadership and with her ingenuity. These enriched and improved the arsenal of the profession. Thus, for example, she co-lead the development of the SafetyAnalyst (for FHWA) which provides a comprehensive review of the road network to enable the selection of the most cost-effective countermeasures. Similarly she also led the development of the highly influential Highway Safety Manual designed to provide information and tools to facilitate roadway design and operational decisions based upon explicit consideration of their safety consequences.
    \nAnd finally there are policy papers, learned papers published in important journals, manuals to guide practice, as well as course and training materials such as \u2018The Science of Highway Safety (for MTO), and \u2018New Approaches to Highway Safety Analysis (for FHWA and for the U.S. National Highway Institute).
    \nImportant as these reports and documents are, Geni\u2019s contribution goes way beyond. Much of her work and time went to the teaching and training of professionals and thereby promoting the evidence-based delivery of road safety. She taught numerous road safety courses and specialty workshops in Canada and in the US and led the Canadian contribution to the development of ITE\u2018s program of certification of road safety specialists.
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    Presentation at the 2021 CARSP\/PRI Conference<\/h2>\n

    This year the award went to five individuals who made outstanding contributions to the field of road safety, and significant contributions to CARSP. These five people are (from left to right in the pictures below): Dr. Doug Beirness, CCSA, Beirness & Associates, and CanDART; Mr. JL Comeau, Transport Canada; Dr. John Morrall, University of Calgary; Ms. Liz Owens, Alberta Transportation; and Dr. Robert Mann, CAMH. Awards were presented by Mr. Steve Sanderson, President of Accident Support Services International who sponsored the awards, and Ms. Brenda Suggett, Executive Director of CARSP.<\/p>\n

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    Presentation at the 2019 CARSP Conference<\/h2>\n

    Three individuals received the Canadian Association of Road Safety Professional's Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2019 CARSP Conference. They are...<\/p>\n

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    Mr. Paul Boase<\/h3>\n

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    Paul as a certified Road Safety Professional has served as Chief Road Users at Transport Canada for the past 21 years. He began his career in road safety in 1987 as senior research analyst with the Ontario Ministry of Transportation.<\/p>\n

    Over the past 30 years, Paul has been involved in research and policy analysis in the areas of impaired driving, collision data analysis, distracted driving, child restraints, vulnerable road users, commercial vehicle safety, graduated licensing, photo radar, administrative license suspension, driver fatigue, and road safety legislation and regulation. He has been involved with numerous road safety projects including Naturalistic Driving Studies, child restraint surveys, seat belt surveys, the Canadian implementation of the Drug Evaluation and Classification Program (DECP), development of the methodology for conducting nighttime drug and alcohol surveys, the development of technical standards for alcohol ignition interlocks, the ISO standard on road safety management, and the Pedestrians and Cyclists Around Heavy Vehicles Ministerial Task Force. He has also worked on various Road Safety Plans for Canada and has considerable first-hand experience working with large motor vehicle crash databases.<\/p>\n

    Paul has served on a wide variety of road safety committees and has received a number of awards over his career. He has participated in the development of book chapters, scholarly papers in peer-reviewed road safety journals and has presented at the Transportation Research Board meetings, the Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrator meetings, the International Council on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety conferences and CARSP Conferences.<\/p>\n

    Paul has been a long-time member of CARSP, participating in numerous conferences as an author, presenter, panelist and moderator. He has also reviewed abstracts\/papers, organized plenary sessions and served on conference organizing committees. He has also been a board member for several years, serving as Chair of the Membership Committee, Vice President, and is currently the Chair of the Finance Committee and Treasurer.<\/p>\n

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    Dr. Frank Navin<\/h3>\n

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    Frank\u2019s work in Road Safety started when he took over Transport Canada\u2019s Road Safety Research team for British Columbia over 40 years ago. Much of this research focused on civil and traffic engineering aspects of highway operations. His work at UBC has supported police road safety programs and involved full scale vehicle collision and dynamic experiments. Many of the vehicle experiments took place in cooperation with provincial ministries, policing as well as the University of North Florida.<\/p>\n

    As an Professional Engineer and Professor Frank has been involved in many different vehicle testing environments. His work has involved truck and car breaking experiments, static testing for rollovers including fully loaded tractor trailers, proof testing road side barriers, winter traction tests for cars and trucks, steep down hill breaking tests using different salt\/sand mixes on the roadway and vehicle cornering tests to name a few.<\/p>\n

