Simple, ingenious employee solutions make a big impact!
Humber’s Office of Research & Innovation (ORI) ran an inclusive innovation program for front-line employees over the summer and fall of 2022. ORI is pleased to announce that, following evaluation by an independent judging panel and review from Ginger Grant, PhD., Dean of Research and Innovation, the top-ranked finalists and special award recipients of the 2022 Butterfly Effect (BE) Challenge have been selected.
Note that, collectively these (often simple) solutions have resulted in annual savings of more than $150,000 of costs, almost 2.5 years of employee time, and the equivalent of two 45-foot mature pine trees worth of paper. The members of these ingenious teams will also be sharing their solutions with other employees to multiply their impact.
Top-ranked finalists:
Special Innovation Awards:
ORI Dean’s Special Award: Student Impact
External Panel & ORI Team Special Award: Hearts & Minds
Sustainability Spotlight Award
Simply Smart Spirit Award
Microsoft Automation Award
Innovation Sandbox Award
The BE Challenge team will be presenting the awards to the top-ranked finalists and special innovation award recipients in February.
About the Butterfly Effect Challenge:
The BE Challenge seeks to discover and celebrate Humber College’s front-line innovators. The Challenge looks for simple, low-cost or no-cost integration and/or automation solutions that have already been implemented by Humber’s support staff and non-managerial administrative staff. The solutions can improve both on-campus and remote work arrangements.
Humber’s front-line colleagues are continuously improving the Humber experience, but their ideas and solutions often remain hidden in plain sight. This initiative is part of a broader Inclusive Research & Innovation training program the Humber Office of Research & Innovation (ORI) has been piloting. ORI staff have been trained in the principles and processes of Inclusive Innovation, and they launched and managed The 2022 Butterfly Effect Challenge over the summer and fall.
Please reach out to the Humber Office of Research & Innovation team at be@humber.ca if you’re interested in learning more about the BE Challenge.
To provide a more efficient process for both the College and its clients, Financial Services has implemented a new electronic way to submit PCard (Purchase Card) requests and changes.
Effective immediately, all PCard requests and changes will be submitted using the PCard Request Change E-Form.
The link to the E-Form can also be found on the landing page at www.humber.ca/finance.
If you have any questions or concerns, please email mastercard@humber.ca or reach out to Kristen Catell (PCard Administrator/Administrative Manager).
Thank you.
Your on-campus student-run restaurant lab, The Humber Room, opens this week for lunch service.
Join us this week for our à la carte service and a different menu each day!
The Humber Room is a live learning lab for our students, and a culinary and service experience for guests. Our menu selection and service style change every week based on our curriculum. Enjoy your culinary experience led by our Culinary Management and Baking and Pastry Arts students, and service provided by Event and Hospitality Management students.
Hours of Operation
Tuesday - Friday
Doors open at 12:00 p.m.
Seating guests between 12 p.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Sevice ends by 1:30 p.m.
For group reservations of 10 guests or more, please email jessica.estrela@humber.ca.
IGNITE partners with Humber Advancement and Alumni to provide students with Learning Essentials Support, a financial support service designed to help cover the cost of program learning essential items, from $50 up to a maximum of $500 per academic year.
Examples of learning essential items that we support include, but are not limited to:
Applications open today!
Humber Galleries, in partnership with Humber’s Black Heritage 365 Committee, presents an artwork installation by Yung Yemi as part of Humber’s Black Heritage Month Celebration beginning on February 1.
Humber Galleries worked with the City of Toronto to bring Yung Yemi’s artwork to Humber Lakeshore for Nuit Blanche last October and is excited to bring another series of work by the artist to North Campus. The installation in the Learning Resource Commons will feature four large scale digital mixed media works which will be on display throughout the months of February and March.
About Yung Yemi
Adeyemi Adegbesan is a Toronto-based multi-disciplinary artist whose practice aims to examine the intersectionality of Black identity. Reflecting on Black cultural ideologies from pre-colonial, colonial, present day and future timelines; across regions, religions, varying levels of income and political lines, Adegbesan examines the dichotomy of the richness of Black experiences with the imposed societal homogeneity of ‘Blackness’. Through his work Adegbesan pulls from these varying elements to create Afro-futuristic portraits that embody themes of history, fantasy, speculative futures, and spirituality.
Adeyemi is a self-taught artist whose practice incorporates photography, mixed media collage, murals and assemblage. He works out of his studio in Toronto’s Kensington Market neighborhood and has shown work in Canada and the United States. He has also worked with brands such as HBO, Instagram, and the Toronto Raptors on commercial collaborations.
