Exciting library news! 

To support students with childcare responsibilities, the North Campus library has introduced a delightful children’s area on the fourth floor of the LRC. Supervised children are welcome to come with their adults and enjoy a light-filled space with bright colours and a decorative tree. Inviting to both adults and kids, the space offers:  

• Study tables with electrical outlets and wireless Internet access 
• Child-sized soft seating, tables, and chairs  
• Proximity to the library’s collection of children’s books 
• Proximity to the restrooms and the service desk 

The library also provides visiting children with knapsacks containing giveaways such as small games, puzzles, picture books, colouring kits, and crayons.  

Child-friendly devices with entertaining and educational preloaded games are also available for loan.  

By offering welcoming services and policies, the library strives to help all students focus on their studies and achieve their academic goals. Please drop by to experience our updated space in person.

Grace: One Story of Thousands follows the life and experiences of Grace, one of the 1,511 people buried in the Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital Cemetery at the corner of Horner and Evans Avenues in south Etobicoke. Through personal letters and surviving hospital records gathered by Grace’s great-niece, you are invited to pause and reflect on a life lived – not defined – by the institutional system in Ontario.

With a shift toward historical accuracy, personhood, and agency, the Interpretive Centre invites you to experience history through a new perspective.

We are grateful to everyone whose ongoing work in research, education, and destigmatization have guided this exhibition. This work would not have been possible without the research, dedication, and care of Marg Tumilty, Ed Janiszewski, and Anne Zbitnew. Additionally, we thank Anne Zbitnew, Lucy Pauker, and Staz Guzar for their collaborative artwork.

Learn more about the exhbition

The Centre for Innovation in Health and Wellness (CIHW) is excited to announce the return of our successful Mindfulness@Humber initiative.

Experience the art of mindfulness — to be present in the moment and to process your thoughts, emotions, sensations, and environment in a non-judgmental way.

Learn a new skill to help manage stress and anxiety in your everyday life with Mindfulness@Humber.

20-minute virtual and 30-minute in-person meditation sessions are available for all Humber students, faculty and staff.

Register now

Mandatory Security Awareness Training 

Cyber-crime continues to pose serious risk to Humber’s ability to provide secure and reliable services to our community. Hackers are evolving and becoming more sophisticated at tricking people into clicking on fraudulent links or opening malicious attachments. This type of attack, commonly known as phishing, not only poses serious risk to Humber’s security (financial, operational, and reputational integrity), it can also impact you personally.  

Because of this, Humber College determined that the ongoing Security Awareness Training program was required to bolster the community’s immunity to these types of attacks with the hope of empowering employees as the last line of defense. The program was established in 2020 and was initially targeted towards full-time employees with the scope expanding to all Humber employees throughout the years. 

As of the fall 2023 semester, Information Technology Services (ITS) will be making important changes to the program. Following a comprehensive evaluation and analysis of the security awareness program, a decision was reached in collaboration with key parties to mandate participation for all employees. ITS aims to provide employees with the knowledge needed to continue to protect the organization and minimize security incidents by creating a strong security culture at Humber College.   

What this change entails: 

• The security awareness training program will be mandatory starting in the Fall 2023 term. It will run during all three terms (Fall, Winter, and Summer) 
• Employees will be enrolled in the security awareness training each term. 
• The training has been timed to be no longer than 20 minutes in length each term. 
• The training will be open for completion within a six-week window during each term and employees will be informed of the dates once enrolled. 
• Employees will receive a gentle reminder to complete their training every 2 weeks per term. 
• Employees should be on the lookout for the enrollment email in their inbox from KnowBe4 (IT Security <do-not-reply@training.knowbe4.com>). 

Target Audience: All employees 

• Full-Time Faculty, Support and Admin Staff​ 
• Part-Time Support and Admin Staff​ 
• Part-Time and Partial Load Faculty 

Next steps

For the upcoming training in the fall semester, employees will receive the enrollment email on September 19th. 

Thank you for your cooperation, 

ITS Security  
Information Technology Services