PEOPLE CREATE Program – PEOPLE NETWORK

NSERC Collaborative Research and Training Experience Program

Our PEOPLE Network team has been awarded 1.65 million Canadian dollars for the training program in Persistent, Emerging, and Oil PoLlution in cold marine Environments (PEOPLE CREATE) by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council’s (NSERC) CREATE Program

PEOPLE CREATE Program Committee
Purpose: The Program Committee (PC) will guide the strategic direction of the CREATE training initiative, in an advisory capacity. It will not be assessing the research program per se; rather it will play a role in challenging the group of researchers to think innovatively as they establish their group of students and postdoctoral fellows who will participate in the training initiative. It will provide input and guidance in the conduct of program reviews, any related major changes in the program, and in the setting of performance indicators and program evaluation. Progress reports must first be presented to the Program Committee (PC) for their input and approval.
Name (Alphabetical)	Affiliation	Position
Annette Tobin	Government of Newfoundland and Labrador	Program Lead of Hydrometric, Climate & Water Quality Agreements, Environment and Climate Change
Bing Chen	Memorial University	PI of PEOPLE CREATE; Professor & Head of Civil Engineering
Carlos Bazan	Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University	Assistant Professor and Engineering Chair in Entrepreneurship
Catherine Mulligan (Chair)	Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University	Professor; Concordia Research Chair in Geoenvironmental Sustainability (TI)
Dale Booth	Pikwakanagan First Nation; Innovation Seven	Band Manager of Pikwakanagan First Nation; President of Innovation Seven
Ethan Matchinski	Memorial University	Graduate student, Environmental Engineering
Faisal Khan	Memorial University	Associate Dean Graduate Studies, Faculty of Engineering; Professor and Canada Research Chair T1
Greg Janes	Suncor Energy	Manager of Environment, Health and Safety
Jaroslav Slobodnik	NORMAN Network (France)	Chairman
Kenneth Lee	Fisheries and Oceans Canada	National Senior Scientific Advisor
Xuemei Li	Memorial University	Professor of Education
Zhiwen Zhu	Memorial University	Postdoctoral Fellow, Environmental Engineering

PEOPLE CREATE PI & Co-leads
Full Name	Affiliation	Department	PI/KS Role
Dr. Bing Chen	Memorial University	Department of Civil (Environmental) Engineering	PI
Dr. Zhang, Baiyu (Helen)	Memorial University	Department of Civil (Environmental) Engineering	KS 1 Co-Lead
Dr. Rodriguez, Manuel J.	Laval University	School of Regional Planning and Development	KS 1 Co-Lead
Dr. Wang, Feiyue	University of Manitoba	Centre for Earth Observation Science, Department of Environment and Geography	KS 2 Lead
Dr. Champagne, Pascale	Queen's University	Civil Engineering	KS 3 Co-lead
Dr. Bérubé, Pierre	University of British Columbia (UBC)	Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science	KS 3 Co-lead
Dr. Stoyanov, Stanislav	CanmetENERGY-Devon, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)	Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering	KS 4 Co-Lead
Dr. Passow, Uta	Memorial University	Ocean Science, Faculty of Science	KS 4 Co-lead
Dr. Khan, Faisal	Memorial University	Department of Process Engineering	KS 5 Co-lead
Dr. Sadiq, Rehan	University of British Columbia (UBC) - Okanagan	School of Engineering	KS 5 Co-lead
Dr. Snelgrove, Paul	Memorial University	Department of Ocean Sciences and Biology	KS 6 Co-lead
Dr. Yargeau, Viviane	McGill University	Department of Chemical Engineering	KS 6 Co-lead
Dr. Sarkar, Atanu	Memorial University	Faculty of Medicine	KS 7 Co-Lead
Dr. Ross, Peter S.	University of Victoria	Ocean Pollution Research Program	KS 7 Co-lead
Dr. Bazan, Carlos	Memorial University	Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science	KS 8 Co-lead
Mr. Booth, Dale	Pikwakanagan First Nation and Innovation Seven	N/A	KS 8 Co-lead
Note: PI = Principal investigator KS = Knowledge and skill sets

Project Topic (PT) team composition:
PT1: Persistent, emerging, and oil pollutants (PEOP) monitoring, analysis, fate and transport (Leads: Rodriguez, Zhang, Wang) PT2: PEOP prevention, treatment and remediation (Leads: Champagne, Bérubé, Stoyanov, Passow) PT3: Ecological impact, toxicological analysis, and risk management (Leads: Yargeau, Snelgrove, Khan, Sadiq) PT4: Community health effects and technology transfer (Leads: Sarkar, Ross, Bazan, Booth)