October 9th, 2020

Combatting Anti-Indigenous Racism through Education and Engagement

On September 26, Joyce Echaquan, a 37-year-old Atikamekw woman from Manawan was admitted to hospital in Quebec. While there, she received racist taunts from staff and later passed away from her illness. This tragedy is heartbreaking and unspeakable.

Ena Chadha, Chief Commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission released a statement earlier this month entitled, “The Critical Juncture of Hate.” In it, she highlights that while society as a whole has recently become more aware of the prevalence of systemic racism, the global pandemic has seemingly emboldened many people to announce and act upon their bigotry.

In previous...Read more

September 25th, 2020

Winter 2021 Planning Update

To all Humber employees,

With the Fall term well underway, I wanted to provide an update on our planning for the upcoming Winter term.

Our focus on health and safety continues to drive our approach to program and service delivery. You can expect that similar to our current situation we will continue to offer the majority of courses fully online in the Winter term. Most student services will continue to be offered virtually as well. Employees who are able to complete their work remotely will continue to do so for the Winter term.

I want to recognize the huge amount...Read more

June 1st, 2020

Fall 2020 Academic Plans

Dear Humber employees,

Over the last few months the Humber community has joined together unlike ever before. As the global COVID-19 health crisis has evolved, our staff have shown incredible adaptability, resilience and perhaps even more importantly, empathy and compassion for each other and our students. Thank you for rising to the occasion and continuing to make us proud.

In the face of many unknowns, we are continuing to focus on our existing expertise in providing rich, career-focused education that prepares graduates for success. Today, we’ll be letting our students know that we plan to provide both interactive online and...Read more