Announcements

When:
February 23, 2024
Woman sitting on yoga mat outside on grass

Physiotherapy and pilates fee for service is available at the Lakeshore Campus Athletic Therapy Clinic. 

Appointments available on Wednesdays from 12 to 4 p.m. with Susan Czyzo, Registered Physiotherapist.

Find balance and well-being in mind and body through physiotherapy that incorporates pilates, mindfulness and coaching.

For more information, visit https://groundedphysiotherapy.ca.

When:
February 22, 2024
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The Digital Student Experience (DSX) Program emerged from the 2023-2026 Digital Campus and Academic Plans and focuses on enhancing the digital student experience.  

The DSX Program is comprised of three initiatives that will integrate and support each other in delivering on the promise of simplifying and personalizing the Humber student journey from prospect to alumni.  

Digital Identity (DI) 

Digital Identity (DI) is a single online Humber identity where you are known, have a sense of being welcomed, valued and secure in every seamless interaction. 

Digital Identity builds a profile that retains the user’s identity preferences, delivers a unique personalized experience and makes them feel valued at each step. DI includes: 

  • One single identity through your entire Humber journey 
  • Access automatically evolves with roles 
  • Single, universal and evolving profile that is consistently available across all your applications you use 

Learn more about Digital Identity at the DSX Program Showcase on March 4, 2024. 

Register now on Eventbrite 

When:
February 22, 2024
Contact:
Barbara Cam

The Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences (FLAS) Lakeshore Office (A114) will be closing its doors on Thursday, February 22, 2024, at 4:30 p.m. The new FLAS office at Lakeshore will reopen as of March 4, 2024, at 9:00 a.m. in the Medical Building, Level 3, at 3170 Lakeshore Blvd West.

Please note that our services for students and staff will continue during the building closure and all support and administrative staff will be available from the North Campus and remotely.  

When:
February 22, 2024
Contact:
Roman Fuzak
Tel:
ext 4107

Humber College receives many packages every day and our Mailroom teams at both North and Lakeshore campuses work hard to deliver them as soon as they can. However, over time, we do end up with several packages that remain unclaimed. As such, our teams will now adhere to the below procedure:

  1. For any packages for students addressed to the College or student residence, every effort will be exhausted to deliver them to the correct addressee. Should the student move out and/or no longer be a Humber/GH student, any packages (mostly from Amazon.ca) will be discarded after six months of delivery/receiving. Amazon packages return cannot be initiated by Humber Mailroom staff, but rather by a person who made the purchase.
  2. For any packages addressed to Humber/GH staff, admin, or faculty member that have not been picked up, the Mailroom staff will advise the Associate Director of their department via email informing them that a package from someone in their department has not been picked up. If the respective staff, admin, and/or faculty have not picked up their package in six months, they will be disposed of.
  3. Any unclaimed packages that arrived for Humber contractors will be flagged to contactor's contact person, if known. Unclaimed packages for project contractors will be flagged to Humber Project Manager, if known. Any packages still unclaimed after six months, will be discarded.
  4. Any other packages that have no names and have not been picked up in six months, will be disposed of.

Should you have any questions regarding this policy, please do not hesitate to reach out to Roman Fuzak, Manager, Custodial & Maintenance Services at roman.fuzak@humber.ca.

Thank you.

When:
February 22, 2024
Contact:
Chantal Joy

Humber College currently operates four employment services centres (HCCES) within the Greater Toronto area that serve clients in surrounding communities to achieve their employment goals. These are located at:

  • 555 Burnhamthorpe Road (at The West Mall)
  • 1700 Wilson Ave. (North York Sheridan Mall)
  • 1620 Albion Rd. (at Martin Grove)
  • 1345 St. Clair Ave W. (at Landsdowne)

These are part of the Employment Ontario network funded by the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training & Skills Development (MLITSD). The current Ministry agreement ends March 31, 2024. The government has been undertaking a transformation of Ontario’s employment services and will be rolling out a new service delivery model to the Toronto region in spring of 2024. After careful consideration and deliberation, Humber has made the difficult decision not to apply for funding under the new model. As a result, all four of Humber’s Community Employment Centres will close their doors come March 31, 2024.

