Announcements

When:
March 18, 2024
Contact:
Risha Toney
Posters/Attachments: Event Poster

For Humber and Guelph-Humber students and alumni considering further studies, We Got You covered with 30+ bachelor's degrees and 50+ Ontario Graduate Certificates.

During the Power Up Your Credential virtual series, they'll learn how to accelerate their career with specialized training that builds on their certificate, diploma or degree experience. 

Number of sessions: 21

Sessions dates/times: March and April

Learn more about the event: Power Up Promo Video

Register: https://humber.ca/powerup

Questions? Email transferoptions@humber.ca.

When:
March 15, 2024
Contact:
Daniel Bear
Posters/Attachments: Event Poster
Humber Centre for Social Innovation Cybersecurity survey

The Centre for Social Innovation at Humber College is trying to understand the cybersecurity needs and practices of small-to-medium community services organization focused on social determinants of health in Canada.  

To do this work, the Centre has launched a 15-minute survey. Eligible participants are social impact professionals working in a small-to-medium community services organization focused on social determinants of health in Canada. Please share this opportunity with your network (or, if you qualify, complete the survey yourself). On completing the survey, eligible participants can enter to win one of the two $50 visa gift cards by a random draw.  

Click on the survey link to participate, view the consent form, and access all the relevant information about the project. 

Complete the survey

During the survey or for the draw, you wouldn’t be asked to share any personal financial information. For any further information, you can write to socialinnovation@humber.ca.

When:
March 15, 2024

Please be informed that all SWEL services at both campuses, including Health Services, Counselling, Accessible Learning Services, Student Connection and Community Care, Residence Life, and Testing Services will be closed on Wednesday, March 20 on account of a department-wide staff meeting being held. 

In case of emergency, the following resources are available: 

When:
March 15, 2024
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We are thrilled to share some exciting news with you – our Digital Asset Management (DAM) implementation initiative is officially underway with the Acquia DAM solution. 

Humber’s DAM Implementation Initiative focuses on creating a centralized digital asset library, comprising various media types such as photos, videos, and graphics. The goal is to ensure easy searchability, organization, distribution, and secure storage of assets, providing users with high-quality resources to support their work. 

Key Features and Benefits 

  • Access to a library of curated photos, videos, graphics, and other digital content that is easily searchable 
  • Streamlined asset management processes 
  • Improved collaboration and sharing capabilities 
  • Enhanced brand consistency and user experience 
  • Support permissions/roles, AI, metadata management and single sign-on integration 

Invitation to Learn More 

We invite you to watch this short Acquia DAM Video about the new DAM solution coming to Humber. 

Stay Informed 

Watch for future communication and ways to get involved. In the meantime, if you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to Jill Rosenberg at jill.rosenberg@humber.ca

Andrew Leopold
Associate Vice-President, Marketing & Communications
Michelle Ching’anda
Director IT Security and Strategic Lead, Enterprise Web Project 
When:
March 15, 2024
Contact:
Francesca D'Angelo

Clean out your closets for the Thrift Shop Pop-Up at the G Building (Lakeshore Campus) on March 28.

We are collecting gently used clothing items for the Thrift Shop Pop-Up at the following locations:

Lakeshore Campus:

  • The BSSE (A168)
  • Fashion Institute
  • Welcome Centre (second floor)
  • L Building (Welcome Desk)

North Campus:

  • Office of Sustainability (E103)

Drop off until March 20.

This is part of Earth Fest Event at Lakeshore Campus.

 

When:
March 15, 2024
Contact:
Tania Massa
Posters/Attachments: Event Poster

Are you interested in learning more about research intellectual property?  

Humber's Office of Research and Innovation has made available an asynchronous training module, "Research Intellectual Property", on BlackBoard Ultra which is available to Humber employees and students. The self registration instructions are attached.

Have questions? Please contact Tania Massa, Associate Dean, Applied Research and Innovation.

When:
March 13, 2024
Contact:
Aging in Community Education and Research Hub (ACER)
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In February, Humber’s Aging in Community Education and Research hub (ACER) hosted ‘Leading with Gentelligence: Maximizing the Potential of a Multigenerational Workforce’.

