After 35 years of hard work and dedication to Humber and the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Joe Aversa, Associate Dean of English and Communications, has decided to retire at the end of this academic year.

While you can take the teacher out of the classroom, you can’t take the classroom out of the teacher. As a professor, coordinator, chair and associate dean in LAS, Joe has always put students first in everything that he has done. Be it through the development of vocationally relevant language courses to increase student success and engagement, the creation of our Writing Centres to support the language needs of Humber students or the establishment of pathways for international students into Humber programs as Director of the English Language Centre, Joe Aversa has been and continues to be a shining example of the commitment to teaching and learning that is a hallmark of a Humber education.

Over the course of his career, Joe has shown leadership in language teaching and has rightfully earned the respect and trust of colleagues both within Humber and across the province, and in many ways, Joe Aversa has become the “Head” of language learning in Ontario.
To say that he will be missed is an understatement. To itemize his contributions to LAS and Humber in general would be impossible but we are all better off for having had the opportunity to work with him. On behalf of the entire Humber community, let me express my sincerest thanks and wish you all the best as you embark on this next chapter of your life.

Paula Gouveia, Dean, Liberal Arts and Sciences

 For information on Joe's retirement reception, please click here.