Date & location:
When: February 1 – March 31, 2023
Where: Learning Resource Commons, North Campus
Cost: Free
Contact:
Melissa Poliah
melissa.poliah@humber.ca
The Staff Lounge is open Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Lunch is available from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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Monday, January 30 |
Texas BBQ chicken |
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Tuesday, January 31 |
Chicken parmigiana |
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Wednesday, February 1 |
Kung pao chicken |
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Thursday, February 2 |
Butter chicken |
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Friday, February 3 |
Fish and chips (sole) |
On Monday, January 30, Humber will launch the Ontario Colleges Student Experience Survey (OCSES) to all students in full-time, funded programming enrolled in semesters 2 to 8. This survey will assess students’ experiences related to teaching and learning quality, program related knowledge and skills, work integrated learning (if applicable), and student services and resources. The results of the survey will allow the college to identify strengths and areas of improvement.
Students will receive a personal survey link through their Blackboard ‘Activity Stream’. From January 30 to February 10, survey facilitators will also visit selected classes to ensure survey completion. To encourage participation, participants will have the option to enter a draw for a chance to win one of ten $100 e-gift cards of their choice.
For questions about the survey, please contact Jean O’Donnell at jean.o’donnell@humber.ca.
Student's questions about the survey can be directed to iresearch@humber.ca.
We are pleased to inform that the 2022 T4 Tax Statements (Statement of Renumeration Forms) will be made available to view, download, and print from the Human Resource Management System (HRMS) by February 28, 2023. Further information will be provided in the coming weeks regarding how to view and print your T4 statement within the HRMS.
Mailed T4 Statements
Should you require a printed copy of your T4 statement mailed to your home address, please contact the HR Support Centre. As is customary however, all T4 statements will be uploaded to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)’s website and made available on the employee’s personal CRA Account.
Changes to your Legal Name or Address
Based on Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)’s stipulations, the name recorded on an employee’s personal T4 statement must be their legal name. Employees requiring a change to their legal name or mailing address are required to update their information in HRMS prior to January 31, 2023.
For the steps on how to update your name and/ or address, please visit the HRMS Knowledge Base – Add or Update Contact and Address Information.
Please note:
For guidance related to the communication, please contact the HR Support Center or submit an e-form at www.humber.ca/hrinquiry.
Congratulations to all our employees celebrating Career Milestones in January!
The following employees are celebrating their 1, 5, 10, 15, 20 and 30-year anniversary with Humber. We encourage you to reach out to your colleagues to congratulate them on their Career Milestones.
| 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years | 15 Years | 20 Years | 30 Years |
| Shannon Vieira | Heather Black | Arun Dhanota | Michael Gamble | Valeria Wuschnakowski | Kamini Steinberg |
| Gordon Burkell | Chad Manning | Sarah Butterwick | Cindy Shen | Marie Kyrinis | |
| Linda Osare | Juley Ponrajah | Grant Kerr | Andy Pryde | Susan Clevely | |
| Eric Forest | Margherita Leva |
Jason Kohn | |||
| Orla Keane | Camila Perez Pena |
Natalie St.Pierre | |||
| Joanne Cerdan | Sanjukta Das | ||||
| Omar Wahdan | Lisa Giallonardo | ||||
| Jit Dhaliwal | Brandeen McDonald | ||||
| Melinda Meng | Anne Goodfellow-Jones | ||||
| Donald Lawson | Jason McArthur | ||||
| Sangeetha Jeyakumar | Brad Sloss | ||||
| Christopher Mahon | Deborah Mandell | ||||
| Jennifer Scarmato | Amy Weir | ||||
| Samantha Brown | Michael Boadu | ||||
| Samuel Lightheart | Josephine Mazzuca |
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| Theodore Wright | Marc Tavares | ||||
| John Moscardelli | Nikki Martyn | ||||
| Aaron Rathbone | |||||
| Akil Annamunthodo | |||||
| Vanita Varma | |||||
| Angelene Fenuta | |||||
| Kirsten Caldwell | |||||
| Christina Meredith |
Although we do our best to ensure we don't miss anyone, sometimes it happens. If we have missed anyone on this list, our sincere apologies. Please let us know so we can correct our records and ensure the employee receives recognition.
Questions? Please email us at oe@humber.ca.
Spa Services & Retail Boutique
Tuesday to Thursday
9:15 a.m. to 1 p.m.
2:45 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Friday
10:15 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Retail Boutique
Monday & Friday
9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Humber Spa is located in RM A109 at North Campus
Book your appointment today at 416.675.5033 or email thehumberspa@humber.ca.
Try our new winter promotions available January 17 to February 24, 2023:
Spa treatments are provided in alignment with the Esthetician/Spa Management curriculum, and therefore some treatments may be offered for a limited time at certain points of the year.
