In Fall 2016 and 2017, Humber offered two study days aligned with the Thanksgiving weekend. The study days were meant to support students’ mental and physical well-being and provide them with the opportunity to seek academic and non-academic support prior to the midterm point of the semester.

To determine the impact that the study days had on students, the College invited students enrolled in full-time programs to complete a survey in November 2016. Approximately 30% of students who were invited completed the survey. Overall, 86.2% of students reported that the study days were beneficial, with 89.3% of students saying that they were productive during the break. Students indicated that they dedicated their break to academics, working at a paid job, relaxing, and catching up with family and friends. Two out of three students felt that they would have benefitted from a longer break occurring later in the semester. This finding aligns with practices observed across the system – in 2018-19, 17 Ontario colleges will be offering a Fall Study Week, an increase from the 13 who offered a Fall Study Week in 2016-17.  

The College is exploring the adoption of a new model for program delivery which would allow for a study week in each semester, resulting in 7 instructional weeks +1 study week +7 instructional weeks, often referred to as a 7-1-7 model (please see the visual).

At this time we are conducting a survey, open to all Humber staff, asking for your feedback regarding the proposed model. Please take the time to complete the survey so that we may benefit from your input. The survey is open until September 24, 2018, and the link to the survey is below.  

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Please note that your individual responses are anonymous. We will not be tracking and storing identifiable respondent information or respondent IP addresses in survey results. The results of the survey will be shared at aggregate levels only.

Thank you in advance for your time and input! For any questions about this survey, please email us at iresearch@humber.ca.