Councils and Committees
education and human resources DEVELOPMENT council
The Education and Human Resources Development Council provides a neutral forum for the exchange of information about human resource and education issues in the transportation sector, with particular focus on those affecting transportation organizations in Canada. The Council's work addresses current and emerging issues in the transportation sector, including:
- recruitment and retention of transportation professionals,
- improving knowledge management within transportation organizations,
- encouraging students to enter the profession and monitoring retention initiatives, and
- improving the public awareness of the importance of transportation to Canada's economy and to its mobility.
Meetings of the Council are open to any interested parties and membership is by appointment of individuals from TAC member agencies and companies.
The current Chair and Vice-chair of the Council is Elaine Lapointe and Kerry Buckley respectively.
Further information on Council activities can be found by browsing the TAC site or by contacting Asim Baluch.
Council Resources
Agenda for Upcoming Meeting
Approved Minutes
2009 Educational Achievement Award
Student-outreach Presentation
This powerpoint presentation has been developed by the Education Council and is intended for engineers asked to speak to students about a career in transportation engineering. The content of the presentation will help students learn more about the transportation engineering profession.