The Math & Writing Centre is pleased to announce that our online Conversation Circles are back and starting next week.

All students from IGS, Lakeshore and North are welcome!

We have both Online Conversation Circles for groups of up to five students and Online Conversation One-on-One sessions for students looking for personalized sessions.

Please share the attached poster with details about the sessions.

Please also let ESL students know that these services offer opportunities to practice listening and speaking skills and well as to build vocabulary and increase general fluency in the language. Our TESL-certified tutors run guided conversations that ensure students can both enjoy and benefit greatly from these sessions.

To join a Conversation Circle or to book a Conversation 1-on-1 session, students can go to our online booking system at https://humber.mywconline.com/ and select the schedule called “Online Workshops and Conversation Summer 2022.” 

If they need help to sign up, they can visit our Virtual Front Desk person.

Conversation Circles will run at these times:

Starting May 24/25: Tuesdays 11 a.m., Wednesdays 12 p.m. and 3 p.m.
Starting June 10: Fridays 12 p.m.

Conversation 1:1 sessions will run at these times:

Starting May 24/25: Tuesdays 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.
Starting June 10: Fridays 3 p.m.

Our tutors look forward to meeting online and talking with ESL students from across the Humber and Guelph-Humber community!

I am pleased to announce that given an increase to scope of responsibility over the past academic year, Ian Crookshank’s title will be changing to Associate Vice-President, Learner and Career Success and Dean of Students. In September of 2021, after an external review leading to a reorganization, the Department of Student Success and Engagement expanded to include Community Employment Services, given the alignment of work with the Career Centre and departmental involvement with Humber’s Work Integrated Learning Strategy.

In 2019, Ian joined Humber College as Dean of Students, and has provided direction to Student Success and Engagement with an unwavering focus on putting students first. Throughout the pandemic, Ian and his team have dealt with issues ranging from individual students in acute crisis to working with college and external partners to provide scalable solutions that ensured that as many students as possible could seamlessly continue with their education despite unprecedented challenges.

Ian is a student affairs professional with more than twenty years of experience at numerous institutions in Ontario, and is an important asset to the college as we move forward together to ensure students succeed in meeting their personal, academic and career goals. Please join me in thanking Ian for his work at Humber to date, and in congratulating him for taking on this important enhanced role.

Jason Hunter
Vice-President, Students and Institutional Planning

Convocation is soon approaching and we are looking for staff to support the event. Convocation is taking place from Tuesday, June 14 to Friday, June 17 at the Toronto Congress Centre (TCC) - North Building. The full schedule can be found on the Humber Communique.

We are scheduling staff to work shifts from 8am-6pm and/or 5pm-9pm. Please fill out the Spring 2022 Request for Staff form by Friday, May 20.  We will do our best to accommodate your shift request; however, we may need to modify requests to ensure there is sufficient coverage.

Breakfast and lunch are provided to staff working the day shift at the TCC (one-hour lunch break). Similarly, dinner is provided for staff working the evening shift (5 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. dinner break). 

Staff are responsible for arranging their own transportation to and from the TCC - parking is free. Directions and a map can be found on the Toronto Congress Centre website. For those driving to the TCC, mileage will be paid accordingly. Instructions will be sent following the event.

Thanks again for making Convocation an amazing and memorable event for the grads and their guests!

Regards, 

Rhonda Harrison
Chair-Convocation

In honour of the retirement of Chris Whitaker as Humber’s President and CEO, the Archives has launched a major new exhibition, which is now available for viewing at the North Library. 

The exhibition, “Humber’s Four Presidents: A Retrospective,” draws on archival articles, promotional items, photographs, and digitized audio-visual material (accessible via QR codes) to tell the story of Humber’s growth under the leadership of its four presidents: Gordon Wragg, Robert “Squee” Gordon, John Davies and Chris Whitaker. 

With a display case devoted to each president, visitors can learn about Wragg’s response to student protests in 1970, hear four former Ontario Premiers pay tribute to Squee, see Davies and students contact with outer space, and find out what inspires Whitaker, all while seeing articles and photos chronicling Humber’s growth over the last 55 years. 

This exhibition can be visited at the North Library on the 4th floor of the LRC, Monday to Friday (during regular Library hours of operation) until August.  

The Humber Archives aims to capture the history and heritage of Humber College, and we are always keen to add to our collection—if you have any photos or memories of our four presidents you’d like to share, please connect with us.