It is with mixed emotions that I announce that Eileen DeCourcy, Associate Vice President (AVP) of Teaching and Learning has accepted the role of Vice President, Academic at St. Lawrence College. While I am thrilled for Eileen’s contributions to Ontario’s college sector to continue in this exciting new position, we will certainly miss her passion for teaching and learning and commitment to supporting our faculty.

For the past decade, Eileen has been an academic leader here at Humber. First, as Director of Professional Development and more recently as AVP, Teaching and Learning, Eileen’s worked with countless faculty and staff on many important projects. Among her many accomplishments, Eileen led the development of our Digital Learning Plan, Academic Integrity Plan and several teacher training programs that have received national and international accreditation.

Under her leadership, The Centre for Teaching and Learning has expanded into a vibrant hub supporting not just Humber faculty, but twelve institutions across the globe. As a champion of the scholarship of teaching and learning, Eileen helped breathe new life into the Humber Press and launch the Journal of Innovation in Polytechnic Education; the first-of-its-kind academic journal dedicated to the study of polytechnic education in Canada

Eileen has been instrumental in redesigning our classrooms, ensuring that our learning spaces matched the cutting edge curriculum being developed here at Humber. Thanks to her role in the creation of Humber’s first VR lab and integration of VR into the curricular experience, Humber students have been able to engage in experiential learning in new and important ways.

Eileen will be starting at St. Lawrence mid-November. Over the next weeks, Eileen will be working with her team and myself to prepare for her departure. Please join me in congratulating Eileen on her new role.

Laurie Rancourt
Senior Vice President, Academic