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CUTA Awards 2025

Celebrating Excellence in Urban Transit

📍 Toronto, Ontario📅 November 2025
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Recognizing outstanding achievements in Canadian urban transit

Organizational Awards

Innovation Award

To recognize excellence in using technology to make services more efficient.

Milton Transit: Diesel-to-Battery Electric Bus (BEB) Mid-Life Conversion
Milton Transit: Diesel-to-Battery Electric Bus (BEB) Mid-Life Conversion
Milton Transit

Safety & Security

For systems that took extra steps to keep riders and workers safe

Saskatoon Transit: Frontline Employee Safety Plan
Saskatoon Transit: Frontline Employee Safety Plan
Saskatoon Transit

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

To recognize initiatives, programs, and outreach undertaken by businesses, transit systems, and/or their municipal owners, committed to inclusive, accessible, diverse workplaces and community. This could include hiring practices, employee benefits, workplace culture, initiatives and programs, and overall customer and community experience.

BC Transit: West Coast Transit Service
BC Transit: West Coast Transit Service
BC Transit
York Region: Together we are sheltering from the elements
York Region: Together we are sheltering from the elements
York Region
Miway/Durham Region Transit: Hidden Disabilities Sunflower Program
Miway/Durham Region Transit: Hidden Disabilities Sunflower Program
Miway/Durham Region Transit
Transdev: Meilleurs lieux de travail® / Great Place to Work
Transdev: Meilleurs lieux de travail® / Great Place to Work
Transdev

Marketing and Communications

For excellence in advertising, corporate communications, or public relations.

BC Transit: handyDART
BC Transit: handyDART
BC Transit
EXO: Campagne Nouveaux residents
EXO: Campagne Nouveaux residents
EXO
Hamilton Street Railway: 150 years of continuous public transit service
Hamilton Street Railway: 150 years of continuous public transit service
Hamilton Street Railway

Lorna Stewart Corporate Leadership Award

This NEW award celebrates the exceptional efforts of transit, paratransit systems and businesses that have gone above and beyond to dismantle barriers and provide inclusive, accessible transit services. The award recognizes those who ensure that travellers, regardless of their abilities, can access transit when and where they need it.

Edmonton Transit Service with CNIB: Get on Board campaign
Edmonton Transit Service with CNIB: Get on Board campaign
Edmonton Transit Service with CNIB
ARTM: Mobilité inclusive
ARTM: Mobilité inclusive
ARTM

Individual Awards

Young Leaders

To recognize individuals 35 years of age and younger, working in the public transit industry, who demonstrates exceptional leadership, initiative and involvement towards the advancement of public transit.

Timothy Young
Timothy Young
Student at York University
Janany Ragunathan
Janany Ragunathan
Left Turn Right Turn
Kyle Monda
Kyle Monda
TransLink

Edward J. Dowling Distinguished Service

To a transit professional who has excelled for 10 or more years.

Michel Tremblay
Michel Tremblay
Société de Transport de Montréal
Charlene Sharpe
Charlene Sharpe
City of Fredericton
Mike Bismeyer
Mike Bismeyer
INIT

William G. Ross Lifetime Achievement

Named after CUTA’s first president (1904-1906), the William G. Ross Lifetime Achievement award is a prestigious public transit honour awarded to an individual with exceptional involvement in the promotion and practice of public transit at a regional or national level in Canada. The winner is inducted into the CUTA Hall of Fame.

Sylvain Yelle
Sylvain Yelle
EXO

Award History

Past winners are generated automatically from the years maintained in the admin.

Innovation Award

  • 2025 — Milton Transit: Diesel-to-Battery Electric Bus (BEB) Mid-Life Conversion

Safety & Security

  • 2025 — Saskatoon Transit: Frontline Employee Safety Plan

Young Leaders

  • 2025 — Timothy Young, Janany Ragunathan, Kyle Monda

Edward J. Dowling Distinguished Service

  • 2025 — Michel Tremblay, Charlene Sharpe, Mike Bismeyer

William G. Ross Lifetime Achievement

  • 2025 — Sylvain Yelle

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

  • 2025 — BC Transit: West Coast Transit Service, York Region: Together we are sheltering from the elements, Miway/Durham Region Transit: Hidden Disabilities Sunflower Program, Transdev: Meilleurs lieux de travail® / Great Place to Work

Marketing and Communications

  • 2025 — BC Transit: handyDART, EXO: Campagne Nouveaux residents, Hamilton Street Railway: 150 years of continuous public transit service

Lorna Stewart Corporate Leadership Award

  • 2025 — Edmonton Transit Service with CNIB: Get on Board campaign, ARTM: Mobilité inclusive

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