We wish to recognize and congratulate Accessibility Consultant, Maureen Carnegie, on a successful, 23-year career in Student Success and Engagement as she bids farewell to Humber on June 30.  

Maureen began her career at Humber in 1999 as a Counsellor and Disability Consultant with a few iterations of job title in between. Since then she has contributed to the success of countless students, built solid, collaborative relationships with teaching faculty and mentored many new staff navigating their role in Accessible Learning Services (ALS). From 2005-2014, Maureen led the team as Coordinator for Disability Services at Humber and to this day, ALS can always count on her ‘can do’ spirit when starting any projects – from writing inaugural funding proposals to applications for funding our annual transition-to-postsecondary programs, planning our move from B building to the LRC or supporting professional development opportunities for her peers.

Maureen’s commitment to equity and inclusion has been evident in not only her faculty role, but also on the committees and organizations she has contributed to. Maureen served as co-chair of the Gender and Sexual Diversity Committee (2011 to 2016) where her proposal resulted in space allocation and funding for the LGBTQ+ Resource Centre. The centre was first of its kind in Ontario colleges. Maureen delivered on-site Mental Health First Aid training to numerous Ontario college administrators, staff and faculty on behalf of Humber as a component of a specialized, provincial grant initiative, which has continued as integral programming. Her expertise in the disability service field was called upon to design and co-facilitate training for both the Trebas Institute and the Toronto School of Art on how to establish and maintain student disability services in the context of the Ontario Human Rights Code and lending her knowledge in participation with our initiatives involving universal design for learning.

Maureen has been generous and thoughtful with her time as well as with her expertise to which ALS and the broader community has benefited greatly.  

Please take a moment to wish her well on this momentous occasion.

Accessible Learning Services Team

Advising & Career Services’ online Alumni interviews and coffee chats continue with brand new guests. Please feel free to share widely with your student and alumni networks as our content contains helpful insights from a wide variety of Humber staff and alumni to support students with navigating their career journeys.

Please visit our website for full details, and to access all of our past interviews and content.

For any questions or concerns, please email careers@humber.ca.

A reminder that President Whitaker is retiring at the end of next month and we are celebrating his time and impact at Humber at the upcoming President’s BBQ tomorrow at 12 p.m. at the Residence courtyard at the North Campus.  

We hope that you will be able to join us in person as we reflect on memorable moments, share best wishes for the future and gather for lunch together. There will be brief speaking remarks and a video presentation beginning at 1:00 p.m.

We also hope that you and your teams will help create lasting memories for President Whitaker by contributing to his Kudoboard. You can add a message along with a video, photo or GIF that will help commemorate his time at Humber. Please add your message by June 27 as we will share all appropriate submissions with Chris on June 30.   

Despite the positive shift in social awareness, media representation, and inclusive policies and practices, there is still much about 2SLGBTQ+ topics that is not taught, resulting in the existence of homophobia/transphobia and hate crimes.

Questions such as how to support family, friends, students, and colleagues who are struggling with coming out or want to transition are commonly asked. Through an interdisciplinary focus, this Humber Continuing Professional Learning Certificate of Accomplishment will begin to answer this question and more by allowing learners to better explore and challenge the histories of sexuality and gender normativity across multiple political, legal, workplace, artistic, literary, and cultural contexts. Learners will participate in an interactive, engaging, and inclusive and safe community-building space. 

What you will learn:  

• Social and political histories of sexuality and gender representation from around the world
• Understanding of the evolving 2SLGBTQ+ acronyms and the vast gender identities, sexualities and populations encompassed within
• Review key legislation in Ontario that protects 2SLGBTQ+ communities in the workplace
• Media representation of 2SLGBTQ+ people and significance and impact on the community

Program Structure:  

• Six 15-hour (5 weeks) courses in the certificate
• Delivered online with both synchronous and asynchronous delivery
• The synchronous classes will typically run from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. EST in the second and fourth week of each course
• To complete the certificate, you will need to take all four compulsory courses and one elective course

Courses offered:  

Compulsory 

• EDIQ 100: Foundations in 2SLGBTQ+ Studies 
• EDIQ 101: Working with 2SLGBTQ+ Communities 
• EDIQ 102: 2SLGBTQ+ Representation in Popular Literature and Media 
• EDIQ 103: Sexualities and Identities in the 2SLGBTQ+ Spectrum 

Electives  

• EDIQ 104: The Politics of 2SLGBTQ+ Human Rights and Global Issues 
• EDIQ 105: Supporting 2SLGBTQ+ Employees in the Workplace  

For more information contact:  

Humber Continuous Professional Learning, Liberal Arts & Sciences 
416.675.6622 x4554 
cplliberalarts@humber.ca