The Vancouver Island Section is a component of the Canadian District of ITE.
The Vancouver Island Section includes Vancouver Island and the islands between Vancouver Island and the Mainland. The Greater Vancouver Section covers the remainder of British Columbia. The BC Interior Chapter of the Greater Vancouver section includes all ITE Members living in the BC Mainland outside the South Coast area. The UBC Student Chapter serves students at UBC in the Transportation Engineering program.
Members of ITE are automatically members of their local Section. In addition, others can join the Vancouver Island Section as Affiliate Members of the Section.
Section programs include technical and related presentations at lunch or dinner meetings, a Section Newsletter, professional development seminars, other local meetings, and forums for the exchange of opinion, ideas, techniques, and research. The Section's also maintain this WWW site.
The Vancouver Island Section also holds occasional meetings in Nanaimo and participates in an annual "Quad Conference" with the Greater Vancouer, Seattle and Portland Sections.
Canadian District programs include an annual conference, quarterly newsletter and participation in several technical committees. The District also maintains a WWW Site at www.cite7.org
Participants at our meetings include Municipal, Regional District, and Provincial Government Planning and Engineering staff, Consultants, Architects, BC Transit and BC Ferry Corp. Staff, equipment suppliers, and others interested or concerned about our field of interest. We encourage joint meetings with other organizations such as the Engineering Institute of Canada, Association of Professional Engineers and Geophysicists of BC, and the Canadian Institute of Planners.
For information contact: the Section President
2006 - 2007 Executive:
President: Ms. Nadine King, P. Eng., Boulevard Transportation Group, Victoria
VP Programs: Mr. Ed Miska, P. Eng., PTOE, MoT Victoria
VP Membership: Ms Kenedee Ludwar, EIT, MoT, Victoria
Secretary/Treasurer: Mr. Mitchell Jacobson, EIT, Boulevard Transportation Group, Victoria
Past President: Mr. Richard James, P. Eng, PTOE, Richard James & Associates, Victoria
Members at Large
Mr. Todd Litman, Victoria Transport Policy Institute, Victoria
Ms. Carol Smith, P. Eng., PTOE, Caverhill Consulting, Victoria
Mr. Stephen Nevill, P. Eng., CH2M Hill Consultants, Victoria
Mr. Rodrigo Disegni, EIT., CH2M Hill Consultants, Victoria
Institute of Transportation Engineers Members residing in the Vancouver Island Section area are automatically members of the Section. Others can apply for Affiliate Section Member status at $20.00 per year.
Our meeting fees are currently $13 for members and $16 for non members (lunch included) on the last Thursday of the month (see Meeting Info page for details of the next meeting.
The Newsletter Editor (for both the Van Island and Greater Vancouver Sections) is Mr. Thomas Kwan, E-Mail: tkwan@gdhamilton.com. The Vancouver Island Section's Webmaster is Richard James, P. Eng., PTOE, 250-721-5897, EMail: raj@rjassociates.ca