This year, for National Day for Truth & Reconciliation, and in partnership with Humber's Indigenous Education & Engagement, Humber Libraries is launching Audiobooks for National Day for Truth & Reconciliation, the start of a new collection of audiobooks by Indigenous authors, and on Indigenous issues. We hope this collection encourages everyone in the Humber community to continue to learn more about Indigenous ways of knowing, being and doing.

• Learn about the history of the residential school system with A Knock on the Door: The Essential History of Residential Schools, published in collaboration with the National Research Centre for Truth & Reconciliation. 
• Listen to Indigenous classics such as Tomson Highway's Kiss of the Fur Queen, a hauntingly beautiful tale of two Cree brothers in the residential school system in Manitoba, or Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer, a botanist from the Potawatomi Nation, who merges Indigenous wisdom with science to explore the teachings of plants.
• Enjoy Brian Thomas Issac's All The Quiet Places, a coming of age story of a Sylix boy in the 1950s, which won the Indigenous Voices Award in 2021. Or listen to Michelle Good's Five Little Indians, a story following teenagers finding their way in the world after residential school, which won CBC Reads in 2022.
• Hear Alicia Elliot read from her book of essays A Mind Spread Out on the Ground, which explores trauma, legacy, racism and oppression from a Haudenosaunee lens, or listen to Drew Hayden Taylor read Richard Wagamese's manuscript One Drum: Stories and Ceremonies for a Planet, published shortly after his death. 
• Listen to the letters written between Leanne Betasmosake-Simpson, Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg artist and writer, and Robyn Maynard, author of Policing Black Lives, as they articulate Black and Indigenous perspectives on climate change, slavery, colonization and more, in this new release, Rehearsals for Living. 

Access these audiobooks and more in this collection by visiting Humber Libraries' OverDrive, or Download the Libby App to listen on your mobile device or tablet.

The National Day for Truth & Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day takes place on September 30, to honour the Indigenous children who were sent away to Residential Schools, and to raise awareness of the tragic legacy which continues to impact Indigenous communities in Canada. This is a day to reflect on what true reconciliation means for Indigenous peoples in Canada, to learn about the history of Residential Schools, the experiences and lessons learned from the voices of Residential School survivors, and to continue to work to ensure that the 94 Calls to Action are being met. 

Visit Humber's Indigenous Education & Engagement for further resources on Truth & Reconciliation: 

• Orange Shirt Day
• National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
• Audio & Visual Resources on Truth & Reconciliation

Access more of Humber Libraries Indigenous resources by exploring the Indigenous Research Guide.

For further book recommendations, please connect with us: library.humber.ca/contact

• Post reminders on Blackboard (Humber) or CourseLink (University of Guelph-Humber) of upcoming test/exam dates. 

• Remind students to notify you in advance if they require test/exam accommodations.  

• Consider creating two (2) versions of each test/exam to cover situations where students may need to write on a different day than the rest of the class for disability-related reasons or other extenuating circumstances. 

• If the test/exam is online, consider opening it for a window of time (e.g. 24 hours) to allow students some additional flexibility.    

Visit our ALS Information for Faculty website to learn more about accommodating students with disabilities. 

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.

Sexual Harassment: A form of sexual violence prohibited by the Ontario Human Rights Code (Code) and the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA). Sexual harassment is defined as:

• Engaging in a course of vexatious comment or conduct based on an individual's sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression that is known or ought to be known as unwelcome; and
• Making a sexual solicitation or advance where the person making the solicitation or advance is in a position to confer, grant or deny a benefit or advancement to the worker, and the person knows or ought reasonably to know that the solicitation or advance is unwelcome.

Gender-based harassment is a subset of sexual harassment prohibited by the Code and OHSA. It refers to behaviours that regulate and reinforce traditional heterosexual gender norms or are otherwise directed at a person because of their gender.

Examples of behaviours of sexual harassment include but are not limited to:

• any deliberate and unsolicited sexual comment, suggestion or physical contact that creates an uncomfortable learning, working and living environment for the recipient and is made by a person who knows or ought reasonably to know that such action is unwelcome;
• unwelcome remarks, jokes, sexual innuendoes or taunting about a person's body, attire, sex, personal or social life;
• practical jokes of a sexual nature which cause awkwardness or embarrassment;
• displaying and/or distributing pornographic pictures or other offensive material of a sexual nature, either in print or electronic form;
• leering (suggestive staring) or other gestures;
• unnecessary physical contact such as touching, patting or pinching;
• expressions of gender bias which may include remarks that are discriminatory, degrading or derogatory and create a poisoned work environment;
• requests for sexual favours; and/or
• repeatedly using the wrong gender pronoun;
• repeatedly referring to a trans person by their legal name rather than their chosen name;
• sex-specific derogatory names;
• bragging about sexual prowess;
• sexual assault.

Additionally, the Code and the OHSA provide protections from reprisal or threats of reprisal for the rejection of a sexual solicitation or advance.

For additional information, please review Humber’s Human Rights Policy.

Please note: The behaviours and actions described above are not an exhaustive list of examples of sexual harassment.

If you would like to make a formal report of having experienced sexual assault and sexual violence, please contact:

• Department of Public Safety at 416.675.6622 x8500
• The Centre for Human Rights, Equity and Inclusion

Humber ITS (Information Technology Services) will be decommissioning myfiles.humber.ca on November 1st, 2022. Clients can continue to access the I-Drive by connecting remotely to Humber’s network (VPN – Virtual Private Network), through the Remote Access Portal.

Step 1: Connecting to VPN and Remote Access:

1. Launch an instance of your browser
2. Navigate to the address: myremoteaccess.humber.ca
3. Log in using your Humber username and password
4. Under Network Connectivity, click on Intranet (VPN)

If you are unfamiliar with or have never installed VPN, you can use the Quick Reference Guide to get set up. 

Step 2: Mapping your I-Drive

Once you have connected to Humber’s network remotely via VPN, you can access your I-Drive by mapping your network drive from either Mac or Windows devices. 

For more information about accessing your I-Drive please refer to the Mapping Your I-Drive Quick Reference Guide.

Need additional help? Contact the I.T. Support Centre 416.675.6622 x8888 or humber.ca/techtalk.