Summer Institute
CapaCITY/É Summer Institute
June 11-13th, 2024
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We are delighted to announce that CapaCITY/É Summer Institute 2024 will be held at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, SK, from June 11 – 13, 2024.
The purpose of the Summer Institute is to equip attendees with an understanding of the key concepts and principles in implementation science, build the capacity to apply implementation science methods to sustainable transportation initiatives ,
and enhance interdisciplinary collaboration.
The Summer Institute is aimed at graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, early career
researchers, and city staff.
Speakers
Additional speakers and details will be added soon!

Alison Macpherson
Dr. Alison Macpherson is a Professor in the School of Kinesiology and Health Science at York University and an adjunct senior scientist at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences. Her research is related to keeping kids active, healthy, and safe, and focuses on the prevention of childhood injuries primarily through policies and laws designed to reduce injuries.

Tiffany Muller Myrdahl
Tiffany Muller Myrdahl is a Senior Lecturer at Simon Fraser University. Tiffany is interested in how cities work for those who have historically been left out of planning and decision-making processes. She is also invested in understanding how to improve the sense of safety and belonging of structurally marginalized communities, especially through community-designed and community-driven research. Her research examines urban inequalities and inclusion strategies, especially those targeting women and 2SLGBTQ+ communities. Recently, she has written about trans inclusion and welcoming and inclusive cities policies, as well as the installation of and controversy over symbolic municipal infrastructure like rainbow crosswalks.

Marie-Soleil Cloutier
Marie-Soleil Cloutier is a Professor at l’Institut national de la recherche scientifique and director of the Centre urbanisation culture société. Her expertise in health geography and urban studies supports her research interests on walkability in urban areas, including risks faced by the most vulnerable pedestrians (children, older adults), and road safety in general. She leads the Pedestrian and Urban Space Laboratory (LAPS) and co-leads the Pedestrian Smart City Laboratory (VIP, funded by the CFI-Leaders fund). Her research is supported by Canadian (CIHR, SSHRC) and Quebec (FRQSC, actions concertées) funding agencies and she collaborates with various actors in the public and private sector as well as with researchers in Quebec, Canada, and France.

Daniel Fuller
Daniel Fuller is an Associate Professor in Community Health and Epidemiology at the University of Saskatchewan. His interdisciplinary research is focused on using wearable technologies to study physical activity, transportation interventions, and equity in urban spaces. He has an M.Sc. in Kinesiology from the University of Saskatchewan and a Ph.D. in Public Health from Université de Montréal. Dan is also a Principal Investigator on the INTERventions, Research, and Action in Cities (INTERACT) team and is involved in Artificial Intelligence for Public Health training initiatives.

Samuel Benoit
Samuel Benoit is the Executive Director for Vélo Canada Bikes where he is working to advance our national discourse around cycling. He’s passionate about active transportation, sustainability and education and has contributed to work in these areas in Canada, India, China, Thailand, Ethiopia, Ghana and the United States.
Much of his experience in Canada has had to do with bikes. As a Programs Director for the youth-led environmental organization The Otesha Project, Samuel developed new systems and increased earned revenues for their signature cycling and performing tours. As Operational Manager for the Right Bike social enterprise under Causeway Work Centre, Samuel launched new services and partnerships to promote cycling in Ottawa while providing supportive work for people facing barriers to employment. With EnviroCentre Samuel worked with elementary schools and the City of Ottawa to promote walking and cycling to school.
In 2013, Samuel graduated with distinction from Hult International Business School’s Master of Social Entrepreneurship program in San Francisco, California. Earlier he completed a Bachelor of Arts with High Honours in Environmental Studies with a Minor in Geography from Carleton University. Prior to working with Vélo Canada Bikes, Samuel spent the past few years as a stay-at-home dad, riding around his neighbourhood with his two sons in their family cargo bike.

