I’m excited to announce that Chris Irwin has accepted the role of Associate Dean, Liberal Studies, effective August 15. 

Chris has been with the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences at Humber since 2003. He has served on numerous committees, including two Strategic Plan Steering Committees, the Steering Committee for the Centre for Social Innovation, and the Degree Breadth Committee. He has been involved in the development of degree breadth programming at the college for more than 10 years and participated in the design of Humber’s current degree breadth policy.

In 2017, he became a program coordinator, beginning as general education and degree breadth coordinator at the North campus before moving to the role of GNED 101 coordinator. In Fall 2021, he assumed the role of Acting Associate Dean, Liberal Studies. Working in partnership with Indigenous Education & Engagement, he has supported and participated in initiatives to braid Indigenous ways of being, knowing, and doing into Liberal Studies programming through faculty training and curriculum revision and development. He is committed to further strengthening the role that general education plays in supporting the Humber Learning Outcomes and to working with faculty to advance EDI integration in Liberal Studies curriculum.

Chris has a Master’s degree in Philosophy from McMaster University and a PhD from the Social & Political Thought Program at York University. He has designed and revised numerous courses at Humber and has extensive teaching experience. This experience deeply informs his approach to student-centred teaching and learning and to academic leadership.

Please join me in congratulating Chris on his new role.

John Stilla
Senior Dean, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences