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The Canadian Transportation Research Forum (CTRF) is a non-profit, membership-based organization with a mission to support and disseminate research related to Canadian transportation and logistics. We are Canada's most influential transportation research community - connecting research, policy and practice to help inform what's next in the sector.
Who we are
For more than 60 years, the CTRF has convened the people, ideas, and analysis driving research across Canada’s transportation ecosystem. From policy to practice, from passenger to freight, we bring sector research together to help shape the trajectory of Canada’s transportation-driven economy.
Each year we gather, curate and disseminate high-quality research, foster cross-sector collaboration, and host Canada’s must-attend Conference for evidence-based dialogue and debate on transportation issues that matter.
A national conference that brings the sector together
CTRF’s Annual Conference is where Canada’s transportation community comes to think, debate, and shape what’s next.
Research that drives impact
CTRF solicits, reviews, and publishes more than 100 transportation research papers each year spanning all transport modes, issues, and regions of Canada. Our annual Call for Papers fuels Canada’s most comprehensive body of transportation research.
Browse individual papers and presentations from past conferences, covering a wide range of transportation modes and topics.
Every CTRF Conference results in publication of a Proceedings Book - a collection of the Research Papers presented at the Conference.
Membership connects Canada's research community
CTRF membership is open to transportation professionals passionate about improving Canada’s transportation system—students, academics, industry experts, regulators, operators, consultants, and government decision makers.
In addition to our Annual Conference, members also receive monthly Transportation Information Updates and newsletters, and exclusive access to the most recent five years of CTRF papers and proceedings.
Encouraging the next generation of talent
CTRF’s longstanding Scholarship and Student Paper Awards programs reflect our commitment to developing transportation talent. We invest in emerging researchers and help shape the future of Canada’s transportation academic leaders, policy innovators and industry workforce.
