On August 7-11, 2023, group members attended PEOPLE 2023 International Conference at Concordia University. Rezvan Iravani made the presentation entitled “A Review on Shoreline Environmental Protection in Canadian Indigenous Communities: Challenges, Policies, Practices, and Management”; Huifang Bi made the presentation entitled “Removal of Stranded Oil from Sand Using a Microemulsion Technique”; Shuyan Wan made the presentation entitled “Machine Learning-assisted Analysis of Municipal Solid Waste Generation during the Pandemic”; Shahrzad Namazinia made the presentation entitled “Assessing the Sensitivity of the Ecosystem Services of the Gulf of St. Lawrence to Oil Spills”; Qi Feng made the presentations entitled “Infiltration and Resuspension of Microplastics in Coastal Substrate: Insights from Tidal Tank Experiments” and “The Transport of Microplastics through Capillary Fringe Fluctuation in Tidal Aquifer”; Saba Naderi made the presentation entitled “Transportation and Air Quality of Canadian Cities in the Post-Pandemic Period”; He Peng made the presentations entitled “Boosting Global Cooperation of Maritime Carbon Pricing – An Assessment of Mature Carbon Markets Linkage” and “Achieving Sustainable Waste Transport Fleet Management under the Cap-and-Trade System”; Linxiang Lyu made the presentations entitled “Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Polylactic Acid and Polypropylene Face Masks” and “Aging of Polypropylene-based Disposable Face Masks in Landfill Leachate”; Xuelin Tian made the presentations entitled “Effects of Changing Private Vehicle Fleet Composition on Urban Traffic-Related Emissions” and “Achieving Net-Zero Targets through Regional Electric Bus Penetration and Energy Transition”; Siyuan Zhou made the presentation entitled “Environmental Footprint for the Disposal of Food Waste from Grocery Retail Stores”; Zhikun Chen made the presentations entitled “Temporary Sink of Microplastics in Ice: Role of Polymer Characteristics and Environmental Conditions” and “An Appraisal of End-of-Life Options for Post-Consumer Asphalt Shingle Waste”; Rengyu Yue made the presentation entitled “Cleanup of Oiled Shoreline Using a Magnetic Washing Fluid”; Mengfan Cai “Effects of Accelerated Weathering on the Abiotic Fragmentation of Biodegradable Mulches”; Zheng Wang made the presentation entitled “The Role of Bulk Nanobubbles in the Motion of Microplastics on Shoreline”; Xiaohan Yang made the presentation entitled “Aggregation of Microplastic and Suspended Particulate Matter in Coastal Waters”; Zhaonian Qu made the presentation entitled “Penetration of Spilled Oil into Thawing Frozen Soil”. They also discussed the research and collaboration with other conference participants.