TIRF's research & educational tools support the work of communities across Canada
Each year, thousands of parents, health care workers, teachers, employers, police services journalists and advocacy organizations download and use our products to support their efforts. They also contact us directly to request guidance and expertise to implement road safety initiatives. Our metrics speak for themselves.
Your donations and our work enables them to spend less time looking for answers and more time developing and implementing road safety strategies.
Personal Donations
We share a common goal to make sure everyone gets home safely every day. Your donation helps the Traffic Injury Research Foundation continue to develop and share the knowledge that saves – preventing injuries and loss of life on the roads, reducing related social, health and insurance costs, and safeguarding families and our workforce.
Online gifts can be made through credit card or PayPal. Donations can be a one-time donation or a monthly gift.
Corporate Donations
Donations from private companies, corporations, associations as well as government department and agencies support our work in promoting safe driving programs and practices. Working together we can reduce the number of deaths and injuries on our roads.
Through TIRF’s research, education programs, initiatives, and public awareness efforts with communities and employers, TIRF and your organization can help make sure everyone gets home safe at the end of every day.
Donor-Funded Activity Highlights
- Presented TIRF’s Knowledge Transfer Model and experiences with implementation science to the Transportation Research Board for the National Academy of Sciences, Committee on Transitioning Evidenced-Based Road Safety Research into Practice.
- Served on the Board of Directors for the Canada Safety Council and also reviewed a new report from the Canada Safety Council, Identifying Speed Trends on Major Canadian Highways.
- Reviewed a policy research paper about alcohol policies in Canada for the Stanford Network for Addiction.
- Served as an Associate Editor for Accident Analysis & Prevention (AAP), a leading, internationally recognized road safety journal.
- TIRF staff was a member of an investigation into e-bike fatalities led by the Fatal Collision Review Committee in Ottawa, Ontario and sha
- Summarized research about advanced exit tests for young drivers in response to a proposal from Alberta Transportation to eliminate exit tests. This work was shared with the Alberta Advanced Road Test for the Association of Alberta Registry Agents & RoadSafetyBC.
- Delivered Impairment & Driving Risk, The Effects of the Pandemic on Road Safety, & Road Safety Priorities for SafeStart Canada’s workforce and salesforce development.
- Prepared an article on Alcohol- and Drug-Impaired Driving in Canada for The Ottawa Hospital.
- Presented Effects of Eco-Driving on Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Crash Risk during a Truckload Carriers Association webinar.
- Served as an expert during a consultation on cannabis and driving for VicRoads in Victoria, Australia.
Project Sponsors
Every year TIRF conducts more than 30 projects with funding from governments, associations, industry and non-profits to protect the many people who rely on our roads every day for business, family and leisure activities.
Donors & Members
The Traffic Injury Research Foundation (TIRF) is funded by charitable donations and memberships as well as by project grants and contracts.
TIRF’s Road Safety Agenda
The overwhelming majority of deaths and injuries on our roads are preventable. Learn more about how TIRF works to improve road safety for all Canadians.
Donor-funded Educational Resources
Every year, donations to TIRF support charitable services that help translate research findings into more effective and efficient practices in the real world.
Donor Privileges List
Diamond to Bronze general donations are applied towards supporting a range of community-based charitable activities.
TIRF gratefully acknowledges the many concerned companies, associations and governments whose contributions in 2021 supported the Foundation’s efforts to reduce the losses that occur from road crashes.
We also acknowledge with gratitude the private, individual donations and memorial donations received from individuals across Canada.
Visit our Donor-funded educational resources page to access projects made possible by donations with resources available for free download.
For more information about how you can make a difference, contact TIRF at tirf@tirf.ca or toll-free 1-877-238-5235.
To make a donation by cheque, please make it payable to:
Traffic Injury Research Foundation (TIRF) • 171 Nepean Street, Suite 200 • Ottawa, Ontario Canada K2P 0B4
TIRF is a registered Canadian charity. Registered Charity No. 10813 5641 RR0001