    Frank has published many papers over his career and has received numerous prestigious awards. The program he was responsible for produced eight PHD\u2019s and 16 masters\u2019s degree graduates, all with a focus on road safety. Frank also helped start ICBC\u2019s Road improvement Program, and his work has also included experiments in Traffic conflicts, implementing municipal safety improvements and conducting the first Canadian road safety audit on Highway 1. Frank was also a member of the Ontario professional Engineers Highway 407 Safety Review Team.<\/p>\n

    Frank has been a long time CARSP member and has presented 17 papers CARSP Conferences across Canada. He has been a member of the CARSP board for several years and chaired the 7th annual meeting held in Vancouver.<\/p>\n

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    Mavis has made significant contributions for over 50 years as a Road Safety Specialist. She has also received a number of prestigious awards for her work. Her work has included development and management of enforcement, engineering, and education programs at the international\/national\/provincial\/ municipal\/local\/community level.<\/p>\n

    Mavis began her career as a Police Constable in Lancashire, in the United Kingdom. She came to Canada where she began her work at the Vancouver Safety Council later joining the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia. Some of her roles at ICBC included Road Improvement, Community Development and Traffic Safety Education. Mavis has been involved in Road Safety Audits, Special Reports on Road Safety, integrating road safety into school curriculum, Safe routes to school strategies, Safer City Programs, and a Global Drink Driving Strategy.<\/p>\n

    In Canada, Mavis has provided consultation and strategic advice in developing Traffic Safety Plans in Alberta, Nova Scotia, and the city of Edmonton, provided the mid-term review for Canada\u2019s Road Safety Vision and has provide ongoing leadership and expertise on Vision Zero\/Safety System Initiatives. Her International road safety consulting and expertise has taken her around the world to Costa Rica, Romania, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Vietnam, Belize and Indonesia to name a few.<\/p>\n

    Mavis has been a member of CARSP for 32 years. She has been involved in all aspects of conference planning and organizing committees as well as conference chair and vice chair. She has been an author, presenter, panelist, facilitator and moderator, abstracts and paper reviewer and organized plenary sessions. Over the years she has served on the board of Directors on many positions including Vice President and President. She has been an ongoing newsletter contributor, developed the knowledge sharing initiative for CARSP, currently developing CARSP as a mentoring body for low\/middle income country partners through the Global Alliance\/NGO\u2019s for road safety.<\/p>\n

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    Presentation at the 2018 CARSP Conference<\/h2>\n

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    Dr. Evelyn Vingilis <\/strong>was awarded the Canadian Association of Road Safety Professional’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Dr. Vingilis has had an outstanding impact on road safety at a provincial, national, and international level. Her research has addressed multiple issues in road safety including alcohol- and drug-impaired driving, street racing, mental health and driver behaviour, and evaluation of road safety strategies and countermeasures. Throughout her career, Dr. Vingilis\u2019 work has been presented in more than 206 conference presentations, including 129 invited addresses, and published in more than 133 journal articles, 4 books, and 23 chapters.<\/p>\n

    Read Dr. Vingilis’ complete biography: Evelyn Vingilis Biography<\/a><\/p>\n

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    Mr. Felix J.E. Comeau <\/strong>was awarded the Canadian Association of Road Safety Professional’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Mr Comeau is a pioneer in the field of breath alcohol testing. Over the past 40 years he has made significant contributions in developing instruments and programs that are now commonplace in the field of traffic safety. He graduated with an Honours Bachelor of Sciences degree in Biochemistry from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario and started his professional career as a forensic scientist with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Forensic Science Laboratories. He specialized in breath alcohol testing programs and services for law enforcement and judicial purposes for 8 years. Read Mr. Comeau’ complete biography: Felix J.E. Comeau Biography<\/a><\/p>\n

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    Presentation at the 2017 CARSP Conference<\/h2>\n

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    Dr. David Wiesenthal <\/strong>was awarded the Canadian Association of Road Safety Professional’s Lifetime Achievement Award. David\u2019s career spans 46 years, starting as a Postdoctoral Fellow and Special Lecturer at York University in 1970 and continuing to his retirement in 2016 as Professor Emeritus and Senior Scholar. He has served on a wide variety of committees within York University.<\/p>\n

    His research addressed a number of social issues relevant to applied psychology, including blood donation, vandalism, scientific racism and violence in sport, however, his most prolific research was in the area of road safety, particularly in the areas of driver stress and aggression, driver distraction and street racing. His published work includes more than 60 journal articles and 18 book chapters and more than 160 workshops and conference presentations.<\/p>\n

