Do you know a Humber employee that made a difference in 2023/2024 academic year at Humber?

Here is your opportunity to recognize your colleagues for an award!          

The Ontario Ministry of Colleges, Universities, Research Excellence and Security (Ministry) Awards of Excellence applications are now open.

  1. Nominate a Humber Faculty or Staff that made a difference in the 2023/2024 academic year at Humber.
  2. Applications are due May 23, 2025.

Award Categories:

  • Everyday Heroes: Faculty and staff who have stepped up and made a difference in the lives of their students, colleagues or the public. 
  • Future-Proofing Ontario’s Students: Faculty and staff who have led the way in adapting programs that support new ways of learning.
  • Equality of Opportunity: Faculty and staff who have excelled at creating opportunities in post-secondary education for marginalized and underrepresented groups. 
  • Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Faculty and staff who are working with industry and business to drive economic development.
  • Rising Star: Graduate students and early career professionals who are making a difference in education, inspiring students or carrying out innovative research in the post-secondary education sector.

How to Submit this Award Application:

  1. The President’s Office is tracking and collecting these applications. Please forward a note with the nominee's name and Faculty or Business Unit name to marie.kyrinis@humber.ca to indicate your intention to submit a Humber nominee by May 16, 2025 at 3 p.m.
  2. To nominate a Humber staff or faculty, please complete your application that explains why your nominee is deserving of this recognition.
  3. Please send a copy of your final, submitted application to Humber Marketing and Communications Office, marie.kyrinis@humber.ca. All applications will be sent to the President’s office after the deadline.

Of Note: This is not the Premier’s Awards. Past Humber winners for the Ministry awards include Brenda Ridley, a Humber program advisor in the Faculty of Health Sciences and Wellness, in recognition of her efforts to help train more than 200 nurses during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ridley, who is also an instructor for High Acuity, Critical Care and Emergency Nursing post-graduate programs at Humber, was one of just six winners of the Everyday Heroes award as part of the 2021-2022 Minister of Colleges and Universities' Awards of Excellence.