06.27.2009 :: June 2009 ITE Greater Vancouver Section Monthly Meeting
At the June meeting, Graeme Brown from TransLink gave a presentation on using Google Earth to visualize transit passenger data. His presentation can be downloaded here. (Note: large file size, and requires Office 2007)


06.13.2009 :: 8th Annual ITE Golf Tournament - Thanks!
The 2009 ITE Golf Tournament was held on June 11th, 2009 at the Burnaby Mountain Golf Course as a fundraising effort for funding student scholarships. There were a total of 26 golfers. Thanks to all those that participated! Photos from the tournament will be available at a later date on this website.

The Greater Vancouver ITE section would also like to thank the following generous sponsors for making the 2009 ITE Golf Tournament such a success:

• Associated Engineering
• Astrographics
• Bunt & Associates
• CTS
• Delcan
• Dillon
• LCP Signal Management
• Marshall Macklin Monaghan
• McElhanney Consulting
• Opus International
• 3M Canada

06.13.2009 :: CITE Annual Conference
The CITE Annual Meeting in Montreal was held on May 30 to June 3, and was a tremendous success. The Meeting was well-attended by members of the Greater Vancouver Section. Our strong presence is a reflection of this Section's enthusiasm that enabled us to win the 2009 CITE Section Activity Award for the fifth year in a row. This award was presented during the Meeting to Section Vice-President Kanny Chow on behalf of the Section. Click on the thumbnail below to see a larger version:



We also congratulate Don Henderson for winning the 2009 Robert Burton Award for his distinguished service to the profession during his notable career. His contribution to the Greater Vancouver Section and to ITE has been well known to many, and we are pleased that it has been recognized with this award. Don also received this award during the Meeting.

Photos from this meeting can be viewed at http://www.flickr.com/photos/39111091@N03/.


05.22.2009 :: Sustainability and Urban Design Certificates - SFU
Urban Design Certificate Program
A flexible, part-time, program that focuses on the education and development of mid-career professionals - planners, engineers, architects, and others.

Sustainable Community Development Certificate
Sustainability -- a six-syllable word with a dozen definitions. But what do you really need to know? SFU offers a certificate designed to give you the practical information you need today, from the most experienced consultants and instructors available. It's a flexible program comprised of short intensive courses.

For more details, please visit the professional development page.


05.10.2009 :: GreenModes and Canadian Capacity Guide for Signalized Intersections
The ITE Greater Vancouver would like to solicit feedback from you in regards to holding the following two training workshop in the Greater Vancouver area. If you are interested in attending these training workshop, please send an email to the section Secretary Matthew Chan at Secretary@citevancouver.org to indicate your interest. Once we have enough interested participants, we will be working with CITE to bring these two workshops to Vancouver. Please see the professional development page for more details.


02.15.2009 :: Candidates for ITE International Vice President
Please see here for a PDF of the ITE International Vice President Candidates


12.21.2008 :: BC Interior Update
The BC Interior Chapter website has been updated. It now includes contact information for the new executive. Check it out here.


12.06.2008 :: New GVITE Executive
At the 2008 Annual General Meeting of the Greater Vancouver Section of the Institute of Transportation Engineers, the following executive members have been sworn in:

President:	Thomas Kwan
Vice President:	Kanny Chow
Secretary:	Matthew Chan
Treasurer:	Stephanie McNeely
Webmaster:	William Hui

The executive is committed to enhancing GVITE to their best of their ability. They look forward to the upcoming year and the upcoming Quad conference in Vancouver in 2009 (www.citevancouver.org/quad). Please see the contact us page for contact information.