The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is Canada's federal funding agency for health research. Composed of 13 Institutes, they collaborate with partners and researchers to support the discoveries and innovations that improve our health and strengthen our healthcare system.

The CIHR offers health researchers new Science Communications (SciComm) training opportunities.

Here are a few workshops that are still available:

February 22, 2023 – The ABCs of Health Misinformation
February 26, 2023 – Personal Branding (French)
March 03, 2023 – The ABCs of Health Misinformation
March 02, 2023 – Engaging youth in STEM
March 09, 2023 – The ABCs of Health Misinformation (French)
March 16, 2023 – Engaging youth in STEM (French)
March 28, 2023 – Combatting Misinformation on Social Media

These workshops are coming up quickly, so register to reserve your spot today!

Please note this month’s new and improved features in Blackboard Ultra. For more details, please follow the links below:

Gradebook List View

Gradable items can now be sorted by grading status from the list view of the Gradebook. The grade post status also now has a dedicated column. Students can sort their Gradebook to locate items by due date and status to view items more efficiently.

Student Progress Tracking: Visibility Filters

Instructors can now change the Student Progress view using the content availability filter to see how a student is progressing (i.e. completed and outstanding tasks) against items on the Course Content page. Viewing with the “visible to students” filter will display items that are only visible to the student, and selecting the “All” filter will display the entire Course Content page.

Exemptions

Instructors can now exempt students from assessments by clicking on the ellipsis menu of a student from the submission list view, or the ellipsis menu of the item from the student detail view. When the item is exempted, a student’s overall grade calculation will be adjusted.

Extra Credit Questions in Assessments 

Instructors can now assign extra credit question(s) in an assessment by clicking the extra credit checkbox when creating the question(s). For extra credit questions, correct answers will be added to the total points earned and incorrect answers will not be penalized. Students can filter the assessment to identify extra credit questions and see the total amount of extra credit available.

Show Course Group Members 

From the Course Groups page, instructors and students can now click on ‘Show Members’ to view group members. Students can only see the groups and members where they have memberships.

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The Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences is introducing the Vietnam Study Abroad: Hanoi & Danang course to students across Humber. The course delivery in collaboration with international partner universities offers a fantastic opportunity for Humber students to develop their global experience and intercultural competencies while earning Humber credits for a general education (MILE 220) or Degree breadth electives course (MILE 2200). Students will work closely with two Humber faculty who lead the trip and staff, faculty and students at National Economics University and University of Danang, Vietnam. The course provides students with experiential learning, site visits, field trips, community services and opportunities to mix and mingle with local faculty and students during approximately three weeks in the cities in Vietnam (Hanoi, the capital in the North, and Danang, the driving force of development in the Central - Highland Region). 

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:

• Develop an in-depth understanding and appreciation of Vietnam, its history, culture, ethnic diversity, religion, business environment and people
• Broaden inter-cultural awareness
• Enhance cross-cultural communication skills
• Increase self-confidence and transferrable skills through a complete immersion in an international environment.

Watch this video of one of our students and teachers sharing their own experience and what students could expect to gain from the trip and find out more about this opportunity in our attached flyer.

The Program fee is $6,200 plus Humber's regular course tuition. It covers multi-city airfares (Toronto – Hanoi – Danang – Toronto), travel health insurance, accommodations at hotels, breakfast every day, lunch on weekdays, site visits, field trips and local transportation for all scheduled activities. Students will be eligible for a bursary of up to $4,000, depending on their financial needs. 

We would highly appreciate it if Humber faculty, Program Coordinators and staff could help to share this course with students as an incredible option for them to get a Humber credit for a general education or degree-breadth electives course.

Please connect with Kimmy Do, manager, Global Initiatives and Partnership Development at kimmy.do@humber.ca if you have any questions.

The Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences is excited to host this year’s League for Innovation in the Community College International Student Literary Competition on behalf of Humber. This year’s theme "Believe, Belong & Be Here" invites our students to find, explore, and create spaces of belonging through original works of writing in one of four categories: fictional short story, poetry, personal essay, and one-act play.

We would like to ask that you promote this competition with your students, and we have attached a flyer with QR codes to more information about the competition and to the entry form. Humber has many talented student writers across all our credential levels, and this is a wonderful opportunity for them to have an audience for their writing and a chance to be published in the League’s Student Literary Awards anthology should they make it to the international level.

One winner in each of the four categories will be selected to represent Humber at the international competition. Each of the four Humber winners will receive a $100 Amazon gift card and will have the opportunity to win a cash prize at the international competition level.

Entries must be original works written during enrollment in for-credit courses at Humber. While the students need to be enrolled in for-credit courses, the work they submit does not have to be a piece they submitted for a course, though it can be. The submission deadline for the Humber-level competition is April 10, 2023, at 11:59 p.m. To access the entry form, students must log-in using their Humber credentials.

Vsit the competition webpage for more information. If you or your students have any questions, please have them reach out to Nora Esperanza at nora.esperanza@humber.ca.

We look forward to reading our students’ incredible work and providing them with an opportunity to showcase their talents on an international writing stage.