Thank you for dedicating your time and effort to running your ITE Student Chapter! We hope the information below will help to make it 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.

NEED TO KNOW + Upcoming Deadlines

Careers in Transportation: Online Open House for Students – January 28 & 30, 2025

Upcoming ITE Canada Events

Awards & Scholarships

  • Nominations open – due March 1
  • Promote awards/scholarships on your campus with these ledger and letter sized posters

Annual Reports Due – March 1

Resources for Student Chapter Leaders

Student Chapter Manual

Prepared by ITE International, this manual (PDF) outlines everything you need to know to run your Student Chapter with information on activities, roles and responsibilities of your Executive and Faculty Advisor, and much more.

Transportation-related STEM Activities

ITE encourages our Student Chapters 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!

Transportation Talk

Keep up to date on what fellow student chapters are doing in their quarterly Transportation Talk updates. This is a good way to get ideas for activities your Chapter can host. Follow other Chapters on social media for more ideas.

Professional & Career Development for Students

Find more resources for students in general here.

Key Contacts

ITE International
ITE Canada
  • Secretary: Madhuri Seera (2025)
    • Primary student liaison in 2025
  • Vice-President: Irini Akhnoukh (2024-2025)
    • Primary student liaison for 2024
  • President: Pedram Izadpanah (2024-2025)
  • Business/Admin: Steven Garner
    • Event calendar, Google accounts, bylaws, etc.
  • Communications: Evonne Winchiu Donaher
    • Micro-sites, logos, marketing materials, etc.
Section
Student Chapter
  • Your Student Chapter/Faculty Advisor

Key Dates & Actions for Student Chapters

Note: This calendar outlines items specific to the Canadian District and complements the “Universal Student Chapter Calendar” provided in the ITE Student Chapter Handbook. Items related to funding opportunities are denoted with a [FUNDING] tag.

MonthDescriptionAction for Student ChapterDeadline
ONGOINGRequest for funding through a proposal
If additional funding is required for a special initiative or event being hosted by your Student Chapter [FUNDING]
☐ Contact your local ITE Section to determine how much they can contribute to the initiative
☐ Send a proposal by email to the ITE Canada Student Liaison (Madhuri Seera for 2025) outlining:
• an introduction of the initiative
• estimated costs
• the exact amount of financial assistance requested
• any support being provided by your Section, institution, sponsors, or other parties
☐ Be prepared to write a short article about the event for Transportation Talk after the event is complete
Anytime
SEPTEMBER/ OCTOBERNew Executive teams ramp up☐ Always inform ITE and ITE Canada of any changes to your Executive Committee and Student Chapter contacts
☐ Introduce new Executive members to your Section’s Student Chapter Liaison. If you don’t know who that is, contact your Section to find out.
On-going
ITE Canada hosts Student Chapter Info Session/Orientation☐ Contact info@itecanada.org if you haven’t received an invite by mid-September
☐ Share information with Executive members who couldn’t attend the Sept 25, 2024 session. See/download the slides and watch the recording of the session.
September 15
Membership Drive☐ Promote participation in your Student Chapter and free ITE student membership
Transportation Talk – Fall edition☐ Submit your updates and photos by the deadline: Sunday, October 27, 2024
☐ Contact communications@itecanada.org if you haven’t received a link to submit
October 27
JANUARY/ FEBRUARYStudent Scholarships & Awards☐ Promote these opportunities to students on your campus
☐ Contact communications@itecanada.org if you haven’t received marketing materials
March 1
Transportation Talk – Winter edition☐ Submit your updates and photos by the deadline: Friday, January 17, 2025
☐ Contact communications@itecanada.org if you haven’t received a link to submit by mid-January
January 17
Student Chapter Annual Reports
• Report is required to receive annual $500 funding from ITE Canada [FUNDING]
• This report is considered for the Student Chapter Awards
Complete Student Chapter Annual ReportMarch 1
ITE Canada Annual Conference registration opens☐ Encourage students from your chapter to attendEarly February
Traffic Bowl registration opens☐ Register your Traffic Bowl teamTBA
MARCH/APRILTraffic Bowl teams & travel/funding arrangements confirmed
• $10,000 total distributed amongst participating teams based on need [FUNDING]
☐ Fundraise, if needed, for team to attend Traffic Bowl at conference
☐ Communicate any additional funding needs to Traffic Bowl Coordinator. Watch for email.
TBA
Student Leadership Summit (SLS) registration opens☐ Encourage student chapter members to attend SLS
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
TBA
MAY/JUNEITE Canada Annual Conference
June 1-4, 2025 | Halifax, Nova Scotia
Student Leadership Summit (May 30 + June 1)
Traffic Bowl (June 2)
☐ Encourage students from your chapter to attend and make the most of conference participation
☐ Fundraise as a chapter to support costs
JULY/AUGUSTTransportation 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
TBA
ITE International Annual Meeting

Services for Student Chapters from ITE Canada

ITE Canada provides several services to Student Chapters, free of charge.