HCCES has been delivering employment supports to Humber’s surrounding in-need communities for more than 25 years. Humber’s work in this space has come to be highly regarded by government, other service providers in the region, local community partners, and provincially by other Colleges delivering similar programs. The HCCES team is viewed in those networks as experts when it comes to supporting a diverse multi-barriered client group and helping them actualize their employment goals. Their impact on our local communities has been significant, meaningful and mobilizing. I cannot thank them enough for their passion and commitment to their clients and for the difference they have made in their lives. I thank them also for making Humber better through their work, the knowledge they shared, and their advocacy. 

As this team prepares for the next step in their career journey, we encourage you to connect and learn about the exceptional work in which they have been engaged. We thank you in advance for the support we know you will extend to these members of the Humber family during this critical point of transition in their time at Humber.

Chantal Joy
Associate Dean & Special Advisor, Strategic Initiatives, Learner & Career Success
Student Success and Engagement

When:
February 22, 2024
Contact:
Falisha Rowe
Posters/Attachments: Event Poster

Celebrate and recognize the great work that your colleagues are doing. Nominate them for the Innovation of the Year Award 2024.

Purpose or goal
The purpose of the Innovation of the Year Awards is to recognize College employees who have designed and implemented a significant innovation that positively impacts the Humber student experience.

Eligibility
All employee groups (full and part-time faculty, administrators and support staff) are eligible for nomination.

Criteria
The merit of an innovation will be judged on the following criteria:

  • Creativity: The selected innovation will be an original or unique adaptation of a current program, process, task or concept.
  • Effectiveness: There is evidence that the innovation leads to a better process for accomplishing a task(s) or a better overall outcome.
  • Replication: The significant components of the innovation can be replicated across courses, programs or institutions. Best submissions will include a description of conditions necessary for replication.
  • Timeliness: The innovation will have been initiated no more than five years previously and will have been implemented for enough time to have viable information about its impact and effectiveness. Its impact will address a current issue.
  • Collaboration: The best submissions demonstrate connections between colleagues, programs, departments, Faculties or College teams.
  • Quality: Students and/or staff agree that the innovation increases quality in the course program, department or institution. Evidence of quality may include student ratings or letters of support for colleagues.

The Innovation must have a positive impact on the Humber student experience.

To make a submission, email the completed nomination form (attached) and forward supporting documents to falisha.rowe@humber.ca.

The deadline has been extended to Friday, March 22, 2023.

When:
February 22, 2024

Map the System is a global competition that challenges us to think differently about social and environmental change. Rather than jumping straight into a solution or a quick fix, Map the System invites students from all academic disciplines to use systems thinking to understand complex social and environmental challenges. 

This is Humber’s fifth year participating in the competition and we are looking for staff and faculty to mentor student teams. 

What does mentoring involve? 

As a mentor, you will support a student team to conduct systems research on a social or environmental issue. Support may include (but is not limited to) systems thinking research and mapping, directing teams to resources on the selected social/environmental topic, research process, and review of submission materials.

When will this happen? 

Mentorship of student teams will take place from early March to late April 2024. The weekly time commitment will vary from group-to-group depending on their needs, but expect one to two hours per week. 

What does this mean for you? 

Your assistance and support of students' systems-change research is greatly appreciated. In return for your time, you will receive our heartfelt thanks and a gift card.

How can you apply? 

If you are interested in becoming a mentor, please fill in this short form.

The deadline to apply is Thursday, February 29, 2024.

If you have any questions, please contact Sara Hassan at sara.hassan@humber.ca.

When:
February 22, 2024

Humber’s Sexual Violence Committee Faculty/Staff Awareness Working Group encourages you to familiarize yourself with Humber’s Sexual Violence Policy and Procedures

It was most recently updated in June 2023. If you have not taken the updated training and do not currently have the “Sexual Assault Sexual Violence Awareness Training for Employees” in your Blackboard. Please email humanrights@humber.ca to request the training be added. 

Instructions for obtaining your certificate are available in the final section of the training once you have completed all other training elements. Please keep a copy of the certificate generated at the end for your records. 

