We often hear, “Yes, disability accommodations exist at Humber and UGH, but how will students manage in the real world?” 

The Real-World Spotlight series consists of interviews conducted by Accessible Learning Services (ALS) with Humber and UGH alumni with disabilities who accessed ALS and other campus supports.  

This week we are featuring Everton Jamie Caine, a Bachelor of Child & Youth Care graduate.

The goal of the series is to highlight how learners with disabilities transition into the workforce and their experiences navigating accommodations. In celebration of October being National Disability Employment Awareness Month, we will post a unique Student Spotlight for the next three weeks.  

The interviews focused on: the accommodations they found helpful as a Humber and UGH learner, the supports they receive from their current employers, how they handled disclosure of their disability, and how Humber and UGH can help future learners with disabilities.

The Office of Human Rights & Harassment (OHH) provides programs and services related to discrimination and harassment based on any of the 17 prohibited grounds identified in the Ontario Human Rights Code as well as workplace harassment (personal/psychological harassment and sexual harassment) under the Occupational Health and Safety Act. The OHH believes in a collaborative, inclusive and individualized approach.

What We Do

The OHH ensures that human rights are respected and instilled throughout Humber College and the University of Guelph-Humber.

Increase Awareness

• We provide human rights training and harassment/discrimination prevention education through workshops and educational resources.
• We deliver a speaker series on human rights and equity topics.
• We provide group and one-to-one customized support and resources on human rights and harassment.

Ensure Legislative Compliance

We lead and coordinate compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, the Anti-Racism Act, Employment Equity Act, Occupational Health and Safety Act, the Ontario Human Rights Code and the O. Reg. 131/16: Sexual Violence At Colleges And Universities through policy development and targeted educational awareness and communication strategies.

• We support the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action.
• We promote college and community-wide initiatives to increase representation among faculty and staff in the four employment equity designated groups (Indigenous people, women, racialized people and persons with disabilities) and persons with diverse gender and sexual identities. If you haven’t completed the Employment Equity Questionnaire, please consider doing so today.

Ensure Timely Complaints Resolution

• We investigate formal complaints pursuant to Humber’s human rights-related policies.
• We provide informal intervention into human rights and harassment-related concerns through consultation, mediation, conciliation and referrals to internal and external resources.

The Office of Human Rights & Harassment can be reached at: humanrights@humber.ca

The Centre for Innovation in Health & Wellness (CIHW), in collaboration with Experience Ventures for the Longo Centre for Entrepreneurship (Longo CfE) and in partnership with LAMP Community Health Centre, is excited to announce our second annual Health Innovation Challenge. 

Do you have students who are interested in prediabetes/diabetes prevention in youth? Then we have the perfect challenge. Please share the attached poster with students who will work as part of a team and have a chance to win one of three prizes. As a bonus, all students who participate for the entire duration of the challenge will receive $525.

Space is limited.

Register now

Deadline to apply: Thursday, October 12 at 11:59 p.m. 

CIHW and Longo CfE
cihw@humber.ca

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