Announcements

When:
May 12, 2022
Contact:
Elisabeth Springate, Communications & Events Coordinator
Posters/Attachments: Event Poster
Virtual Success: Interdisciplinary Collaboration

The Staff Lounge Podcast new episode: Virtual Success: Interdisciplinary Collaboration

Looking to create a unique, real world experience for students? Could interdisciplinary collaboration be the solution?

In this episode, Professor Shirantha Beddage chats with FMCA Professors Eva Ziemsen, Umer Noor and Matthew Mazza about their award-winning collaboration that brings together Film and Multiplatform Storytelling students with Game Programming students. Professors Ziemsen, Noor and Mazza discuss how the interdisciplinary collaboration evolved into a successful and exciting learning experience for faculty and learners.

This innovative project introduced creative film students to game programmers, and challenged them to collaborate on a virtual production. A true first for all involved. We hear how the project took the professors' teaching practice to another level, and what faculty members learned from each other along the way. This collaboration is a powerful example of what makes Humber an innovative leader in Higher Education.

"One big learning outcome is that they all speak a bit of each other’s lingo now... It’s good to know, because the industry has so many jobs available, and so many people who cannot fill them because they’ve never been exposed to this... These students from different backgrounds need to understand each other’s languages and domains."
— Eva Zeimsen, Faculty, Film and Multi-platform Storytelling, FMCA

"[Programming is] extremely collaborative. Programmers are in code reviews, or design meetings, or they’re chatting with artists or art directors. And these people all think differently It is key to communicate with these people and find common ground."
— Matthew Mazza, PT Faculty, Game Programming, FMCA

"It really touches my heart, Matthew, that your [Game Programming] students really felt they wanted to make a good end product for the Film students. From a curriculum standpoint…these Collaborative courses feel so much more real."
— Umer Noor, Program Coordinator, Game Programming, FMCA

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When:
May 12, 2022

The Campus Culture Working Group aims to work alongside the Humber community to cultivate and sustain a healthy and inclusive culture. One of the ways to enhance feelings of belonging and inclusion is through the expression of gratitude. Employee recognition is one of the foundations of a successful workplace. At Humber College, we know that showing gratitude has the power to increase belonging and acknowledge another person’s value and humanity.

Starting on May 12 to June 1, 2022, let us “Spring” into the warmer weather by intentionally bringing joy into every day by deepening gratitude and appreciation throughout our campuses. There are many ways to express gratitude – a smile, a nod, saying thank you, or assisting a co-worker with a task without them asking.

You are invited to reflect and share your appreciation to someone by submitting to Humber’s Virtual Appreciation Wall.

Responses will be shared on June 3, 2022.

For more information pertaining please contact Campus Culture Chair Kathryn Edgett at kathryn.edgett@humber.ca.

When:
May 12, 2022
Contact:
Franc Jamieson

The Math & Writing Centre is pleased to announce that its in-person and online tutoring services are fully operational, and our tutors are ready and eager to help students in all math and writing topic areas. All Humber and Guelph-Humber students are welcome.

Students can visit us at the North Campus on the 3rd floor of the LRC and at the Lakeshore Campus in the F Building room F201.

Students can book appointments by registering at: https://humber.mywconline.com

Students can also reach us at our Virtual Front Desk or by writing us at mathcentre@humber.ca or writingcentre@humber.ca.

We are open at the following times:

Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturdays 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Our tutors look forward to meeting and working with returning and new students.

When:
May 11, 2022

Advising & Career Services’ online Alumni Interviews and Coffee Chats will be continuing in 2022 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.

Dr. Masood Zangeneh, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences and Innovative Learning, is co-editing a special issue on Forensic Psychology.

The consequences of crime are financially and socially severe, and exist on a global scale. Recent advancements in the field of Forensic Psychology have contributed to more accurate means of assessing individuals within forensic settings, and in doing so have facilitated the formulation of efficient treatment pathways as a means of tempering recidivism rates. Moreover, said developments have helped to secure stronger and more entwined working practices (often via drawing together multiple agencies) – thus reducing the barriers commonly faced by victims when attempting to reach out for support or when reporting crimes. Underpinning this is discourse surrounding mental health comorbidities, and moderating roles of social structure, historical factors, and developmental concerns. This special issue will explore some of the contemporary avenues of research in the field of Forensic Psychology and in doing so will give a voice to service providers, victims, and individuals with criminal convictions. 