If you, or someone else, has experienced sexual violence or sexual assault on Humber College property:

Immediate Response

  • Go to a safe place, including your work site, the Department of Public Safety or your home  
  • Seek immediate support by telephone:  
    • Department of Public Safety: 416.675.8500, or open the Guardian App and select “Call Humber Security” 
    • Call Police: 911  
  • Seek medical attention if necessary. Go to an emergency room that has a domestic violence and sexual assault care centre (if accessible) or a local hospital
  • Seek help/counselling/resources - view the Employee Sexual Violence Resource Sheet  

Formal Report

If you would like to make a formal report of having experienced sexual violence, call:  

  1. Department of Public Safety: 416.675.8500 (ext. 4000 on-campus phones) or email publicsafety@humber.ca  
  2. Office of Human Rights & Harassment: 416.675.3111 ext. 5864 or email humanrights@humber.ca    

Please contact humanrights@humber.ca if you require any additional information. 

We thank you for your continued commitment to addressing and ending sexual violence.

When:
February 22, 2024

Are you interested in developing a new skill set and enhancing your professional profile? Check out some of our upcoming courses!

Artificial Intelligence for Marketing and Business (March)
Demystify AI and harness its potential for marketing and business success! Learners will gain a big-picture understanding of how AI works, and have the opportunity to practice techniques to boost productivity and automate select marketing and business functions.

Register now

Social Media Marketing (March)
This course offers a comprehensive exploration of social media marketing fundamentals, empowering you with practical skills to manage organizational or personal social media strategies. Learn to construct effective marketing campaigns, drive online engagement, and achieve your goals across various social media platforms.

Social Media Analytics (April)
Harness the power of data-driven decision-making through social media analytics. Gain insights by analyzing social media data, and measuring metrics like engagement, reach, conversions, and return on ad spend to inform your business goals.

Register now

Continuous Professional Learning
Faculty of Media and Creative Arts

When:
February 21, 2024
Contact:
Desta McCalla
Tel:
x5182
Posters/Attachments: Event Poster

Research shows accommodations are often underutilized by learners with disabilities. Curious to learn why? 

A 2018 study involved a systematic review of 36 articles from the US, UK, Canada, Belgium, Norway and Ireland involving youth with disabilities and accessing accommodations. 

Below are some findings: 

  • The most common barriers to disclosing disability and requesting accommodations were stigma, discrimination and a lack of knowledge of supports.
  • “Students with disabilities are often reluctant to disclose their condition for fear of differential and discriminatory treatment from their professors and peers." 
  • Many youth encounter difficulties accessing and obtaining accommodations and supports. For example, people with disabilities often encounter significant social exclusion, negative attitudes, discrimination and stigma, which are substantial barriers for youth entering and completing post-secondary education.
  • The most common barrier, noted in 19 studies, included stigma, discrimination and the related concerns about the negative effects of disclosing a disability.  
  • A second barrier for youth (noted in 14 studies) included lacking knowledge of potential supports and accommodations (e.g. note takers, tutors, extra time, physical access, assistive technology) and how to access them. For example, Holloway (2001) described that students found it stressful and time consuming to arrange their accommodations. Some youth had negative experiences with faculty who often had insufficient knowledge about disabilities. 
  • Others found that the physical, mental and emotional demands of disclosing presented challenges to receiving accommodations.
  • Many studies conveyed that disclosing was a complex and personal issue that depended on many factors such as disability type, extent of self-advocacy skills and availability of support to access them, type of course and instructor, coping styles, and type of disability.  
  • Consistent with previous research, our review found that those with non-visible disabilities often encounter additional challenges with identifying their need for support. 

Understanding the barriers learners may encounter and the reasons they can then be hesitant to connect with Accessible Learning Services can help faculty and staff who are working with learners who disclose they have a disability but have not connected with Accessible Learning Services to request accommodations.  

Source: A Systematic Review of Barriers of Disability Disclosure and Accommodations for Youth in Post-Secondary Education. (2018) International Journal of Disability Development and Education.  

Visit our ALS Information for Faculty website to learn more about accommodating students with disabilities. 

Please email us at accessible-learning@humber.ca with suggestions for key accessibility-related topics that you would like us to address through the Communiqué. 

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