Flu season is upon us! Although we are no longer in a pandemic, Public Health continues to report a high positivity rate for COVID-19, and an uptick in flu, colds and other respiratory illnesses in the province. Please stay vigilant and continue to take basic safety measures for preventing COVID and other respiratory illnesses:

• If you have symptoms, use the provincial self-assessment tool for guidance on next steps.
• Stay home if you are sick.
• Consider the use of a medical or a multi-layer mask in indoor public spaces, particularly in more crowded settings.  Humber is a mask-friendly environment; we ask that you respect the choice of others to wear or to not wear a mask.  Note that for those who test positive for COVID-19 or have COVID or other respiratory symptoms, public health guidelines indicate that masks should be used for 10 days from the start of symptoms.
• Use good infection control practices including:
  • Wash your hands regularly or use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer.
  • Cough or sneeze into a tissue or your elbow.
  • Avoid touching your face with unwashed hands.  
• Stay current with COVID-19 and influenza vaccines to best protect yourself against serious respiratory illnesses.

The college will continue to ensure that its building ventilation systems are maintained to meet current ventilation standards. As well, daily cleaning and disinfection will continue for all spaces.

Further details can be obtained at COVID-19 Measures - Humber College.

Stressed with final exams? Take a study break and get your hearing checked at Humber's Student-Led Hearing Clinic. 

We are open from December 11 to 16 for our final week before closing until Fall 2024.

Appointment times are as follows:

• Monday: 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
• Tuesday: 9:15 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
• Friday: 9:15 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
• Saturday: 9:15 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.

Come get a comprehensive hearing evaluation performed by Humber's hearing instrument specialist students and walk out with a $5 gift card for Humber's Gourmet Express campus dining.

Spots are filling up fast during this limited final exam week offer.

To book an appointment, call 416.675.6622 x5055, or email fhswwellnesshub@humber.ca or visit A107 at North Campus.

Purchasing is managing the reallocation and disposal of a used milling machine with digital readout.

Details about the machine: 

• R8 Taper, variable speed head, working when removed
• Vice not included
• Not under power for inspection
• Make – Forward
• Voltage 3 phase 600 volt
• Year unknown

If your faculty or department is interested in acquiring the asset, please contact purchasing at purchasing@humber.ca by Friday, December 1, 2023 at 12 p.m. 

For faculty or department use only. More photos available upon request. 

Annually, during the holiday season, the Faculty of Health Sciences & Wellness donates to Ernestine's Women's Shelter; a non-profit organization that provides advocacy, crisis intervention and shelter to women and gender diverse individuals and their children experiencing violence. 

Our Canada Helps page is now live with the goal of raising $2,000, and we invite the entire Humber College community to donate FHSW Annual Fundraiser for Ernestine’s 2023.

The holiday season can bring with it added stress and anxiety for survivors of gender-based violence, and your donations will help ensure that Ernestine's can continue to provide support to those in the shelter and out in the community. 

If you have the means, please take a moment to contribute what you can (tax receipts are provided) between now and Friday, December 22. Every donation, no matter how small, truly helps, whether you can contribute $10, $25, or more.

Thank you in advance.

Your friends in the Faculty of Health Sciences & Wellness

About Ernestine’s Women’s Shelter

Ernestine’s Women’s Shelter was opened in 1983 by a group of community members who saw a need for a safe place for women and children fleeing violence and abuse.

Ernestine’s is a non-profit organization that provides advocacy, crisis intervention and shelter to Women, Two-Spirit, Trans, Non-binary and Gender Diverse individuals and their children experiencing violence. Our services are evidence-informed and driven by values of inclusion, anti-racism, anti-oppression and respect. We seek to interrupt violence through education and advocacy for social justice.

Ernestine’s is a 32-bed emergency shelter with 14 private bedrooms.

We provide a home for individuals and their children – who stay with us from six months to over one year – until we find appropriate housing for them. During their stay, we provide them with all the necessities they might need (new bedding, clothes, school supplies, toiletries, baby supplies, prescriptions not covered by OHIP, loaded Presto cards, and anything else they might need).

In addition to shelter clients, we support over 600 adults and children from across the GTA through our Outreach Program. The shelter’s Outreach clients have access to counselling services and programs as well as the shelter’s on-site donation rooms and food bank.

We provide a range of holistic services to our shelter and Outreach clients. Our services and programs include 24-hour crisis assistance, individual and group-based counselling support, skills exchange programs, as well as legal, housing, and immigration support and advocacy.

Since we opened our doors in 1983, we have supported over 15,000 individuals and children.

Thanks to our supporters, last year we were able to:

• Respond to 1,258 crisis calls
• Provide shelter and support to 50 adults and 35 children, who called Ernestine’s their home
• Offer lifelines to 286 adults and 418 children in the community through our Outreach Programs
• Provide 397 check-ins and supportive engagement to children and youth, who form the majority of our clients
• 214 adults and 401 children were serviced as a result of the 637 times Ernestine’s food support services were accessed. Ernestine’s has continued to see an increased need for our services since the beginning of the pandemic.