Dr. Tareq Alsaleh Receives Two Prestigious Honours and Joins Accenture UK

October 15, 2026

Dr. Tareq Alsaleh, a former postdoctoral researcher at the Laboratory of Innovations in Transportation (LiTrans) and a recent PhD graduate of Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU), has received two prestigious academic honours in recognition of his doctoral research and scholarly achievements.

Dr. Alsaleh was awarded the 2026 Governor General’s Gold Medal, one of Canada’s most prestigious academic distinctions, in recognition of his exceptional academic achievements. He also received the C. Ravi Ravindran Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, which celebrates the originality, quality, and contribution of his doctoral research. Throughout his doctoral studies, under the supervision of Professor Bilal Farooq, Dr. Alsaleh’s research focused on sustainable mobility, artificial intelligence, and emerging technologies in transportation, exploring how these approaches can improve our understanding of travel behaviour and support more sustainable and informed transportation planning and decision-making.

Dr. Alsaleh has recently joined Accenture in the United Kingdom, a global leader in consulting and technology services. In this role, he focuses on the management and delivery of complex infrastructure and capital projects, with an emphasis on digital transformation, emerging technologies, and innovative approaches to project delivery. We congratulate Dr. Alsaleh on these achievements and wish him continued success in this next chapter of his career.