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MARIAM BELLO P.Eng. Current Employment Transportation Engineer, Liveable Streets at the City of Calgary City of Residence: Calgary, Alberta Education: Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, University of Calgary First job in transportation Transportation Planning EIT with Dillon Consulting in Ottawa, ON What positions have you taken on as a member of ITE? • Various roles with the National Capital Section Executive, including President, from 2019 to now • Currently serving on the newly-formed ITE Equity Committee Family: My partner Lucas and a whole bunch of beloved houseplants Things I like to do I tend to like old-timey homebody-type things like knitting, gardening, painting, and reading a good book with a hot cup of tea but in non-pandemic times, traveling is a lot of fun too!
ITE INVOLVEMENT What was the first ITE event you attended? Events organized by the University of Calgary Student Chapter while I was a student. What is your ITE involvement (past and present)? I am currently Past President of the National Capital Section (NCS). I also previously served as President (a term I was able to finish after moving to Calgary in
I am also currently serving on the newly-formed ITE Equity Committee, whose mandate is to make ITE more equitable and to help ITE members improve transportation equity in the communities they work in. I am also “informally and unofficially” supporting CITE’s efforts on Diversity and Inclusion in the Canadian transportation industry context. GETTING TO KNOW YOU
2021 thanks to the virtual reality of the last few years!),
What attracted you to the transportation profession?
Vice-President (2020), and Director of Events (2019)
Did you have another career in mind?
with NCS. As the Director of Events, I led the organization of the NCS/Carleton University Chapter STEM Outreach Event with the Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa which ended up winning ITE International’s Award for Best Event in the Small Events category and remains one of my favorite ITE experiences.
When I started my undergraduate degree, I had big plans of getting a civil engineering degree with a structural major as a stepping stone towards becoming an architect. That plan quickly fell apart when I discovered that 1) I don’t enjoy structural design and 2) a civil engineering degree can be used for careers other than structural engineering.
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