Thank you for giving back to your local community of transportation professionals! We hope the information below will help to make your Section leadership a smooth experience. Keep an eye here for announcements about what’s coming up and please reach out if you need support at any point.
Section Orientation Session – Wed, Jan 22
ITE Canada Award Nominations – due March 1
Annual Reports – due March 1
We appreciate your support in helping us promote these and other upcoming events:
ITE Canada provides a slide deck containing ITE Canada news to Sections on a quarterly basis. If you don’t receive these emails, please email info@itecanada.org to ensure we have your updated contact info.
District/Section/Chapter (DSC) Resource Center
Prepared by ITE International, this website outlines everything you need to know to run your Section with information on:
Keep up to date on what fellow Sections are doing in their quarterly Transportation Talk updates. This is a good way to get ideas for activities your Section can host. Follow other Chapters on social media for more ideas.
Month | Description | Action for Section | Deadline |
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JANUARY | New Executive teams ramp up | ☐ Always inform ITE and ITE Canada of any changes to your Executive Committee ☐ If you have a new Student Liaison, ensure they connect to leaders at your Student Chapter(s). If you don’t know who they are, contact the Student Chapter Advisor or ITE Canada. | On-going |
ITE Canada hosts Section Info Session/Orientation | ☐ Ensure at least one member of your Section Executive attends this session ☐ Contact info@itecanada.org if you haven’t received an invite by early January ☐ Share information with Executive members who couldn’t attend the session. Here are the session slides and recording from Wednesday, January 22. | Mid-January | |
Transportation Talk – Winter edition | ☐ Submit your updates and photos by the deadline ☐ Contact communications@itecanada.org if you haven’t received a link to submit by early January | Mid-January | |
JANUARY/ FEBRUARY | Awards & Scholarships | ☐ Promote these opportunities to Section members ☐ Contact communications@itecanada.org if you haven’t received marketing materials | March 1 |
Section Annual Reports • This report is considered for the Section Awards | ☐ Complete Section Annual Report | March 1 | |
ITE Canada Annual Conference registration opens | ☐ Encourage members of your Section to attend | ||
MARCH/APRIL | Host Student Presentation Competition • ITE Canada offers $400 to each Student Chapter for this competition | ☐ Promote Student Presentation Competition to your Student Chapter(s) ☐ Send the name of your Competition winner to ITE Canada Past President by March 31 ☐ Send request for funding (if needed) to ITE Canada Treasurer by March 31 | March 31 |
Transportation Talk – Spring edition | ☐ Submit your updates and photos by the deadline ☐ Contact communications@itecanada.org if you haven’t received a link to submit by early April | Mid-April | |
MAY/JUNE | ITE Canada Annual Conference June 1-4, 2025 | Halifax, Nova Scotia | ☐ Encourage members of your Section to attend ☐ Ensure your Board Director (or alternate) is attending the ITE Canada Board meeting | |
JULY/AUGUST | Transportation Talk – Summer edition | ☐ Submit your updates and photos by the deadline ☐ Contact communications@itecanada.org if you haven’t received a link to submit by late June | Early July |
Succession Planning | |||
ITE International Annual Meeting | |||
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER | Elections for Section Executive | ☐ Conduct elections for your Section ☐ Inform ITE Canada of changes to Executive | |
ITE Canada Annual Conference call for abstracts and sponsors/exhibitors opens | ☐ Promote conference Call for Abstracts | ||
Transportation Talk – Fall edition | ☐ Submit your updates and photos by the deadline ☐ Contact communications@itecanada.org if you haven’t received a link to submit by early October | Mid-October | |
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER | ITE Canada Annual General Meeting (virtual) | ☐ Confirm Section Director and inform ITE Canada before AGM | |
How to add an event?
How to add tickets/registration to your event?
ITE Canada provides several services to Sections, free of charge.
Each Section has a micro-site on itecanada.org, free of charge. These are sub-pages hosted on itecanada.org using the WordPress platform with a special sub-menu made to look like its own website.
Custom shortened domains (sectionname.itecanada.org) are provided for each micro-site to make it easy to share. Find yours in the table below/to the right.
Documentation for Section/Chapter Admins
Sample Page showing different block types that can be used when creating your pages. Password is itecanada.
CONTACT: communications@itecanada.org
Your events must be posted to ITE Canada’s event calendar. These will sync to your micro-site Events page. See instructions above
Section | Micro-Site |
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Atlantic Canada | atlantic.itecanada.org |
BC Interior | bcinterior.itecanada.org |
Hamilton | hamilton.itecanada.org |
Manitoba | manitoba.itecanada.org |
National Capital | nationalcapital.itecanada.org |
Northern Alberta | northernalberta.itecanada.org |
Quebec | quebec.itecanada.org |
Saskatchewan | saskatchewan.itecanada.org |
Southern Alberta | southernalberta.itecanada.org |
Southwestern Ontario | southwestontario.itecanada.org |
Toronto | toronto.itecanada.org |
Vancouver | vancouver.itecanada.org |
Vancouver Island | vancouverisland.itecanada.org |
Each chapter has an official sectionname@itecanada.org email address.
This is either set up as a forwarding address (receive mail only) or a full Google Account.
Benefits of a Google Account:
Contact us if you need to reset access to your account.
CONTACT: info@itecanada.org
Each Section has an official logo that follows a template outlined in ITE Canada’s Brand Guidelines.
Please review the Brand Guidelines and ensure your Section Executive:
CONTACT: communications@itecanada.org
Each Section can have one Canva Pro account on ITE Canada’s team.
Gives you access to:
How do I access it?
CONTACT: communications@itecanada.org
ITE Canada is active on:
Members of Student Chapters in your area are also members of your Section. You can help grow your Section and ensure its future health by supporting a strong and engaged student membership base.
Student Liaison: Your Section must appoint a Student Liaison.
Here are ideas of how you can support your Student Chapter(s).
ITE Canada has developed some materials to help Canadian student chapters reach new members. For printable PDF or editable versions of these materials, please contact communications@itecanada.org.
ITE encourages our Sections to engage with elementary and high school students about the practice of transportation, how it impacts their lives, and careers in transportation.
Find many activity ideas, presentations, and resources, and templates you can use with your next K-12 STEM engagement efforts here!