This edition of the RAC Newsletter is coming to you on the eve of Canada’s second-ever National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (or Orange Shirt Day, to some). This national commemoration honours those who survived residential schools (and their families) and the memories of those who never returned home. Canada, as a modern nation-state, is […]
Canadian railroaders have always been innovators making exciting contributions to our country’s development. To build and settle this country, railroaders imported still-nascent European technology and performed engineering marvels to push across the Prairies and to the Pacific. Today, rail companies of all types and all sizes continue to apply new technologies in new ways in […]
Resiliency had become a buzzword of sorts even before the pandemic. Over the last two years, it’s become an even hotter topic. From environmental to economic to health and wellness resiliency and more, resiliency is all the rage. But, for Canadian railroaders, it’s not a concept that’s just recently hit it big; resiliency and grit […]
The word unprecedented is overused by a lot of people. For Canadian railroaders, however, it is a fitting term to describe the events of 2021. Freight rail companies rang in this year adjusting to global supply change pressures aggravated by the COVID pandemic. Passenger and commuter rail operators were either halted in their tracks or […]
For Canadian railroaders, safety is a constant preoccupation. It is the currency of rail operations. And it is central to our social contract with the communities we serve. The annual Rail Safety Week is a way for us to drive that message home for people outside of our industry – to every Canadian family. This […]
Summer is coming to an end and it’s to reflect on everything that happened in the last two months.
Tân’si. OKI. Boozhoo. Aaaniin. Shé:kon. Pjil’asi. Kwe kwe. Wha Chii Ya. Gilakas’la. Kii-te-daas a. Wa.é ák.wé. Greetings, all. June is Indigenous History Month in Canada. The first day of summer also coincides with National Indigenous Peoples Day. This year, these observances are also marked with painful reminders of our collective past: the discovery of the […]
Anyone who might be inclined to think of Canada’s railway as innovators, clearly doesn’t know an RAC member. In every corner of our industry, across segments, and in companies big and small, rail innovation is happening daily. Rail truly is integral to Canada’s future – economically, environmentally, and in ways that are only beginning to come into focus.
Seeing as it’s government budget season in Canada, we’re dedicating this month’s edition to infrastructure and looking ‘down the track’ to some of the incredible investments being made in rail by governments at all levels.
We’ve made it through another winter, and we are looking forward to brighter days ahead with more people getting vaccinated to help eradicate COVID-19. This month has been a particularly active one for several of our members. Not the least of which is Canadian Pacific Railway who orchestrated one of the largest ever foreign corporate […]