The Lakeshore Grounds Interpretive Centre is excited to begin offering guided Tunnel Tours once again! Tours are open to all Humber staff, faculty, students and Humber groups.
If you are interested in joining us, tours are available on April 20, 25 or 27. To register, visit our Eventbrite page.
For more information, contact Nadine Finlay at nadine.finlay@humber.ca.
Follow @LakeshoreGRNDS on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for announcements on additional upcoming tours.
It is with great pleasure that I announce Obie Udemezue as the successful candidate for the Manager, Data Analysis and Reporting position.
Obie brings five years of experience working at Bell Canada in various data analyst positions including his most recent role as Manager, Strategy and Analytics. Obie has experience developing and implementing data models to help teams answer the questions of "what?" and "why?" He also uses machine learning modeling to help organizations effectively forecast with a high degree of assurance. Most recently, Obie began teaching data analytics as a professor at Durham College. To say Obie loves data would be understatement. He has shown a passion for the field and is excited to apply his knowledge and experience to Humber.
Obie holds a Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Madonna University (Nigeria), a Master of Science in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Coventry University (United Kingdom) and a Graduate Certificate in Artificial Intelligence Design and Delivery from Durham College (Canada).
Obie started his new role with the Office of the Registrar on Monday, April 4, 2022. Please join me in welcoming and congratulating Obie.
Clay MacDougall (he/him)
Deputy Registrar, Academic Services
The Guardian app is available for free in Apple or Google Play stores. The self-assessment must be completed each day prior to you coming to campus. For example, if you are planning to be on campus on Monday and Tuesday in the same week, you must complete the assessment on both days.
In the app, you can access the self-assessment by clicking on COVID-19 Updates and then COVID-19 Self-Assessment.
In order to prevent a slow down at entry ways, you are asked to complete the assessment prior to attending campus and have your approval screen ready to show to designated staff who will be reviewing the approvals at campus entrances.
Humber and the Department of Public Safety reserve the right to ask any student, staff and faculty for proof of daily completion of the COVID-19 Self-Assessment.
If you do not have a smart phone or are unable to download or update the Humber Guardian app, view an alternate format of the questions. Contact the Department of Public Safety at 416.675.8500 or publicsafety@humber.ca if you have any questions.
Please visit our Return to Campus website and www.humber.ca/updates for more information.
Note: Those who already have the app, will need to update the app to have the latest information. From the Guardian’s home screen, users can click on About/Preferences > Data Update > Check for Updates.
After more than 34 years at Humber College, Janice Dobson-Guzik has decided to retire June 30, 2022.
Janice graduated from Humber College in 1987 from the Faculty of Business, Legal Secretary Program, and upon graduation, began her career at Humber as a Legal Secretary to Humber’s first Legal Counsel; the first full-time and onsite General Counsel in an Ontario community college.
In addition to serving as the Assistant to Humber’s Legal Counsel, Janice has served in a variety of different roles including:
Janice currently plays a pivotal role in providing program and wrap-around support to over 1,000 high school students per year as the Dual Credit Program Support Officer. Dual credit students are learners who are college capable but often face multiple barriers to access and inclusion. Taking a dual credit course at Humber means that these learners can earn both a college course credit and a credit towards their secondary school diploma. By grounding her service to students in care, compassion and by fostering a deep sense of belonging, Janice works alongside nine school boards, and faculties across Humber, to create meaningful academic and engagement opportunities for dual credit students with the ultimate goal of fostering student success.
Please join me in extending our sincerest gratitude, to Janice, for her unwavering and steadfast commitment to our students, and the Humber community, over the last 34 years and for wishing her all the best as she embarks on this next phase of her journey!
Christina Meredith
Associate Dean, Pathways Programs
Sharing Knowledge
Humber College is committed to fostering a respectful and inclusive culture in which all members of the college community study, work and live free from discrimination and harassment. To this end, it is imperative that we understand the definition of key equity terms that will enrich our capacity to prevent all forms of harassment and discrimination. The Centre for Human Rights, Equity & Inclusion will be providing definitions of key terms pertinent to our work in building a more inclusive college.
Thursday, March 31 marks the Trans Day of Visibility (TDOV), a time to celebrate and amplify trans representation.
Trans is an umbrella term to describe people whose gender is not the same as, or does not sit comfortably with, the sex they were assigned at birth. Trans people may describe themselves using one or more of a wide variety of terms, including (but not limited to) transgender, non-binary, or genderqueer. It is important to remember that trans identities are diverse. Trans people may identify in many different ways (Stonewall.org, 2019).