The recording on this session is now available on the ACER website

Led by Dr. Megan Gerhardt and author Bradley Schurman, this session is packed with invaluable insights into navigating the intricacies of an intergenerational workforce. Gain practical strategies for fostering collaboration and productivity across generations in the workplace.

About ACER

Humber’s Aging in Community Education and Research hub (ACER) is an initiative of the Office of Research and Innovation (ORI).

ACER’s mission is to ‘conduct innovative research that creates, implements and evaluates solutions that strengthen community-based supports to empower older adults to remain engaged in and connected to their communities’.

Learn more about ACER at https://www.agingincommunity.ca.

When:
March 13, 2024

The Employability Skills Hub Student Project team is collaborating with Humber College to develop a fresh platform aimed at assisting students in managing and tracking their skills, as well as potentially network with prospective employers and showcase their skills to the world.

The team would appreciate if Humber faculty would encourage their students to share their input to make sure we're building something that is truly benefitial. You can direct them to the questionnaire through the link below.

Complete the questionnaire

Thank you.

When:
March 13, 2024
Contact:
Megan Hornblow
Tel:
x75322

The Professional Writing and Communications (PWC) graduate certificate students are available for work in full-time writing and communications roles this spring and summer, from May to mid-August, for their work placement. PWC students work in various fields as grant/proposal writers, social media managers, communications specialists, editors and more!  

Third-semester PWC students are able to create documents suitable for a diversity of audiences and purposes using advanced linguistic and rhetorical skills and are prepared to produce work individually or in collaboration.   

The work-integrated learning experience should allow students to: 

  • demonstrate proficiency in adhering to professional writing best practices;
  • collaborate with others in a professional setting;
  • show responsiveness to business and organizational procedures and protocols;
  • apply core communications strategies and skills;
  • and show time-management skills by completing assigned tasks in a timely and professional manner.  

For more information about hosting a PWC work placement, please contact Megan Hornblow at megan.hornblow@humber.ca.

When:
March 13, 2024
Contact:
Desta McCalla
Tel:
x5182

Have you ever considered how much we rely on the use of colour as educators and learners? Think about it for a few minutes. And then, think about what your experience as an educator and/or learner would be like if you could not easily differentiate between colours. 

  • An estimated 2.6 million Canadians are colour blind. This is because of a missing or mutated gene on their X chromosome. One in 12 men (8%) and one in 200 women (0.5%) are colour blind. (4) 
  • While people with normal color vision see over one million shades of color, the color blind only see an estimated 10 per cent of hues and shades. (3) 
  • Common color confusions include green and yellow, gray and pink, purple and blue, and red and brown, with colors appearing muted and dull. Since 80 per cent of information is conveyed visually, this creates issues for color blind students. (3) 
  • View online for more images of how the color blind see colors. (3) 
  • At best, any situation which requires a colour blind learner to understand information based on colour only is likely to be at best a challenge and at worst an impossibility for them. (2) 
  • Subjects most impacted by Colour Blindness are maths, all areas of science, geography, sport and art but some aspects of other subjects, such as languages and media studies, can also cause issues. (2) 
  • Maps, graphs and charts are widely used in many different subjects but can be extraordinarily difficult for colour blind students to interpret. They will frequently miss important information unless maps/graphs/charts, etc. are also fully labelled using text, symbols or patterns. (2) 
  • Ensuring Accessibility in design is a form of empathy: trying to reach beyond your own personal perspective to try to understand other people who, in this case, very literally don’t see the world the same way you do. (1) 

Check out this TEDx Talk entitled It’s Not Easy Seeing Green: The Complexities of Color Blindness for more insight on the experience of those with colour blindness.  

Sources: 

  1. https://www.theverge.com/23650428/colorblindness-design-ui-accessibility-wordle   
  2. Secondary School & Higher Education - Colour Blind Awareness 
  3. Study Finds Overwhelming Evidence That Color Blindness Hinders Learning in School, Reports EnChroma | Business Wire 
  4. https://www.express-scripts.ca/raising-health/colour-blindness-what-colours-do-you-see#:~:text=An%20estimated%202.6%20million%20Canadians,gene%20on%20their%20X%20chromosome 

Visit our ALS Information for Faculty website to learn more about accommodating students with disabilities.  

Please email us at accessible-learning@humber.ca with suggestions for key accessibility-related topics that you would like us to address through the Communiqué. 

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