Community

The University of Manitoba ITE Student Chapter recognizes the importance of building a well connected vibrant community. Through our community initiatives we work to educate the community on transportation alternatives and empower them to make safer and more sustainable travel choices. We don't limit ourselves to transportation issues either, the Student Chapter supports other community involvement that our members feel strongly about.

Middle School Education Program

Our middle school education program is a community involvement initiative that started in 2017. Chapter members present to middle school students on the topics of bike safety, bus ridership, the general idea of transportation engineering, technology, road safety, trains, and applications of transportation engineering in Winnipeg. In 2016 we visited A.A. Leach and Victor Mager schools; in 2017 we visited Grant Park; in 2020 we visited Robert H. Smith School; in 2021 we virtually presented to Ness Middle School; in 2022 we virtually presented to J.A. Cuddy School; in 2023 we presented to Arthur A. Leech; and this year, we presented to Pembina Trails Collegiate. Our presentations have included fun activities related to Perception-Reaction-Time, a demonstration of a bike ABC check, the Complete Streets Game, and a train wheel shape activity to help explain topics in a fun and exciting way. We ask students questions throughout the presentation and give out prizes! We look forward to seeing these students in the engineering world in the years to come.

Robert H. Smith School

Complete Streets Game

J.A. Cuddy School

Pembina Trails Collegiate

Ness Middle School

Habitat for Humanity - Team Build Day

On Tuesday Nov 12, 2019, our chapter organized its first community event of 2k19 which turned out to be a huge success!!! The members volunteered for Habitat for Humanity Manitoba in a team build day for a great cause. The day was full of learning and excitement.

We would like to thank Habitat for Humanity team for having us. We are already looking forward to another build day in the future.

Can-U Events

In the spring of 2018 our Student Chapter partnered with CanU for a four-part education series on Transportation Engineering. For 4-5 hours, every Saturday in April, members from the student chapter helped educated the CanU students on various aspects related to transportation.

The first event included a presentation given by chapter members to introduce Transportation Engineering. Students also had the chance to play around with a few fun transportation themed computer activities.

The second Saturday focused on traffic signals and technology with help from the City of Winnipeg Traffic Management and Signals branches. Students also learned how to edit maps on Waze allowing them to contribute to transportation data.

The third day was public transportation oriented with a tour of the New Flyer Industries facility and the Winnipeg Transit Garage. Students had the opportunity to see buses in various stages of development, learn about jobs at Winnipeg Transit, and take a ride on the newly constructed SW BRT line.

The last session centered around bicycle safety and maintenance with help from UMCycle and Bike Winnipeg. Students participated in a workshop where they were first taught about the importance of helmets and defensive-cycling techniques, and secondly how to perform some common bike repairs.

Blood Donor Clinic

Our students are always looking for ways to help out the community, and donating blood is a great way to accomplish that. Did you know that the victim of a car crash may need blood from as many as 50 blood donors to survive?

Canadian Blood Services sets up donor clinics on campus throughout the school year and we thought this would be an easy and convenient way for our members to give the gift of life.

Donating blood is something we can all do at anytime of the year. Click on the photo to check out their website and see when there will be a clinic near you!

Christmas Cheer Board

Held in three separate events, the Student Chapter works with the Christmas Cheer Board to provide families with food and gifts in the holiday season. Our first event is the annual ITE Pancake Breakfast in which members spend three days flipping and selling pancakes in the Engineering Atrium to raise funds. The next event is the purchasing of gifts and groceries and assembling the hampers for multiple families. Lastly, Chapter members deliver the hampers to well-deserving families and their children. Thank you to all the pancake customers and Student Chapter members for making the events successful.

In 2021, we hosted a bowling night at Uptown Alley. Students, friends, and family duked it out in intense 5-pin bowling matches and recharged with refreshments. It was a lot of fun! All of our proceeds from the event were donated to the Winnipeg Christmas Cheer Board. Everyone was fully vaccinated and wore a mask. Thank you to everyone who came out.

Pancake Breakfast

Bowling Night

Hamper Assembly & Delivery

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