Thank you to all Humber and University of Guelph-Humber Support Staff who attended the 2023 Support Staff Professional Development workshops from February 27 to March 3. You continue to go above and beyond in your roles to support colleagues, students, and the community. Thank you!
Our facilitators for the sessions reminded and taught us how we can:
- Implement practical and effective leadership strategies daily
- Create psychologically safe and healthy work environments to support mental health
- Introduce sustainability values in our lives and create bees wax wraps
- Harness conflict as a productive and enhancing tool for team building
- Use proven techniques and strategies to manage stress and create a more balanced life
- Apply helpful interpersonal skills to foster collaboration and relationship building
- Assess our leadership capabilities and develop a personal plan for continued leadership development
Thank you to our leaders, listed below, for their continued support and for participating in this event by opening workshops.
- Ann Marie Vaughan, President and CEO
- Guillermo Acosta, Senior Dean, Faculty of Media and Creative Arts
- Melanie Spence-Ariemma, Vice-Provost and Chief Academic Officer, University of Guelph-Humber
- Andrew Ness, Dean, International
- June MacDonald-Jenkins, Senior Dean, Faculty of Social and Community Services and Principal of Lakeshore Campus
- Diane Simpson, Principal, Humber International Graduate School
- John Stilla, Senior Dean, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Innovative Learning
- Jason Seright, Dean, Indigenous Education and Engagement
- Jason Hunter, Vice-President, Students and Institutional Planning and Interim Vice-President, Human Resources and Organizational Effectiveness
Lastly, a round of applause to the following attendees who were randomly selected to receive a prize.
- Stephanie Montemarano, Faculty of Health Sciences and Wellness
- Hardeep Saini, Financial Services and Planning
- Shindi Gill, Office of the Registrar
- Jada Fortella, Faculty of Health Sciences and Wellness
- Mackenzie Kraeker, Faculty of Health Sciences and Wellness
- Lynn Short, Faculty of Applied Sciences and Technology
- Michelle Hamilton, Libraries
- Ariel Lewis, Faculty of Social and Community Services
- Marsha Duggan, Faculty of Social and Community Services
- Miranda Moore, Office of the Registrar
For those of you that missed the workshops, recordings for some of the sessions will be posted on the HROE website shortly and we will communicate once they are ready to be viewed.
We look forward to next year’s Support Staff Professional Development Event.
Questions? Please email us at oe@humber.ca.
