On behalf of the Future Transportation Leaders Fund, ITE Canada is pleased to offer the Jenn and Jan Voss Travel Bursary for Women in Transportation Engineering. This annual bursary provides travel funding support for women in transportation engineering to attend the ITE Canada Annual Conference. The five (5) bursaries, valued at $1,000 each, are intended to encourage women who are in the early stages of their careers and no longer in school to actively participate at ITE Canada conferences, including the ITE Canada 2025 Annual Conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
The annual $5000 travel bursary is being funded by the estate of Jenn and Jan Voss in memory of Jenn Voss, P.Eng., who lost her battle with cancer at the age of 52. Jenn worked in Ontario and BC for both the public and private sectors and, over her 28-year career, encountered various barriers and inequities which, in her view, made career advancement for female engineers more challenging than for men. The goal of this annual travel bursary is to honour Jenn’s memory and engineering career and help bridge the gender gap at ITE Canada conferences.
You are eligible to apply if you are:
Eligible candidates for this annual travel bursary will include but are not limited to ITE Canada conference speakers whose abstracts have been accepted, those who have never had the opportunity to attend an ITE Canada conference before, transportation engineers who may be on maternity leave or unemployed, and elected officials at the Section level in Canada.
Send a maximum 2-page letter via email to Julia Salvini, Past ITE Canada President, outlining your need for the bursary no later than March 1, 2025. If you are a presenter with confirmation of acceptance of your abstract at the Annual Conference or you are participating in the conference in some other way, please indicate that in your letter. Questions may be sent to Julia Salvini directly.
