Announcements

When:
March 16, 2022
Contact:
Joint Occupational Health & Safety Committee
AED in storage cabinet with signage

An AED stands for Automated External Defibrillator. These portable and battery-operated devices can save a life for someone who is in cardiac arrest, but every minute counts.

Nowadays you can find them in shopping malls, airports, government buildings and community centres. Humber College has about 85 devices throughout all its sites: 53 at North Campus, 24 at Lakeshore campus, plus additional units in all five Community Employment Service locations and three at the new International Graduate School.

In a cardiac emergency, every minute before using an AED could mean the difference between life or death. AEDs can be used by anyone. By following AEDs audio/visual prompts, it makes it easy and safe to use so that lives can be saved. These AEDs are most effective when used by trained individuals. Those with Standard First Aid/CPR training have also been trained on using an AED. The AED unit checks a victim’s heart rhythm and delivers an electric shock only if it determines that defibrillation is required to restore the heart’s normal rhythm.

By having AEDs highly visible and readily available at all sites, it allows the College to be better equipped in the event there is a cardiac emergency. At your next staff meeting, why not review where the closest AED is to your workspace, and who is trained on how to use it? You can even use the Campus Compass app to find the closest AED by clicking on "Explore maps & floors".

This post is brought to you by Humber’s Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee (JOHSC). For information about the JOHSC at your site, meeting dates, workplace inspection schedules, or the contact information of the committee members, visit our website.

When:
March 15, 2022

The College Employer Council has posted "CEC Urges OPSEU to Return to Bargaining" on its website.

More information is also available on the CEC’s website and the OPSEU website.

When:
March 15, 2022
Contact:
Rob Kilfoyle

It is with true mixed emotions that I inform the Humber community that Keith Pua, Public Safety Coordinator at the Lakehsore Campus and IGS has accepted a new position at Trent University as Campus Security Manager. Keith has been at Humber for 14 years, with the first three years as a contracted security guard and supervisor. His talents were recognized and he was hired as the first Public Safety Coordinator for the Lakeshore Campus in 2011.

Over the last 11 years, Keith has been an instrumental member of our team. Keith was the initiator of the Humber Guardian App and when the pandemic hit, he was instrumental in working with the app provider to bring the proof of vaccination and daily self-screening functions to fruition. Keith was also instumental in setting up and configuring our electronic security incident reporting system. Keith has helped lead the way for Public Safety at the Lakeshore Campus and most recently also took on coordinating our requirements at the International Graduate School.

Keith will be sadly missed, but sometimes you have to let the good ones go, so that they can continue to flourish and reach their true potential. We in Public Safety are incredibly proud of Keith and all his accomplishments and know that he will make a difference at Trent University. They are lucky to have him.  

Keith's last day at Humber will be April 8, 2022. Please feel free to connect directly with him to wish him well on his new adventure.

Thank you Keith for all you have done for Humber College.

Sincerely,

Rob Kilfoyle, CPP, CMM III
Director, Public Safety and Emergency Management

When:
March 15, 2022

It is with mixed emotions that I share that Sarah Peake has accepted an exciting new role as Executive Director Integration and Transformation at George Brown College. Her last day at Humber will be April 8.

During her time at Humber, Sarah has made a significant contribution in a number of key areas, most recently as the Associate Dean Flexible Learning in the Centre for Innovative Learning.

Over the past nine years, through her strong strategic and systems thinking skills and collaborative approach, Sarah has contributed significantly to numerous initiatives at Humber, both in the Office of the Registrar and Centre for Innovative Learning. Most notably, Sarah led the development and implementation of a process for Humber’s micro-credentials strategy. As a past co-chair of the Marketing and Recruitment Committee, she led an audit of Humber's print publications and supported Humber's website review and subsequent recommendations. Also of note, Sarah recently provided co-sponsorship to the Flexible Registration Project to modernize cross-college professional learning policies and processes and implement a flexible personalized registration system for non-credential learners (Destiny One). This was a significant step in supporting and implementing the Continuous Professional Learning strategy. In her role as Associate Dean Flexible Learning, Sarah provided leadership in the development of Humber’s Collaborative Framework to deliver flexible learning opportunities to credential and non-credential learners. She also worked on the implementation of Banner and CRM Dynamics for Admissions and the transformation of Admission processes. 

