{"id":4944,"date":"2022-02-09T23:41:48","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T02:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.people-network.ca\/?p=4944"},"modified":"2023-04-16T18:53:02","modified_gmt":"2023-04-16T21:23:02","slug":"people-newsletter-january-31-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.people-network.ca\/index.php\/2022\/02\/09\/people-newsletter-january-31-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"PEOPLE Newsletter \u2013 January 31, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

PEOPLE & Partner Events <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Call for Abstracts: PEOPLE 2022 International Conference (hybrid), August 23-26, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

We warmly welcome you to the PEOPLE 2022 International Conference on Persistent, Emerging, and Organic Pollution in the Environment \u2013 Challenges and Solutions under Climate Change<\/em> on August 23-26, 2022, in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. This is a hybrid event co-organized by the PEOPLE Network<\/strong> (Memorial University), the Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation<\/strong> (University of Prince Edward Island), the Sigma Academy<\/strong>, Center for Catastrophic Risk Management<\/strong> (University of California, Berkeley), the Canadian Association on Water Quality<\/strong> Atlantic Region, and the Journal of Environmental Systems Research<\/strong> (Springer). This is also an annual conference of the Network on the Persistent, Emerging, and Organic PoLution in the Environment (PEOPLE Network), funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).<\/p>\n

Submit abstracts through https:\/\/sigma.academy\/people2022\/<\/a> before March 31, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stay tuned for more information: https:\/\/people-network.ca\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Attach: Conference Poster<\/strong><\/a> (keynote speakers and committee list included)<\/p>\n

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PEOPLE Workshop: How to Run an Ideation Workshop<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Instructor: Dr. Carlos Bazan, Assistant Professor & Engineering Chair in Entrepreneurship, Memorial University<\/p>\n

Date & Time: Thursday, February 10th, 10:00 am to 12:00 pm (NL time)<\/p>\n

Location: WebEx meetings<\/p>\n

Agenda and Handout: https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1dQdwzpmmTdC__x-L3XDQWDf-h3GVKuuy?usp=sharing<\/a><\/p>\n

Please 1) print the worksheets in the handout folder, 2) have a few color markers\/pens to work with during the session, and 3) if you can, prepare a few pieces of dark chocolate.<\/p>\n

Free Registration: https:\/\/www.eventbrite.ca\/e\/people-workshop-how-to-run-an-ideation-workshop-registration-257472706797<\/a><\/p>\n

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Training webinar on Intensity-Duration-Frequency (IDF) Curves and Climate Change <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

CSA Group and the Canadian Centre for Climate Services will be co-delivering a training webinar on\u00a0Intensity-Duration-Frequency (IDF) Curves and Climate Change\u00a0<\/strong>on February 16 from 1-2PM Eastern.\u00a0<\/strong>Four new articles about using IDF curves were recently added to the\u00a0ClimateData.ca Learning Zone<\/a>, drawing from technical guidance from Environment and Climate Change Canada and\u00a0CSA PLUS 4013:2019 (Technical guide: Development, interpretation and use of rainfall intensity-duration-frequency (IDF) information: Guideline for Canadian water resources practitioners)<\/a>. This webinar will address why it is no longer appropriate to use IDF curves based on historical information alone for long-term planning, provide an overview of best practices for using IDF curves and describe the scaling approach recommended by Environment and Climate Change Canada and outlined in CSA PLUS 4013 to account for climate change. This webinar will be 1 hour long and will take place on the WebEx platform.<\/p>\n

Register here:<\/p>\n

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Member News<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Deepest Condolences \u2013 Dr. Tahir Husain<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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With deep sadness we share news that Dr. Tahir Husain passed way. \u201cDr. Husain was an esteemed and highly-respected professor of Environmental Engineering at the Department of Civil Engineering at Memorial University, with over 50 years of international experience. He was passionate about research and teaching and proud of helping his students succeed in their professional careers. He exemplified generosity, dedication to his family, compassion, encouragement, sincerity, and forgiveness. He served as a role model, mentor and friend to many. He placed emphasis on education as a means to leading a better life.\u201d Dr. Husain has been a great scholar and kind supporter to PEOPLE Network. Sincere condolences to his family and friends.<\/p>\n

Biography: https:\/\/www.engr.mun.ca\/~thusain\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n

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Dr. Gordon Huang honoured by Engineering Institute of Canada<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Dr. Gordon Huang, Professor of Environmental Systems Engineering, University of Regina, has been inducted as a 2022 Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC) Fellow.\u00a0Dr. Huang is one of 20 members inducted this year and the only one from Saskatchewan.<\/p>\n

Dr. Huang has received more than 200 research grants and contracts, eight NSERC Strategic Grants, and over 20 other NSERC\/CFI grants. He also has over 1000 peer-refereed international journal papers with an H-index of 75 in Science Citation Index, was recognized by Web of Science Group for 0.1 per cent of the world\u2019s researchers across 21 research fields in 2019, and was the most cited researchers in Environmental Science and Engineering as recognized by Elsevier in 2016. He supervised over 100 Master\/PhD students with over 30 of them teaching at universities over the world. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n

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Dr. Rehan Sadiq inducted as 2022 EIC Fellow and\u00a0appointed new Provost pro tem<\/em> at UBC Okanagan<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Dr. Rehan Sadiq, School of Engineering Executive Associate Dean,\u00a0UBC Okanagan,\u00a0was inducted as\u00a02022 Fellows inducted by the Canadian Institute of Engineering (EIC)\u00a0for his exceptional contributions to\u00a0engineering in Canada. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n

Starting from February 1, 2022, Dr. Rehan Sadiq will serve as UBC Okanagan\u2019s Provost and Vice-President, Academic\u00a0pro tem.\u00a0Dr. Sadiq is a Professor of Civil Engineering and a Distinguished University Scholar and currently holds the position of Executive Associate Dean in the School of Engineering at UBC Okanagan. He is also a co-lead of the Life Cycle Management Laboratory at UBC. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n

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Spotlight on Members<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

PEOPLE Knowledge and Skills (KS) set Co-Leads on Control and Remediation Technologies<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr. Uta Passow<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Professor, Canada Research Chair-1, Ocean Sciences, Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada, Email: uta.passow@mun.ca<\/a><\/p>\n

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Dr. Passow was educated as a field-going Biological Oceanographer in Kiel, Germany, where she investigated the role of sedimentation in the lifecycle of phytoplankton. The following 10 years she spent at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB, USA) researching aggregation, discovering the key role of particulate phytoplankton exudates. Then she held a position at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany exploring the Biological Carbon Pump (BCP). The next decade her research at UCSB focused on climate change, including ocean acidification, and the role of aggregation for the fate of oil. Now, here at Memorial University, Canada, her lab investigates the impacts of anthropogenic disturbances such as oil spills, micro-plastic pollution and increasing pCO2<\/sub> on the BCP. The term BCP encompasses all processes leading to the formation of sinking particles. Sinking marine oil snow plays a key role in the distribution and fate of oil in the ocean. Within the Multi-Partner Research Initiative (MPRI), her team target oil-dispersant-particle-exudate interactions and aim to bridge the gap between academic and applied science.<\/p>\n

Selected recent oil-spill related publications<\/strong><\/p>\n