Bartek Komorowski
Bartek Komorowski is an urban planner by training and has worked in the field of active mobility for 15 years. He holds degrees in Cognitive Science (B.Sc.) and Urban Planning (M.U.P.) from McGill University. He is currently a team leader in the City of Montreal’s Urban Planning and Mobility Department. His team is responsible for developing design guidelines for Montreal’s streets, covering road safety, universal accessibility and climate change adaptation. Prior to joining the City, Bartek spent 7 years as a Project Leader in the Research and Consulting department at Vélo Québec, Canada’s largest cycling advocacy organization. He is a coauthor of Vélo Québec’s 2020 design manual, Aménager pour les piétons et les cyclistes (Planning and Designing for Pedestrians and Cyclists). Bartek is also a board member of the Winter Cycling Federation, which organizes the annual international Winter Cycling Congress.

Surendra Mishra
Surendra Mishra, M.Sc. P. Eng., RSP1 Surendra is a Traffic Engineer with The City of Calgary with over 15 years of experience in the field of Transportation Planning and Traffic Safety. He is currently working with Mobility Operations/Safety division and is primarily involved in identification, design and implementation of safety improvement projects throughout the City. Surendra is heavily involved in the design and installation of temporary curb extensions using Traffic Calming Curbs (aka TC Curbs), In-street school crosswalk signs and many other safety improvement projects. In his previous roles with The City of Calgary, Surendra worked as the project manager for various pedestrian and bicycle facilities including 7 Street SW Cycle Track and the Centre City Cycle Track Network. Before joining the City of Calgary in 2012, Surendra worked for four years with the City of Edmonton, Transportation Planning; mainly involved in the project management and stakeholder engagement during the concept design of various arterial roads projects. He was part of the design team for the SELRT concept planning in Edmonton. Prior to joining the City of Edmonton, Surendra worked with Opus International for about 2 years. Surendra has two Master of Science degrees: One from Delft, The Netherlands (2004) in Transportation Planning and the second one from the University of Calgary (2007) in Road Safety. Surendra lives with his wife and two kids. Despite his busy schedule, he always finds some time to play Badminton and Table Tennis at least a couple of times a week. He also enjoys volunteering in his Community on a regular basis.

Nico Koenig
Nico Koenig is the Transportation Safety Specialist for the City of Guelph in Ontario and currently leads municipal road safety policies including the development of Guelph’s new Vision Zero Action Plan. He brings 15 years of community development expertise into his practice as a budding transportation planner with a focus on equity, mobility, and place making. Nico holds a Master of Education in Adult Education and Community Development from University of Toronto and Master of Urban and Regional Planning from Queen’s University.

Cora Janzen
Cora Janzen is with the Saskatchewan Health Authority, Population Health, Saskatoon and area. Her work focuses on population health promotion approaches and addressing health inequities. Cora has worked within the healthy built environment area since 2012 and has had a primary focus on healthy transportation networks and neighbourhood design. She has helped to connect and provide the health perspective on relevant municipal policies, plans and projects in an effort for them to have positive health impacts for all ages, abilities, and socioeconomic situations. The goal is for universal benefits to the whole of the community as well as targeted positive outcomes for equity-seeking populations who tend to be more negatively impacted. Her focus is around healthy public policy (influencing and policy analysis), creating supportive physical and social environments, and working with partners and stakeholders in various sectors such as research, the municipality, and community based organizations and groups to help achieve this.

Scott Bell
Scott Bell is a professor of geography and planning. He teaches cartography and GIS likes using maps to tell stories. He is an enthusiastic advocate for active transportation and enjoys getting around by bike.

Chris Schulz
Chris Schulz, RPP, MCIP is the Planning Project Services Manager in the Planning and Development Department at the City of Saskatoon. He is a graduate of the Regional and Urban Development Program (now Regional and Urban Planning) at the University of Saskatchewan. Since starting with the City in 2007, Chris has held a wide range of roles related to housing, neighbourhood revitalization, demographics and research, and long-range growth planning and policy. In his current role, Chris is responsible for a team of planners who lead complex planning projects like Corridor Plans, the Downtown Plan, the Zoning Bylaw Review and the City’s Housing Action Plan under the Federal Housing Accelerator Fund. Transit-oriented development, public realm enhancements and access to open spaces are fundamental aspects of many of these planning activities.

