On behalf of the Future Transportation Leaders Fund, ITE Canada District is pleased to offer the Women in Transportation Travel Bursary from the Estate of Jenn and Jan Voss. This annual bursary provides travel funding support for women in transportation engineering to attend the ITE Canada District 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 2026 Annual Conference in Victoria, British Columbia.
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.
Each bursary is valued at $1,000 (CAD).
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.
Submit a maximum 2-page letter outlining your need for the bursary. 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.
Deadline: The application deadline is March 1st.
Submissions will open December 2025 and a link will be provided on this page.
Submissions will be reviewed based on the criteria below:
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