Here is a summary of the annual awards given out by ITE Toronto! Note that these get updated regularly, and some competitions may be active! So check out below and we look forward to seeing your submissions. Best of luck!

Project of the Year Award

The Project of the Year award is a competition to highlight and showcase a ground-breaking transportation project undertaken by a public or private organization from the Toronto Section. The winner is announced annually at our AGM! See you then.

• 2021 – CafeTO – Café Guidelines 2021 by IBI Group & City of Toronto
• 2020 – Kleinburg Parking Strategy – City of Vaughan
• 2019 – Lakeshore Connecting Communities – Lakeshore Road Transportation Master Plan (2016-2019) – City of Mississauga
• 2018 – King Street Transit Pilot by City of Toronto
• 2017 – Credit River – Active Transportation Crossings – City of Mississauga
• 2016 – Transportation Mobility Plan Guidelines for Development Applications – York Region
• 2015 –
• 2014 – Ontario Traffic Manual Book 18 – Cycling Facilities – MMM Group

Innovation of the Year

Stay tuned for our next competition! Innovation of the Year Award Competition finals takes place as part of our Christmas Luncheon & Annual General Meeting. The winner of the award is decided during the event, via poll of the attendees.

• 2021 – Metrolinx GTFS Tool Development: Dan Lu, HDR & Anthony Smith, Metrolinx

Student Presentation Competition

The Toronto, Hamilton, and Southwest Ontario sections’ Joint Technical Presentation Competition for Students is a unique event organized annually by the Canadian Institute of Transportation Engineers (CITE) to help foster interest in the field of transportation. The Toronto and Hamilton sections have jointly held the event since 1996 and were joined by the Southwest Ontario section in 2009. The competition offers students an opportunity to present a topic of interest in transportation before their peers and practicing transportation professionals. While technical competence is an important element, the primary focus of the competition is on the ability to present effectively to one’s peers and the public.

• 2021 Undergraduate: Natalie Farag, Ryerson University
• 2021 Graduate: Rajveer Ubhi, McMaster University
• 2020 Undergraduate:
• 2020 Graduate: Ahmad Mohammadi, York University
• 2019 Undergraduate: Anson Thomas, York University
• 2019 Graduate: Erik Nevland, York University

Best Attendance

Given to an individual in recognition of their support of the ITE Toronto Section, and for being the most frequent attendee at ITE Toronto Section events within a given calendar year.

• 2021 – MD Tanvir Chowdhury
• 2020 – Yiwei Yan
• 2019 – Niraj Das
• 2018 – Revanth Redla

Lifetime Membership

Given to individuals in recognition of their outstanding and long term contributions to the ITE Toronto Section.

• 2022:
  • Ms. Geni B. Bahar, P.Eng., RSP2I, Navigats Inc.
  • Dr. Sundar Damodaran, P.Eng., Ministry of Transportation of Ontario
  • Ms. Maryann Lovicsek, P.Eng., IBI Group
• 2021:
  • Mr. Christopher F. K. Bee, P.Eng., Ministry of Transportation of Ontario
  • Mr. Norman Q. L. Chung, P.Eng., Poulos & Chung Limited
  • Mr. Albert K. Law, P.Eng., Parsons Inc.
  • Mr. J. Derek Sims, P.Eng., IBI Group
  • Ms. Victoria A. Witkowski
  • Mr. Anthony B. Yates, P.Eng., BA Consulting Group Ltd.
• 2020:
  • Dr. Saad A. Nassar, P.Eng., Walters Forensic Engineering., Inc.

• 2019:
  • Michael Bailey, Streetlight Data
  • Christopher Bee, MTO
  • Rajnath Bissessar, City of Toronto
• 2018:
  • Mr. Douglas Allingham, Aecom
  • Mr. John Barrington, BA Group
  • Mr. Ralph Bond, BA Group
• 2017:
  • Mr. Frank J. Ahlin,
  • Mr. Paul D. Bunt
  • Mr. Tyrone J. Gan
  • Mr. Marcel Lanteigne
  • Mr. Paul A. MacLeod
  • Mr. David B. Richardson
  • Mr. Toivo Rukholm
• 2016:
  • Mr. Ronald Allen
  • Mr. William Copeland
  • Mr. Glenn Johnson
  • Mr. Robert McBride
  • Mr. Rodney McPhail
  • Mr. Christopher Middlebro
• 2014:
  • Nickolas Poulos
  • David Thompson

President’s Award

An optional award given by the standing ITE Toronto President, this award is given to an individual in recognition of their outstanding volunteer contributions to the ITE Toronto Section during that calendar year.

• 2020 – Erik Nevland, MASc, EIT, Region of Peel
• 2019 – Kelsey Waugh, PEng, LEA Consulting Ltd.
• 2018 – Jason Dahl, MASc, PEng, IBI Group
• 2016 – Mehdi Hamedani