Nuit Blanche, Toronto’s all-night contemporary art event, will take place on September 23, 2023, in neighbourhoods across the city, including major exhibition areas in Etobicoke, downtown and Scarborough. This year, the City of Toronto seeks to uncover and highlight artists whose ground-breaking practices challenge the status quo through media, form or content that transforms public spaces and inspires the public to see and experience Toronto in new and meaningful ways.    

Humber Galleries is excited to announce that, Lakeshore Campus will return as a major exhibition hub for Nuit Blanche Toronto 2023 and is now accepting Independent Project applications. These are self-produced projects that can be installed in traditional and non-traditional spaces, such as parks, window vitrines, courtyards, storefronts, office towers, parking lots, and laneways. Applicants from any artistic discipline are eligible, but proposals ought to have a strong visual component and be rooted in contemporary art practices. Proposals should also address and integrate Nuit Blanche Toronto’s 2023 curatorial theme Breaking Ground in their project and must be located on Lakeshore Campus.  

The 2023 curatorial theme Breaking Ground speaks to ideas centred around the natural world as well as being on the vanguard of change and innovation. Defined as the preparation for building or planting, Breaking Ground invites artists to explore a multiplicity of themes, including but not limited to the implications of climate change, construction and development of the city’s urban landscape, the impacts on communities and our collective responsibilities around land and stewardship.  

The Independent Project program is open to all Humber College students, faculty, alumni, and staff, as well as Toronto-based professional artists, collectives, and arts organizations. All applications will be reviewed by a selection committee comprised of the Nuit Blanche Etobicoke Curator, City of Toronto staff, and Humber College staff.   

Applications must be submitted by Monday, March 27, 2023, at 11:59 p.m. EST via email to melissa.poliah@humber.ca.

Review the Application Guidelines 

Download the Application Form

As part of Career Month March 2023, Humber College's Advising & Career Services team is offering free MBTI and Strengths Workshops throughout March to students. In addition to receiving their Top 5 Strengths and/or MBTI preferences and type indicators, student attendees will receive a $15 gift card after completing the workshop. Space is limited, please encourage students to register for a workshop online using our events calendar: 

Clifton Strengths Workshop

By taking this workshop, students will learn about their Top 5 Clifton Strengths, and how they can align these strengths to their career-related pursuits.

Registration: Clifton Strengths Workshop

List of Workshops

MBTI Workshop

Self-awareness is the first step to personal and professional growth. The MBTI instrument and this workshop will help students understand their strengths and preferred working style.

Registration: MBTI Workshops

List of Workshops

For more information, please contact Rayal David (he/him), Academic & Career Services Centre Assistant at rayal.david@humber.ca.

Dear Colleagues,

After 35 years of outstanding service and dedication to the engineering industry and post-secondary education, Dr. Jonathan Kim, associate dean of Information & Communications Technology (ICT), within the Faculty of Applied Sciences & Technology, has decided to retire as of August 1, 2023.

I have had the pleasure of working with Jonathan for more than 12 years and I hold a deep respect for his commitment to honesty, integrity and dedication to post-secondary teaching and learning.

Jonathan graduated from the University of Toronto where he received his B.A.Sc. in Engineering Science, M.A.Sc. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering. A licensed professional engineer (P.Eng.), Jonathan has held numerous post-secondary roles as a teacher and researcher. He started his academic career at the University of Victoria where he became an Associate Professor with tenure and established an award-winning reputation for both teaching and research excellence. Later, he became a full-time research professor for the Centre for Applied Power Electronics (CAPE) at the University of Toronto, fully devoted to industry-sponsored research and development programs. He also held an adjunct professorship at Yanbian University of Science and Technology, Yanji City, Jilin, China.

Since 2011, Jonathan has worked in the Ontario college system and held leadership roles in applied research, capstone projects, curriculum development, industry engagement. During his tenure at Humber College as Associate Dean, Jonathan has made significant contributions to the Humber FAST community including:

• New program development: Successfully developed and launched new programs including Cloud Computing Graduate Certificate, Bachelor of Engineering - Information Systems Engineering honours degree, and Artificial Intelligence with Machine Learning Graduate Certificate.
• Establishment of applied research culture: Challenged, motivated, and supported ICT faculties to engage in applied research projects in collaboration with industry partners and with external funding.  
• Work-Integrated Learning and Co-op: Developed and incorporated Co-op in all ICT diplomas, advanced-diploma, and degree program, and all ICT graduate certificates have industry-sponsored capstone projects to implement Work-Integrated Learning.
• New full-time faculty hires: Over the last four years under his leadership, ICT cluster hired 12 new FT faculty positions to support and build a strong ICT team.
• Increased enrollment: With new programs launching, program expansion to Humber International Graduate School (IGS), as well as Co-op and Work-Integrated Learning components, ICT programs are responding to industry needs and are projected to healthy enrollment growth.

Jonathan has been a distinguished colleague, teacher and wise mentor to many junior faculties, and a good friend to many of us.  He will be deeply missed.

On behalf of the Faculty of Applied Sciences and Technology and the Humber community, thank you Jonathan for your service, dedication and contributions to Humber College and the engineering community. While we are saddened by this news, the Humber community will continue to benefit from your contributions long after your retirement. You will forever be a member of the Humber FAST family.

With gratitude,

Farzad Rayegani, Ph.D., P.Eng, FEC.
Senior Dean, Faculty of Applied Sciences & Technology

Do you have children?

Participate in an interview and answer questions pertaining to your child’s social behaviour habits before, during, and after COVID-19 related lockdowns. 

Social behaviour will be examined in terms of children’s willingness to socialize with others outside their household, assessing whether children are comfortable and inclined to meet and interact with friends and family as well as going to public places. Parents and/or guardians within Humber College as well as Guelph-Humber University will be invited to participate in an interview and answer questions pertaining to their children’s social behaviour habits before, during, and after COVID-19 related lockdowns. 

Opportunity to be entered for a prize draw for a chance to win a $25 gift card.

Contact the student researcher at aahmed36@guelphhumber.ca.