Senior Dean
Faculty of Applied Sciences & Technology
Dr. Paul Griffin is the Senior Dean for the Faculty of Applied Sciences & Technology at the Humber Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning in Toronto. Prior to this role, Paul was the Associate Dean for the Longo Faculty of Business at Humber and before that was a professor within the same department. He received his Ph.D. in Management from the University of Bradford in the United Kingdom. In addition, he has achieved 21 professional designations, including Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA), Certified Management Accountant (CMA), Certified General Accountant (CGA), Certified Financial Planner (CFP), Fellow of the Canadian Securities Institute (FCSI), Chartered Professional Marketer, and several others.
Before joining academia, Paul was engaged in the financial services sector for more than 25 years and was most recently the National Director of Operations and Compliance at ING Canada. He remains an active member of several boards and committees, most notably the Insurance Institute of Canada’s Ethics Advisory Board, the Federation of Canadian-Brazilian Businesses, and he serves as Chair of the Education Committee and Board of Directors for the Canadian Institute of Financial Planning as well as Chair of the Chartered Institute of Marketing Management of Ontario.
Paul co-authored Operations Management (Pearson Canada) - - the number one textbook in Canada on the subject, currently adopted in more than 60 universities and colleges across the country. He continues to write for practitioner-targeted publications and develops a continuous stream of technical manuals, materials, and courses for both the academic and industrial sectors. He remains an active member of the Editorial Advisory Board for several academic journals and publications.
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Associate Deans - Faculty of Applied Sciences & Technology
Michael Auchincloss — Associate Dean & Principal, Skilled Trades & Apprenticeship
- Arborist Apprenticeship
- Building Construction Technician (2 year)
- Carpentry and Renovation Technician (Home Renovation)
- Carpentry and Renovation Techniques
- Construction Boilermaker Apprenticeship
- Construction Engineering Technology (3 year)
- Electrical Techniques
- Electrician: Construction & Maintenance Apprenticeship
- Furniture and Cabinetmaking Techniques
- Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (2 Year Diploma)
- Horticultural Technician Apprenticeship
- Industrial Electrician Apprenticeship
- Industrial Woodworking Technician
- Landscape Technician
- Millwright Techniques
- Plumbing Apprenticeship
- Plumbing Techniques
- Pre-Apprenticeship Electrical
- Pre-Apprenticeship Plumbing
- Pre-Apprenticeship Boilermaker
- Pre-Apprenticeship General Machinist
- Pre-Apprenticeship Arborist
- Pre-Apprenticeship Horticulture
- Pre-Apprenticeship Welder
- Urban Arboriculture – Tree Care
- Welding Techniques
Dr. Shaun Ghafari, Dean, Engineering; Carl Oliver, Associate Dean, Engineering
- Architectural Technology (Advanced Diploma)
- Civil Engineering Technology (Advanced Diploma)
- Computer Engineering Technology (Advanced Diploma)
- Electrical Engineering Control Systems (Diploma and Advanced Diploma)
- Electromechanical Engineering (Diploma and Advanced Diploma)
- Electronics Engineering (Diploma and Advanced Diploma)
- Engineering – Mechatronics, Bachelor
- Engineering – Sustainable Building Engineering, Bachelor
- Mechanical Engineering (Diploma and Advanced Diploma)
- Sustainable Energy and Building Technology (Advanced Diploma)
Dr. Dave Smiderle — Associate Dean, Continuous Professional Learning
- Home Energy Retro-fit Orientation (HERO) Workshop
- Sealing Energy Links (SEL) Workshop
- Blue-Print Reading Foundational Workshop
- Blue-Print Reading Intermediate Workshop
- Woodworking for Hobbyists Certificate
- Electrical Engineering Connections Program
- Engineering Connections Program
- Rapid Robotic Spot-Welding Micro-Credential
- Micro-grid Application and Control Micro-Credential
- Advanced Manufacturing Micro-credentials
- Industrial Internet of Things Micro-credentials (CiCan)
- Pre-qualifications training AI Graduate Certificate
Francis Syms — Associate Dean, Information and Communications Technology
- Computer Systems Technician
- Computer Programming Diploma
- Computer Programming and Analysis Advanced Diploma
- Artificial Intelligence with Machine Learning Graduate Certificate
- Wireless Telecommunications Graduate Certificate
- IT Solutions Graduate Certificate
- Enterprise Software Development Graduate Certificate
- Cloud Computing Graduate Certificate
- Bachelor of Information Systems Engineering