Jay Magus
Jay Magus is the Director of Transportation with the City of Saskatoon. He received his Engineering Degree in 1997 from the University of Saskatchewan. He has worked as a construction engineer on the Big Dig in Boston, as a transportation engineering consultant in Toronto and Calgary, and for the past 10 years he has worked for a municipality, the City of Saskatoon. He joined the City of Saskatoon 9 years ago as the transportation engineering manager and moved into the director role 6 years ago. He leads a department of 100 people responsible for all aspects of the public right-of-way, including: street design, road safety, multi-modal systems, development review, traffic noise, speed limits, school and playground zones, etc. The department is highly public facing with countless events engaging stakeholders and the public.

Ehab Diab
Dr. Ehab Diab is an assistant professor at the Department of Geography and Planning at the University of Saskatchewan (USask). His main areas of research are public transit planning and service operations, land-use and transportation planning systems integration, and social equity in planning. He has been actively engaged in interdisciplinary research that incorporates transportation planning into other disciplines such as public health and epidemiology, environmental engineering, computer science and Information technology, and marketing. Dr. Diab, in addition to being a program chair for different conferences, he is currently serving as an associate editor of the Journal of Public Transportation, which is one of the leading journals in the transportation field, with a 2022 impact factor of 37.7. He is also the paper review coordinator of the US Transportation Research Board’s Standing Committee on Light Rail Transit and an appointed member of the US Transportation Research Board’s Standing Committee on Transit Management and Performance. He is the recipient of the USask GSA-Graduate Students Association’s 2024 Advising Excellence Award and the USask College of Arts and Science’s 2022 New Scholar Research Award.

Nazeem Muhajarine
Over the past two and half decades, Dr. Nazeem Muhajarine has established an exemplary record of research, teaching and mentorship, and service. Working with citizens, policy makers and like-minded researchers, he tirelessly leads innovative projects that have profound impacts on a range of stakeholders. His motto, ‘Think Globally, Act Locally,’ guides his research and has led him to focus, largely, on projects that address widespread social issues – including livable places and health.

Mayor Charlie Clark
Charlie Clark was re-elected Mayor of Saskatoon in 2020 for a second term with a mandate to build a strong economic future where no one is left behind. Charlie will do this by continuing to foster innovative partnerships that build solutions to keep people safe, keep people working, and strive to make Saskatoon the most livable mid-sized city in Canada.
Charlie is passionate about Saskatoon. He believes our history of innovation, problem-solving, and collaboration can position us as a leading city across Canada. His approach is centered on the belief that partnerships among groups with different perspectives can offer the best solutions to the challenges being faced by cities across the world. He is committed to building a community where people see each other’s strengths instead of differences, where families can thrive, and children are able to see a future for themselves here.
He is married to Sarah Buhler, a law professor at the University of Saskatchewan, and they have three children: Simon, Ben, and Rachel.
Previous to serving as mayor, Charlie was the Ward 6 City Councillor for ten years. Before elected life, he worked in the areas of mediation and community economic development. He has bachelor’s degrees in conflict resolution and education as well as a master’s degree in environmental studies
Agenda
The agenda is now available! Schedule and details are subject to change. Sessions include:
Foundations of Implementation Science
Healthy Cities and Smart Cities
Equity and Sustainable Transportation
Innovations in Sustainable Transportation
City Roundtable
Panel Discussions
Networking Sessions
Small Group Work
Registration and Fees
CapaCITY/É is dedicated to supporting the next generation of leaders in Implementation Science and Healthy Cities. There are no registration fees to attend the CapaCITY/É Summer Institute 2024. Accommodation and up to $900 CAD for transportation will be provided to successful applicants. Trainees are also strongly encouraged to apply for travel bursaries within their respective institutions.
Applications are now closed.