    He has contributed greatly to the next generation of road safety advocates and served on the Board of Directors between 2009 and 2015.<\/p>\n

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    Ms. Anne Leonard <\/strong>was awarded the Canadian Association of Road Safety Professional’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Anne Leonard, recently retired as the Executive Director of arrive alive DRIVE SOBER in Ontario has a career that spans 20 years. Starting out as a volunteer with the Ontario Community Council on Impaired Driver, she became the founding member and eventually the President of arrive alive DRIVE SOBER. Anne has been tireless in her passion for impaired driver awareness both within Ontario and across Canada. She has worked with multiple organizations, including Ontario Students Against Impaired Driving, Action Sudbury, Student Life, Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police, Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, Ontario Provincial Police and many other organizations. Anne\u2019s organization has played a key role in Ontario in changing the attitudes and perceptions towards impaired drivers. She has received a number of awards, including the Regional Commander\u2019s Award from Toronto Police, the 2016 Public Safety Award of Excellence, and two Road Safety Achievement Awards presented by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation. She continues to volunteer with the organization after her retirement in January 2017.<\/p>\n

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    Dr. Alison Smiley <\/strong>was awarded the Canadian Association of Road Safety Professional’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Alison is the current President of Human Factors North, based in Toronto, Ontario, a position she has served in for the past 32 years. Her many accomplishments include serving as an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto in the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department for the past 24 years, organizing and conducting a number of workshops in Canada and the United States on road safety\/human factors, publishing more than 50 academic articles, and writing several book chapters, and producing more than 100 reports and conference presentations. She is widely sought after as a expert witness in traffic accidents. Alison has won a number of awards, in the field of road safety and human factors, including the A.R. Lauer Safety Award given by the US Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.<\/p>\n

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    Dr. Dan Mayhew<\/strong> was awarded the Canadian Association of Road Safety Professional’s Lifetime Achievement Award.<\/p>\n

    Daniel R. Mayhew is Senior Research Scientist and Advisor at TIRF and has 35-years of experience in the traffic safety field. A major focus of his work involves young and novice drivers, driver education and training, GDL systems, driver improvement, senior drivers, and commercial truck driver safety.
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    Dan is a member and past chair of the U.S. Transportation Research Board (TRB) committee on Operator Education and Regulations, and a member of the TRB sub-committee on Young Drivers. He recently served as deputy chair of the Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety \u2013 Queensland (CARRS-Q) external review panel.<\/p>\n

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    Presentation at the 2013 CMRSC Conference<\/h2>\n
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    Dr. Robert (Bob) Dewar<\/strong> was awarded the Canadian Association of Road Safety Professional’s Lifetime Achievement Award.<\/p>\n

    Bob received a Ph.D. in Psychology in 1965. He taught psychology at the University of Calgary from 1965 to 1990. He is now President of his own consulting firm, Western Ergonomics, Inc., specializing in driver behavior and traffic safety.<\/p>\n

    Bob was unable to attend the Montreal conference, so the award was presented to him in Alberta by Jeanette Espie, Executive Director for the Office of Traffic Safety.<\/p>\n

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    Professor Michel Gou<\/strong> was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Michel is a member of faculty in the Machine Design Section of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at \u00c9cole Polytechnique, Montr\u00e9al. He is also the Director of \u00c9cole Polytechnique’s Road Safety Team that has worked to improve road and motor vehicle safety for the past 30 years.<\/p>\n

    The Board Member Appreciation Award was given to Jeff Suggett,<\/strong> a Senior Transportation Planner with Associated Engineering, St. Catharines, Ontario. The Board thanked Jeff for all his contributions over the 10 years he served on the Board.<\/p>\n

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    CARSP Lifetime Achievement Award (Previous Years)<\/h3>\n
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    Dr. Alan German<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
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    • Dr. Brian Jonah<\/li>\n
    • Dr. Claire Laberge-Nadeau<\/li>\n
    • Mr. Tom Beckett<\/li>\n
    • Mr. Peter Cooper<\/li>\n
    • Dr. Ezra Hauer<\/li>\n
    • Dr. Bill Mulligan<\/li>\n
    • Mr. John Read<\/li>\n
    • Mr. Carl Shiels<\/li>\n
    • Dr. Albert Stevens<\/li>\n
    • Mr. Ken O\u2019Brien<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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      Dr. Mary Chipman<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

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