The Department of English would like to bid a very fond farewell to Lucy Valentino. Lucy began teaching at Humber in 2005 and has served as coordinator of English at the Lakeshore campus since 2009. She joined Humber after a long and successful career at Centennial College where she began as a professor in the School of English and Liberal Studies and was later appointed Chair and then Acting Dean of the school.

The author of two books on writing, Handle with Care: Communicating in the Human Services Field in Canada and To Serve and Protect: Communicating in Law Enforcement in Canada, Lucy played a significant role in the design and implementation of specialized workplace communications courses for students in community service programs. She won several awards including the NISOD Teaching Award and the Centennial College Board of Governors Award for Academic Leadership and is well respected in the college system for her contributions to the field of English communications.