Each chapter has an official yourstudentchapter@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:

  • More professional: send mail from @itecanada.org address
  • Better continuity/transition: central inbox and shared documents that can be transferred. If the password is lost, ITE Canada staff can reset.
  • Other features: photo albums, group uploads

Contact us if you need to reset access to your account.

CONTACT: info@itecanada.org

Each chapter has an official logo that follows a template outlined in ITE Canada’s Brand Guidelines.

Please review the Brand Guidelines and ensure your Chapter Executive:

  • Use the logos provided. There are options for vertical and horizontal layouts plus short name versions and an icon for social accounts. If a different file format is needed, contact us.
  • Use the colour palette. Stick to ITE Canada’s colours to ensure your materials fit our overall look.
  • Use Overpass font: Use Overpass wherever possible as an additional branding element.

CONTACT: communications@itecanada.org

Each chapter can have one Canva Pro account on ITE Canada’s team.

Gives you access to:

  • Canva’s Pro features – millions of stock photos, videos, templates + many tools
  • ITE Canada’s Brand Kit – colours and fonts built-in as your defaults
  • ITE Canada templates – social media headers, presentations, posters

How do I access it?

  • Accounts have been set up with chaptername@itecanada.org email address
  • We can add an existing account with a different chapter email address to our team instead

CONTACT: communications@itecanada.org

What is it?

Each chapter 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.

URL

Custom shortened domains (yourstudentchapter.itecanada.org) are provided for each micro-site to make it easy to share. Find yours in the table below/to the right.

Admin Login

  • Dashboard URL: itecanada.org/login
  • Username: yourstudentchapter@itecanada.org
  • Password: Same password already used to log into our website (e.g., for creating events). If you don’t have one or it doesn’t work, contact us.

Help & Training

Documentation for Section/Chapter Admins

  • Short videos from our web developer explaining how to create and edit Section pages
  • If you have any questions or need additional support, contact us

Sample Page showing different block types that can be used when creating your pages. Password is itecanada.

CONTACT: communications@itecanada.org

Event Calendar

Your events can be posted to ITE Canada’s event calendar, without registration/ticketing. These will sync to your micro-site Events page.

How to add an event?

  • Community: Submit Event form: itecanada.org/events/community/add
    • Must be logged into your chaptername@itecanada.org admin account
    • You can control the formatting, uploading images, etc.
    • Select your Student Chapter as the “Event Organizer” to sync to micro-site
  • OR email info@itecanada.org with your event details
Student ChapterMicro-site
Carleton Universitycarleton.itecanada.org
Lakehead Universitylakeheadu.itecanada.org
McMaster Universitymcmaster.itecanada.org
Mohawk Collegemohawkcollege.itecanada.org
Montréal-Québecquebecsc.itecanada.org
Toronto Metropolitan Universitytmu.itecanada.org
University of Albertaualberta.itecanada.org
University of British Columbiaubc.itecanada.org
University of British Columbia Okanaganubco.itecanada.org
University of Calgaryucalgary.itecanada.org
University of Manitobaumanitoba.itecanada.org
University of New Brunswickunb.itecanada.org
University of Saskatchewanusask.itecanada.org
University of Torontoutoronto.itecanada.org
University of Victoriauvic.itecanada.org
University of Waterloouwaterloo.itecanada.org
University of Windsoruwindsor.itecanada.org
York Universityyorku.itecanada.org

Marketing Materials

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 Student Membership Benefits brochure (PDF)

Student Membership Flyer (PDF)

We also email presentation slides containing news to student chapters on a quarterly basis for use during your chapter events. If you don’t receive these emails (typically sent with a call for Transportation Talk updates), please email info@itecanada.org to ensure we have your updated contact info.

ITE Events coming up in Canada