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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outdated-thinking/article31529883/ | access-date=January 15, 2018}}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, Calgary]] 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 industries to co-operate|publisher=|accessdate=16 January 2018|via=The Globe and Mail}}</ref> She embarked on another master's degree in Science and Technology Studies (Sociology of Scientific Knowledge) and did her doctoral studies in Science and Technology Studies (Sociology of Scientific Knowledge) at the [[University of Edinburgh]]. She did post-doctoral research fellowships at the Department of Science and Technology Studies, [[University College London]] (UK)  and Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (IHPST), [[University of Toronto]].<ref name="CityAge 2015">{{cite web | title=Josipa Petrunic, Executive Director, CUTRIC - - Build the Future | website=CityAge | date=May 3, 2015 | url=http://cityage.org/project/josipa-petrunic-executive-director-cutric/ | access-date=January 15, 2018}}</ref><ref name="connect">{{cite web | title=Connecting People Through News | date=April 9, 2011 | url=http://www.pressreader.com/canada/calgary-herald/20110409/297525270773393 | access-date=January 15, 2018}}</ref>

== 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 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-date=January 15, 2018}}</ref><ref name="cityage.org">{{cite web|url=http://cityage.org/project/josipa-petrunic-executive-director-cutric/|title=Josipa Petrunic, Executive Director, CUTRIC - CityAge -- Build the Future|website=cityage.org|accessdate=16 January 2018}}</ref><ref>http://itsworldcongress2017.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/ITSWC17_EventProgram_102617addendum_web.pdf</ref><ref>http://www.ontla.on.ca/committee-proceedings/transcripts/files_pdf/23-MAR-2016_M023.pdf</ref>

=== Journalism ===
From 1999-2002, while completing her degree in political science and journalism at [[Carleton University]], Petrunic worked as a full-time journalist for [[The Edmonton Journal]], [[The Globe and Mail]] and [[The Toronto Star]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bna.com/2017-Sustainable-Business-Summit-Toronto|title=2017 Sustainable Business Summit - Toronto|website=www.bna.com|accessdate=16 January 2018}}</ref>

=== Educator work===
Petrunic was the director of operations and senior manager for Prepskills during the period of 2008-2011, wherein she led the design and development of innovative curriculum products focusing on English literature, writing, algebra, calculus, and logic for students entering the private schooling system in [[Canada]] and the [[USA]].<ref name="prepskills">{{cite web | title=Josipa P., PhD, MSc(Res), MSc, BJ | website=prepskills | url=http://prepskills.com/act/josipa-p-phd-mscres-msc-bj | access-date=January 16, 2018}}</ref><ref>cscuk.dfid.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/.../directory-1959-2009-profiles-p-z.pdf</ref>  Since 2012, Petrunic has led the design, research, and on-going development of the MA-IS graduate program’s core course in interdisciplinary research methodologies, including statistical and quantitative methods as well as interview-, focus group, and observational analyses at [[Athabasca University]]. She is a sessional faculty member at [[McMaster University]].<ref name="McMaster Faculty of Social Sciences 2016">{{cite web | title=Petrunic Josipa | website=McMaster Faculty of Social Sciences | date=August 29, 2016 | url=https://socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/people/petrunic-josipa | access-date=January 16, 2018}}</ref><ref name="The Landing 2014">{{cite web | title=The Landing: Josipa Petrunić | website=The Landing | date=September 7, 2014 | url=https://landing.athabascau.ca/pages/view/274270/josipa-petrunic | access-date=January 16, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Bloomberg BNA 2017">{{cite web | title=2017 Sustainable Business Summit - Toronto | website=Bloomberg BNA | date=September 27, 2017 | url=https://www.bna.com/2017-Sustainable-Business-Summit-Toronto | access-date=January 16, 2018}}</ref>