Although Sarah will be missed by the Centre for Innovative Learning and the broader Humber community, we wish her much success in this next stage of her professional journey.

Vera Beletzan
Associate Vice-President, Teaching and Learning

When:
March 15, 2022
Contact:
Kevin Viflanzoff

This is a reminder to all budget holders to monitor your open purchase orders (POs) as the new fiscal year approaches. Any open regular purchase orders that are $100 or more will be rolled over to the new fiscal year (2022/23) on April 1. All others, including standing orders, will be closed.

In addition, budget holders should be aware that invoices received after March 31 for the rolled over POs will be expensed against new fiscal budget.

Please send a request to Purchasing (purchasing@humber.ca) to close any of your open fiscal 2021/22 regular ‘reverse’ purchase orders or standing orders.

When:
March 14, 2022

The College Employer Council has posted "Union Escalation - College Response" on its website.

More information is also available on the CEC’s website and the OPSEU website.

When:
March 14, 2022

In an effort to keep our community informed about sustainability initiatives at Humber, the Sustainability Steering Committee (SSC) will begin sharing newsletters that include highlights from meetings, upcoming events and new initiatives. 

Please read and share the first newsletter: SSC Newsletter - March 2022

The SSC is a cross-institutional advisory body to the president and executive team that provides integrated, collaborative, evidence-based advice to ensure Humber's commitment to sustainability is reflected in planning and decision-making across the college. 

If you would like to be featured in the next newsletter, please email sustainability@humber.ca.

When:
March 14, 2022
Contact:
IL Creative Studios

Do you want to make a video or record a webinar? How about spinning up a podcast? All this and more are possible at the Creative Studios, located within the Centre for Innovative Learning in D207.

The IL Creative Studios are your place to make your course content come to life with professional-quality tools and dedicated support. 

Launching March 14th, 2022, the North Campus studios have been relocated, and now include two distinct workspaces:  

  • The Self-Serve Lightboard Studio: where you can now create lightboard content at the press of a button.  

  • The Creative Lab: equipped with a professional microphone, multiple cameras, and studio lighting, where you can create videos, webinars and other media using Panopto, Teams, or our professional suite of tools such as PowToon, Lumen5, Adobe Creative Suite, Final Cut, and more. 

Whatever your experience level, you’ll find comfort in having dedicated one-on-one support available to you every step of the way. 

Head to the IL Creative website to learn more about our newly-launched North Campus Creative Studio, and learn how to book the space.  

 

When:
March 14, 2022
Support Staff Professional Development 2022 Logo

Thank you to all our Support Staff who attended the 2022 Support Staff Professional Development virtual event.  

For those of you that missed the event, or if you would like to view the sessions again, a few of the recordings are now available on the HROE website. Under the Details and Registration section, click “View Recording” for any sessions that are available. We will continue adding recordings once they are ready to view. Please continue to check the website for updates.  

To view the recorded sessions, you will be required to log in to Panopto using your Humber single sign-on credentials.  

For the “Making Conflict Work” and “Defining the Line: Setting and Maintaining Healthy Boundaries” sessions, you will be directed to a document with instructions on how to access an external portal provided by TEND Academy. To access the document, you will need to log in to SharePoint using your Humber credentials. The portal houses pre-recorded sessions along with additional resources shared by the facilitators.  

Please note all recordings will be available until March 31, 2022.

Questions? Please email us at oe@humber.ca.

When:
March 14, 2022

The deadline to submit a reimbursement through the Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) for the 21/22 fiscal year is March 23, 2022.

TAP is designed to assist employees with tuition costs and support their professional development by:

  • Making learning affordable.
  • Providing access to tuition reimbursement, up to $1,000 per year for full-time employees and $500 per year for part-time/contract admin, academic and partial load employees, and regular part-time support staff.

Courses completed between April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022 must be submitted for TAP reimbursement during the current (21/22) fiscal year. Courses completed between April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022 will not be considered for reimbursement during the 22/23 fiscal year.

To learn more, please visit the HROE Tuition Assistance Program website for more details.

Questions? Email us at oe@humber.ca.

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