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| name          = Josipa G Petrunic
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| alma mater    = University of Edinburgh (PhD) University of Edinburgh (M.Sc) London School of Economics and Political Science (M.Sc.) Carleton University (B.J.)
| birth_date    = 1980
| birth_place   = [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]]
| nationality   = Canadian
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| occupation    = CEO and executive director, Canadian Urban Transit<br> Research and Innovation Consortium 
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| known_for     = Low-carbon smart mobility transportation innovation, alternate propulsion technology for transit
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'''Josipa Petrunic''' is a Canadian advocate for low- and [[zero emission]] transportation technology. She is the CEO and executive director of the [[Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium]].<ref name="The Globe and Mail 2017">{{cite web | title=This CEO is trying to get the auto and transit industries to co-operate | website=The Globe and Mail | date=24 March 2017 | url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-magazine/the-transit-and-auto-sectors-act-as-if-they-dont-share-technologies-its-josipa-petrunics-job-to-get-everyone-past-that-outdated-thinking/article31529883/ | access-date=January 15, 2018}}</ref><ref name="SingularityU Canada 2017">{{cite web | title=The Path to Electric Transportation | website=SingularityU Canada | date=12 October 2017 | url=http://singularityucanadasummit.org/event/path-electric-transportation/ | access-date=January 15, 2018}}</ref> Petrunic was awarded the Canada Clean50 Award for her leadership integrating 20 electric buses with seven overhead charging systems across three [[Canada|Canadian]] municipalities to demonstrate and promote the standardization of charging technologies.

== Early life and education ==
Petrunic was born and raised in a middle class Croatian immigrant family in [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]]. She attended St. Martha’s school in [[Marlborough Park]] before heading downtown to study at St. Mary’s high school in [[Calgary]]. She did her undergraduate degree in Political Science and Journalism from [[Carleton University]] and pursued graduate training in Political Theory from [[London School of Economics and Political Science]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-magazine/the-transit-and-auto-sectors-act-as-if-they-dont-share-technologies-its-josipa-petrunics-job-to-get-everyone-past-that-outdated-thinking/article31529883/|title=This CEO is trying to get the auto and transit industr(contracted; show full)
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[[Category:Carleton University alumni]]
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