=== Transportation policy and technology research work ===
Petrunic led the research framework, including design and development, for a MacAUTO-sponsored Electric Vehicle Technology Roadmap at the McMaster Automotive Resource Centre (MARC), [[McMaster University]] in [[Hamilton]], [[Ontario]]. She provided normative recommendations for targeted federal, provincial, and municipal public policies aimed at increasing regional investments in sustainable transportation and automotive manufacturing, focusing on the comparative benefits of electrified transportation incentives (including rebates, subsidies, HOV lanes) for hybrid, plug in hybrid, and battery electric vehicles, fleets, and buses across [[Canada]]. She led the collaborative operation involving provincial, national, and international organisations – such as Electric Mobility Canada (EMC), Plug n’ Drive, the [[Canadian Automobile Association]] (CAA), and the Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA) – in formulating best practices for sustainable transportation policies and investments.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sogerman.ca/events/the-future-of-electric-mobility-economic-impacts-and-opportunities/|title=The future of electric mobility: economic impacts and opportunities - So German!|website=sogerman.ca|accessdate=16 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="Dr. Ali Emadi’s Research Group at McMaster University: Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Hybrid Powertrain 2015">{{cite web | title=CERC Team | website=Dr. Ali Emadi’s Research Group at McMaster University: Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Hybrid Powertrain | date=October 20, 2015 | url=http://hybrid.mcmaster.ca/team | access-date=January 16, 2018}}</ref><ref>https://emc-mec.ca/wp-content/uploads/EMC-EV-Roadmap_Final-Report.pdf</ref>
During the 2014-2015 period, she functioned as the Executive Director of the McMaster Institute for Transportation and Logistics (MITL), [[McMaster University]], leading the Social Costs and Benefits of Electric Mobility in Canada project. In this role, she led a research team in the design and collection of consumer, dealership, and transit fleet manager survey data related to electric mobility in Canada and coordinated and engaged industrial and public stakeholders across [[Canada]] to generate in-depth methodological feedback to improve data outputs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://emc-mec.ca/membership/member-stories/|title=Member Stories - Electric Mobility Canada - Mobilité Electrique Canada|website=emc-mec.ca|accessdate=16 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canada.diplo.de/Vertretung/kanada/en/__events/toronto/future-mobility-toro-event.html?archive=3333910|title=Embassy and Consulates General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Canada - Home|website=www.canada.diplo.de|accessdate=16 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://tvo.org/article/current-affairs/climate-watch/are-ontarios-electric-car-ambitions-realistic|title=Are Ontario’s electric car ambitions realistic?|date=17 May 2016|website=tvo.org|accessdate=16 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="cityage.org"/>

=== Writing ===
Petrunic has published articles on the electrification of transportation and advancing the automotive system, addressing the opportunities and the political, policy-related and technological challenges involved.<ref name="Emadi 2014 p. 1">{{cite book | last=Emadi | first=A. | title=Advanced Electric Drive Vehicles | publisher=Taylor & Francis | series=Energy, Power Electronics, and Machines | year=2014 | isbn=978-1-4665-9769-3 | url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=e-2sBAAAQBAJ&pg=PP1 | access-date=January 15, 2018 | page=1}}</ref> Additionally, she has contributed to mathematical scholarship by addressing topics including evolutionary naturalism, continuity, evolutionary mathematics, symbolic algebra,quaternions, colonial mathematics, and vector analysis.<ref name="Petrunić 2009 pp. 45–83">{{cite journal | last=Petrunić | first=Josipa Gordana | title=Conceptions of Continuity: William Kingdon Clifford's Empirical Conception of Continuity in Mathematics (1868-1879) | journal=Philosophia Scientiæ. Travaux d'histoire et de philosophie des sciences | issue=13–2 | date=September 1, 2009 | issn=1281-2463 | pages=45–83 | url=http://journals.openedition.org/philosophiascientiae/293 | access-date=January 15, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Review of The Oxford Handbook of the History of Mathematics|first=Josipa G.|last=Petrunić|date=16 January 2018|publisher=|journal=The British Journal for the History of Science|volume=43|issue=2|pages=289–291|via=JSTOR|jstor = 40731037}}</ref> She has done invited talks on low-carbon smart mobility and the need and significance of decoupling Canada's economy from carbon-based fuel sources at multiple locations across the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://conference.sustainable-engineers.org|title=2018 U of T Sustainability Conference|website=2018 U of T Sustainability Conference|accessdate=16 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://mafiadoc.com/ccre-wise-micro-grid-forum-summary-report-2016-council-for-clean-_59c098041723ddbca520308e.html|title=CCRE-WISE Micro Grid Forum Summary Report 2016 - Council for Clean ... - MAFIADOC.COM|website=mafiadoc.com|accessdate=16 January 2018}}</ref>

== Awards and recognition ==
Petrunic was recognized by the [[Commonwealth Scholarship]] for academic excellence to Clean50 for leadership in environmental sustainability initiatives,<ref name="cityage.org"/> and was elected to sit on the Board of Directors for InnovÉÉ (Observer) to ensure cross-pollination and innovation symbiosis in electrified vehicle technology development across Ontario and Quebec.  She was awarded the Canada Clean50 Award for her  efforts in forging and launching the Pan-Canadian Electric Bus Demonstration & Integration Trial integrating 20 electric buses with 7 overhead charging systems across three Canadian municipalities to demonstrate and promote the standardization of charging technologies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://clean50.com/petrunic_josipa/|title=Dr. Josipa Petrunic - Clean 50|date=20 September 2017|website=clean50.com|accessdate=16 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2017/09/27/1133870/0/en/Dr-Josipa-Petrunic-honoured-as-one-of-Canada-s-2018-Clean50-for-demonstrated-leadership-in-clean-transportation-partnerships.html|title=Dr. Josipa Petrunic honoured as one of Canada’s 2018 Clean50 for demonstrated leadership in clean transportation partnerships|first=Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium|last=(CUTRIC)|website=globenewswire.com|accessdate=16 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.innov-ee.ca/a-propos/gouvernance/|title=Gouvernance -  InnovÉÉ|website=www.innov-ee.ca|accessdate=16 January 2018}}</ref>

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