We encourage manuscripts from academics, service providers, survivors, practitioners, individuals with convictions, and policy makers across disciplines. Manuscript types can include (but are not limited to): 

  • Essays or articles 
  • Reports based on empirical studies 
  • Book reviews or reviews of other types of relevant works 
  • Reflection or opinion pieces 
  • Materials produced by activist organizations with orienting/descriptive notes 
  • Creative expressions (poetry, artwork, storytelling etc.) 
  • Commentaries 
  • Letters 

Manuscript submission: November 1, 2022 

When:
May 10, 2022
Posters/Attachments: Event Poster

Did you hear that we have launched a new series of micro-credentials to support front-line workers? Do you know anyone seeking training? Help us to spread the word. 

In partnership with The TEMA Foundation, the Faculty of Health Sciences and Wellness is pleased to share a new series of micro-credentials through Continuous Professional Learning.  

Join us on June 6 for MTLW 100 Mental Health and Wellness, our inaugural training.  

Courses are open to the public and all are welcome: https://humber.ca/courses.html?code=MTLW_100

Any questions can be directed to cplhealthsciences@humber.ca. We support our critical service providers. 

In health and wellness,

CPL Faculty Health Sciences and Wellness

When:
May 9, 2022
Contact:
Ranya Khan

Calling all full-time faculty

Please bring your expertise and passion for supporting our teaching colleagues to Innovative Learning.

There are three types of secondee roles for faculty in 2022-2023:

  • Support Secondees - 4 to 8 hours a week
  • Project Secondees - 4 to 12 hours a week
  • Advisor Secondees - 1 to 2 hours a week 

Attached is the Call for Interest. Please feel free to peek at the details therein (individual projects are listed, for example).

We look very forward to working with you on these exciting priorities.
- Your Innovative Learning Team

Questions?
Please reach out to Ranya Khan or Heather Lowry.

When:
May 9, 2022

The Humber Spa is open for services this spring!  

Time to get ready for the warmer weather - manicure, pedicures, facials, body and med spa treatments are available.

Monday and Friday - 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
May 9 to June 17, 2022

Spring promotion: 

  • 60-minute classic facial - $45.00, regular $60.00
  • Microdermabrasion - $35.00, regular $45.00

Contact us to book:

416.675.5033 or thehumberspa@humber.ca
North Campus, RM A109
www.thehumberspa.ca

When:
May 9, 2022
Contact:
Anju Kakkar
Dr. Ginger Grant holding a book beside a bookcase

Ginger Grant, PhD, Dean, Humber’s Office of Research & Innovation, does it again!  

You can now read Ginger Grant’s chapters in the book Innovative Leadership in Times of Compelling Changes: Strategies, Reflections and Tools (2021): ‘Inclusive Leadership in a Creatively Compelling World’ and ‘Nurturing Creativity in a Culture of Care’” published by Springer. Her next project, also for a new Springer textbook, is titled ReVisioning: The New World of Work, to be published in late 2022/early 2023.  

Ginger aims to publish a book chapter yearly. 

In the past, she has contributed chapters to The Routledge Companion to Inclusive Leadership (2020): ‘What Pepper Can’t Do (And Why We Should Care)’; The Routledge Companion to Management and Workplace Spirituality (2019): ‘Awakening Leadership: The Outer Reaches of Inner Space’; and the Handbook of Personal and Organizational Transformation (2018): ‘The Untapped Power of Imagination in the Workplace.’ Her workbook, Finding your Creative Core, was first published in 2009.  

Humber’s Office of Research & Innovation congratulates our visionary leader, author and storyteller Dr. Ginger Grant! 

Get your copy

When:
May 9, 2022
Posters/Attachments: Event Poster

The Faculty of Applied Sciences and Technology would like to share with the Humber community our FAST News May 2022 issue.

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