TDOV is a day to show your support for the trans community. It aims to bring attention to the accomplishments of trans people around the globe bringing awareness to transgender identities, achievements, and community.
Rachel Crandall, an American transgender activist, launched the day in 2009 as a response to transgender people's poor recognition and acceptance. At the time, the only well-known trans-centered day was the Transgender Day of Remembrance, which commemorated transgender persons who had been murdered but did not honour or celebrate surviving transgender people. Transgender Day of Visibility was established as a day to honour and celebrate transgender people in a positive light (Transgender Day of Visibility, 2022).
Ways to celebrate TDOV include:
References
Stonewall.org. (2019, March 27). What does trans mean? Retrieved from Stonewall.org: https://www.stonewall.org.uk/what-does-trans-mean
Transgender Day of Visibility. (2022, March). Retrieved from National Today: https://nationaltoday.com/transgender-day-visibility
On Saturday, April 2, the Academic Progress feature on MyHumber will be upgraded to provide a more responsive and enhanced user experience for students. This upgrade will include adaptive viewing on mobile or tablet and is WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) and AODA (Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act) compliant.
To help students navigate their Academic Progress after the April 2 upgrade, please refer to the videos below:
Sincerely,
Office of the Registrar
The call for proposals is now open for the eighth annual interdisciplinary conference held by Humber’s Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences in collaboration with the Toronto International Festival of Authors.
This year’s conference is titled “Climate in Crisis (Activism, Apathy and Responsibility: Social Responses to and Social Causes of the Current Climate Crisis).”
Held virtually on September 23 and 24, 2022, the conference is seeking individual presentation and panel proposals that examine the social challenges faced by the climate crisis, the impacts of climate change denial, environmental racism, representations of the climate crisis in media and the arts, individual vs. corporate responsibility, and the need for equitable solutions.
The deadline for proposals is June 5, 2022.
The keynote address will be delivered by Pipil and Irish/Scottish academic land defender, media maker, environmental spokesperson, and decolonization expert Nikki Sanchez. Sanchez is also an activist, author and educator, as well as the founder and director of Decolonize Together.
You can access the full call for proposals.
More information about the conference is available on the website.
The Humber International Development Institute (IDI) is proud to announce that we have expanded our efforts to deliver effective and sustainable development in Peru.
Humber College will now lead the Supporting the Pilot Implementation of a National Network of Digital Fabrication Laboratories (Fab-lab)-Peru (MINEDU) initiative (B.08.02 project). As part of its Pacific Alliance Program, the new project is supported by Global Affairs Canada and Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan).
Humber will work with the Ministry of Education of Peru (MINEDU) for the year-long project to implement Digital Fabrication Laboratories (Fab-labs) in the 26 Technological Institutes of Excellence (IDEX) of Peru.
Humber's IDI will also work with partner institutions, Cègep Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu (CSTJ) and Collège Communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick (CCNB), along with support from Humber's Office of Research & Innovation (ORI), to ensure that the trainees develop the skillset they need for launching and strengthening the Fab-labs and acquire soft skills to lead innovation.
For more information and how to get involved, please contact:
Jorge Montoya
Manager of Business Operations at International Development Institute (IDI)
jorge.montoya@humber.ca
Congratulations to all our employees celebrating Career Milestones in March 2022.
The following employees are celebrating their 1, 5, 10, and 15-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 |
| Pritam Shrestha | Frances Hall | Renee Khan | Jeytharshani Sadadcharashanmugathas |
| Roville Daniels | Jessica Estrela | Melanie Chai | Shikta Callet Costa |
| Melanie Ura | Andrew Maggs | ||
| Shelby Wright | |||
| Shoban Ponnuru | |||
| Wei Zhang | |||
| Will Kenny | |||
| Annissa Maharaj | |||
| Sai Duriseti |
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.
We understand some students may be in need of a place to stay for a night or two when coming to campus to finish up the term. We’ve arranged a discounted rate at the Sandman Hotel by the Airport (near Highway 27 and Dixon Road) between now and April 30.
Students can call Sandman’s central reservation line at 1-800-SANDMAN, and mentioned the information below to receive the group rate. Note that this rate will be honored based on availability.
Group Code = 2203HUMBER or 30751
Group Name = Humber College Commuter
Rooms per night = Open Block – Based on Available Rooms
Rates = $99.00 plus applicable taxes
