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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.)
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== Career ==
Petrunic is the Executive Director and CEO of the Canadian Urban Transit Research & Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC). She is involved in developing industry-academic collaborations to advance the next generation of technologies for Canadian transit and transportation systems  She focuses on low-carbon smart mobility technologies across 
[[heavy-duty]] and [[light-duty]] platforms, including advanced transit, transportation, and integrated mobility applications,<ref name="New Flyer &#124; North America’s Bus Leader 2017">{{cite web | title=Canada Sets the Course with Zero Emission Demonstration Trial - North America’s Bus Leader | website=New Flyer &#124; North America’s Bus Leader | date=August 14, 2017 | url=https://www.newflyer.com/2017/08/canada-sets-the-course-with-zero-emission-demonstration-trial/ | access-date=January 15, 2018}}</ref><ref>https://climateconnections.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Josipa-Petrunic-YorkU-Climate-Symposium.pdf</ref> Petrunic leads Canadian Urban Transit Research & Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC)'s efforts to support the commercialization of technologies through industry-led collaborative research, development, demonstration/delivery, and integration (RDD&I) projects.<ref name="Canadian Urban Transit Research & Innovation Consortium 2017"/> Petrunic also acted as a board member and chair for Electric Mobility Canada wherein she supported the development of the second Canadian electric vehicle (EV) Technology Roadmap elucidating the technological and policy milestones related to EV infrastructure, EV supply chain development, and EV commercialization across [[Canada]] over the next decade.<ref name="The Globe and Mail 2017"/><ref name="Hamilton 2016">{{cite web | last=Hamilton | first=Tyler | title=Are Ontario’s electric car ambitions realistic? | website=TVO | date=May 17, 2016 | url=https://tvo.org/article/current-affairs/climate-watch/are-ontarios-electric-car-ambitions-realistic | access-date=January 15, 2018}}</ref>

Petrunic built a national consortium of more than 100 [[private sector]] and [[public sector]] companies including [[original equipment manufacturers]] (OEMs), [[automotive industry]] corporations, research organizations, and [[academic institutions]] across [[Canada]] to understand and address the political, social, infrastructural, and manufacturing/supply chain barriers to alternative propulsion technology powered transportation.<ref>http://www.pollutionprobe.org/wp-content/uploads/Josipa-Petrunic.pdf</ref> Currently, she is leading the formulation of several national transportation technology trials related to [[zero-emissions transportation]] and “smart vehicles” innovation, including the Pan-Canadian Electric Bus Demonstration & Integration Trial, the Pan-Canadian Hydrogen Fuel Cell Demonstration & Integration Trial and the Canadian National Smart Vehicle Demonstration Project.<ref name="Canadian Urban Transit Research & Innovation Consortium 2017">{{cite web | title=Staff | website=Canadian Urban Transit Research & Innovation Consortium | date=November 20, 2017 | url=http://cutric-crituc.org/staff/ | access-dat(contracted; show full)
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