awards

CTAP Awards

RECOGNIZE THE TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY'S BEST PLAYERS!

Nominations for the 2013 Canadian Transportation Awards Program (CTAP) must be received no later than Friday, May 24.

The Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) program recognizes leadership, excellence and achievement in all modes and segments of the transport sector. If you know someone who has made an outstanding contribution to transportation in Canada, this is your opportunity to ensure that this individual is considered for the industry's most prestigious awards!

An independent panel of judges representing the air, rail, marine and road modes will select the award winners. The panel reserves the right to recommend that a nomination made under a given category be changed to another category.

Winners will be notified in sufficient time to make travel arrangements to attend the September 25 TAC closing event in Winnipeg. Sponsors will also be advised if their nominees are selected.

 

TAC thanks the following partners of the CTAP program for their support.

 

How to Nominate

In order to streamline the award program, all nominations must be submitted using the online form and supporting biographical documentation must be sent by email in Microsoft Word or PDF. No exceptions to this requirement will be allowed nor will hard copies of any documents be considered.

All nominations require two sponsors. Nominations must include a clear narrative description of the candidate's accomplishments (maximum of 200-400 words), that is, how transportation services, practices, procedures or effectiveness were improved. They should also indicate how the nominee meets the criteria for the relevant category or categories.

Travel expenses are the responsibility of the recipient, employer or sponsor.

Nominations are solicited for the following four award categories in 2013:

  • Transportation Person of the Year
  • Award of Excellence
  • Award of Achievement
  • Award of Academic Merit

The awards will be conferred during the closing event of TAC's 2013 Conference and Exhibition in Winnipeg, September 22-25.

Eligibility

To be eligible for any of the awards, nominees must be involved in transportation or in an activity closely related to the industry. The nominee's responsibilities must somehow contribute to the movement of people or goods. Although nominees will generally be working in the industry, recent retirees will also be considered.

Nominees for Transportation Person of the Year must not have received the award when it was conferred by National Transportation Week.

The awards are conferred at the discretion of the CTAP Awards jury and as a result, some of the awards may not be conferred in any particular year.

Award CriteriaCriteria

Transportation Person of the Year

Candidates must have assumed leadership roles during their career that have contributed to the improvement or advancement of the transportation industry as a whole or any one of its modes or segments.

Award of Excellence

Candidates must have made an outstanding contribution to the betterment of the transportation industry over several years in such areas as safety, sustainable development, research, technology, policy or corporate development.

Award of Achievement

Candidates must have achieved, through innovation and initiative on a particular project or program, positive and measurable improvements of significant and enduring benefit to transportation.

Award of Academic Merit

Candidates must have made a long-term contribution to the advancement of the academic field and to the development of tomorrow's transportation leaders.

Award Winners

 

2012

Transportation Person of the Year

 

  • Gerry Forbes

Award of Excellence

  • Biljana Rajlic

Award of Achievement

  • Mary-Jane Gravelle

Award of Academic Merit

  • Dr. Eric Hildebrand
2011

Transportation Person of the Year

  • Gary McNeil

Award of Excellence

  • Jake Kosior

Award of Achievement

  • Garfield Dales

Award of Academic Merit

  • Liping Fu

Citation for Lifetime Achievement in Transportation Policy and Decision-Making

  • Edward Stelmach
2010

Transportation Person of the Year

  • Anthony Russell

Award of Excellence

  • Phil Masters

Award of Achievement

  • Dale Bracewell
  • Michael Madill

Award of Academic Merit

  • Said M. Easa
  • Tarek Sayed
2009

Transportation Person of the Year

  • Andrew T. Horosko

Award of Excellence

  • Mavis Johnson
  • Sheri Plewes

Award of Achievement

  • Aziz Amiri
  • Fred J. Cummings

Award of Academic Merit

  • Abd El Halim Omar Abd El Halim
2008

Transportation Person of the Year

  • Harry Ronald Harmer

Award of Excellence

  • Georges O. Gratton

Award of Achievement

  • Spencer McDonald

Award of Academic Merit

  • Albert M. Stevens
2007

Transportation Person of the Year

  • Geni Brafma Bahar

Award of Excellence

  • Roger Roy

Award of Achievement

  • John (Jack) Lisman
  • Joseph Sparling

Award of Academic Merit

  • Ralph Haas
2006

Transportation Person of the Year

  • John W. Crichton

Award of Excellence

  • Jennie Lynn Howie

Award of Achievement

  • John Zigarlick
2005

Transportation Person of the Year

  • Dan Doyle

Award of Excellence

  • Daniel Di Tota
  • John Lawson

Award of Achievement

  • Milton Carrasco

 

Questions?

If you require more information on the Canadian Transportation Awards Program, contact the TAC office at ctap-pcpt@tac-atc.ca.