A memory aid may be recommended as an accommodation for tests/exams when a learner has provided information confirming that their disability impacts information retrieval. It is a tool developed by the learner to trigger recall of information. Memory aids are to be reviewed and approved by faculty prior to use on a test or exam. 

The memory aid gives these learners an equitable opportunity to demonstrate knowledge of course material by helping prompt their memory, not by providing the answer.  

This accommodation is not intended to reduce academic requirements or alter the standards by which academic performance is assessed. A properly created memory aid will not be useful to the learner unless they know and understand how to use the information it refers to. If the learner doesn’t understand the course material, a memory aid will not help. 

Disabilities that may affect memory include (but are not limited to):  

• Acquired Brain Injury  
• Mental Health Conditions 
• Specific learning disability  
• ADD/ADHD  

Additional information about the memory aid process can be found on our website. 

Visit our ALS Information for Faculty website to learn more about accommodations. 

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.

Start your engines - The AWS DeepRacer competition is returning to Humber College! 

This is the world’s fully autonomous racing league with a 1/18th scale race car driven by machine learning (ML) algorithm. The inaugural 2023 AWS DeepRacer competition was a resounding success where student developers of all skill levels got hands on with machine learning through a cloud-based 3D racing simulator.

Humber College’s partnership with AWS (Amazon Web Services) provides an opportunity to integrate curriculum in a fun, learning environment for our Humber students where they can apply their critical thinking & advanced machine learning skills.

Students will meet weekly in the DeepRacer club to explore the challenges and solutions to find the best reinforcement learning algorithm to be implemented.

This event is open to students from all faculties and programs across Humber are welcome.  Interested students/teams are invited to send an email to Professor Mihai Albu at mihai.albu@humber.ca, expressing their interest in participating in this competition. Visit this AWS presentation for more information.  

Watch last year’s competition in action

The Centre for Creative Business Innovation and Humber Galleries are currently recruiting student applications for summer 2024 fellowships.

These paid, inter-disciplinary creative projects provide Humber students with the opportunity to apply their acquired knowledge and develop problem solving and critical thinking skills while working professionally alongside industry partners such as Small World Music, The Aga Khan Museum, The City of Toronto, and The Asclepius Snakebite Foundation.

Fellows will collaborate with peers from other disciplines under the guidance of a creative producer and project manager to execute innovative professional and public facing outcomes.

All Humber and Guelph-Humber students are eligible to apply including international students and students graduating in 2024.

Check out the outcomes from prior year's fellowships on the CCBI Website: https://humber.ca/ccbi/fellowships.html

Students can view the job postings on Career Connect under the following job ID numbers: 

• Culture’s Compass Fellow – ID 36789
• Graphic Medicine Fellow – ID 36788
• Intercultural and Creative Music Fellow – ID 36787
• Nuit Blanche Fellow – ID 36765
• Tiny TO Fellow – ID 36762

Applications must be submitted through the following Microsoft Form.

Kindly share these valuable opportunities with your students. Applications close on Sunday, March 3 at 11:59 p.m.

Any questions, please email kyla.ross@humber.ca.

Instructors are invited to share this contest with students.

Well-being Activity Sheet Contest (enter to win up to $250)

Students are invited to participate in the From Surviving to Thriving: Building your Resilience Contest to reflect on their resilience strategies and meet with a Peer Wellness Coach.

Option 1 - Self-guided practice: 

Download a Well-being Activity Sheet to reflect on your stressors and coping strategies and discover what resilience strategies you currently practice. 

Topics: 

• Identifying stressors
• Exploring your responses to stress  
• Choosing healthier strategies

Option 2 - Attend a 1:1 Session

Complete at least one Well-being Activity Sheet and connect with a Peer Wellness Coach for further reflection and support before March 12.

Contest Rules:

• Complete one activity sheet and upload to be entered for $100 prize draw
• Complete one activity sheet and have a 1:1 session to be entered for $250 prize draw
• Contest runs from February 12 to March 12
• Winners announced on March 15 via @lifeathumber Instagram page

Download the activity sheets.

To enter the contest, upload your completed activity sheet(s).

Sign up for a Peer Wellness Coaching session.