{"id":39036,"date":"2024-10-17T20:10:04","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T20:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carsp.ca\/?p=39036"},"modified":"2024-10-31T18:21:39","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T18:21:39","slug":"fall-2024-update-carsp-young-professionals-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carsp.ca\/en\/news\/fall-2024-update-carsp-young-professionals-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall 2024 Update &#8211; CARSP Young Professionals Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<b>Welcoming Our New Members<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The CARSP Young Professionals Committee (YPC) is thrilled to welcome five new members to the team! You can learn more about our members and read their bios on the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/carsp.ca\/en\/about\/ypc\/meet-our-executive-team\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CARSP Website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Reflection on YPC Growth<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over the past five years, the YPC has experienced significant growth. We want to take this opportunity to reflect on some of our successes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since 2020, 19 students and young professionals have served on the YPC Executive Board. Their contributions have resulted in several successful initiatives aimed at developing the next generation of road safety professionals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the 2022 CARSP Conference, we launched a student travel award program (sponsored by Western Ergonomics), which enabled seven students to attend the event. In 2023, we had a record number of student attendees at the CARSP Conference\u2014nearly 60 in total. This high turnout was driven by the joint Conference with ITE Canada, the return of the student travel award program (again sponsored by Western Ergonomics), and reduced student registration rates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year\u2019s CARSP Conference broke several more records. The 2024 Conference had the highest number of student paper submissions to date, with 16 in total. More than 40 students attended the Conference, and over 30 presented their work\u2014a new record. We also saw record participation at the \"Young Professionals &amp; Young at Heart\" networking mixer, with over 70 attendees, and set a new milestone by raising $1,500 for the YPC 50\/50 raffle. Finally, we launched the YPC Mentorship Program, with 12 students and four mentors participating. Initial feedback has been very positive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>2025 Conference Updates<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It's that time of year again! We're beginning to plan the 2025 Conference, which will be held in Quebec City in partnership with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/parachute.ca\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parachute Canada<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the International Cooperation on Theories and Concepts in Traffic Safety (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ictct.net\/about-ictct\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ICTCT<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). As always, we\u2019re bringing back the student paper and poster competitions, in-person social and professional development events, and\u2014returning for a second year\u2014our newly launched mentorship program!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Important: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As with the 2023 Conference, we are aligning the student paper and poster competition abstract submissions with the general call for abstracts. This means all students must submit their paper or poster abstract in November, with the full paper due at a later date. More details to follow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019re excited to see what 2025 has in store and encourage all students and young professionals to join the YPC!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cheers,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Robet Colonna<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chair, CARSP YPC<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-39037\" src=\"https:\/\/carsp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Picture1-169x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"626\" height=\"1111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carsp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Picture1-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/carsp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Picture1.png 521w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 626px) 100vw, 626px\" \/><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcoming Our New Members The CARSP Young Professionals Committee (YPC) is thrilled to welcome five new members to the team! You can learn more about our members and read their bios on the CARSP Website. 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