Humber Earth Month is a perfect time to feature some of our latest and exciting book purchases related to sustainability and the climate.  

Learn about climate justice and activism, sustainable economics, immerse yourself in climate fiction, or read some sustainability classics with these recommended Green Reads from Humber Libraries.   

This Library Spotlight features new titles such as Britt Wray’s Generation Dread, Greta Thunberg’s The Climate Book, Leah Thomas’s The Intersectional Environmentalist, Kate Beaton’s graphic novel Ducks, J.B. MacKinnon’s The Day the World Stops Shopping and more.  

Beyond this reading list, visit our Green Reads OverDrive collection for featured ebooks to download on the Libby app.

Happy reading! 

Humber Global Summer School Returns for 2023

Do you know students looking to earn elective credit this summer?

Humber Global is pleased to announce that eligible Humber learners across all academic programs are eligible to earn elective credit (GNED or DEGE Breadth) by joining Humber's  Global Summer School, which will run in-person at Lakeshore and North campuses from July 4 to 21, 2023.

The Global Summer School offers Humber students a flexible learning option to earn elective credit in just three weeks with students from Humber’s Global Academic Partner network for an on-campus global experience.

Why Students Should Join Humber’s Global Humber School 

• Work on real-world projects in multidisciplinary classrooms
• Expand their personal and professional global network
• Learn from Humber faculty and industry experts 
• Enhance their intercultural communication skills 
• Flexible learning option – earn academic credit in three weeks 
• Check out the student experience from GSS 2022

Courses available for GNED (Diploma and/or Advanced Diploma Elective):  

• ECE 113 Children Play and Creativity
• SOCI 207 Social Entrepreneurship: People, Profit and the Planet

Courses available for Degree Breadth Elective (for Degree-seeking students):  

• BUS 3505 Intercultural Communications  
• BHSW 1001 Health & Wellness Concepts  
• MEDC 1006 Social Media  
• CDEV 2001 Transformational Leadership and Advocacy
• JOUR 3012 The Podcast Primer

Course available for Course Elective (for ARC, CIVIL, Sustainable Energy and Building Technology, and Construction Engineering Technology Advanced Diploma Students): 

• PROJ 303 Optimizing High Performance Building Design 

Students are responsible for checking with an advisor for their specific academic path requirements.  

Registration

Registration will open through MyHumber on March 27. To be eligible to register, students must self-identify their interest to the Registrar’s Office by submitting a Records/Registration e-form. A tuition deposit is required to begin registration. Find more information about how to register here. Registration for this program closes on Friday, May 12, 2023.  

Students are encouraged to join our social calendar activities (some additional fees may apply for certain activities). Students will be able to connect “outside the classroom” with activities like global karaoke, movie nights and more.  

Want to learn more?

The Global Summer School enhances Humber’s strategic pillars to foster career-ready citizens and provide accessible education allowing students greater choice and flexibility in their learning. It also supports Humber’s Internationalization Strategy to “Be the polytechnic institution of choice for the academically curious and creative from around the world to learn from, and contribute to the Humber community”.

Want to learn more or set up a class visit for students? Contact Steph Byer, Manager, Global Learning and Engagement (stephanie.byer@humber.ca).

We are excited and proud to introduce you to Burchell Hanson. Burchell has been a member of the BAERG since its inception in 2020 and has played a very active role in the group. He has a passion for advocacy work and currently serves as a member of the advocacy sub-committee of BAERG teaching others self-advocacy.

Background 

Born and educated in Jamaica, Burchell discovered his interest, passion and skill in accounting and business. 

He built a successful career in the corporate world, progressing from Cost Accountant to Supervisor of the Accounting Department to Chief Accountant and was further promoted to a Senior Management role at Goodyear. Towards the end of his 11-year tenure at Goodyear, he pursued studies at Nova Southeastern University and obtained his MBA. 

Burchell immigrated to Canada with the intention of using his accounting, management, operations, and marketing knowledge and experience to launch a career in the Canadian corporate workforce. That was plan A, it was not successful, no corporate entity would hire him. 

Start of Humber Journey 

As they say, when one door closes, another one opens and that’s how Burchell’s journey at Humber College started…plan B. 

Burchell joined Humber in September 2003. After five years as a partial-load professor, he obtained a full-time teaching position. He is now a faculty member in the Longo Faculty of Business and teaches both accounting and management. He’s also a Course Lead for Financial Accounting I and Principles of Management. 

Making a Difference at Humber 

Coming up on 20 years of teaching at Humber, Burchell has been a witness to many changes. He has built lasting connections with Humber alumni and provides support in their post-Humber journey. He continues to be driven and fulfilled by his positive impact on Humber students. 

He shares his Goodyear story with them, inspires them to set their own objectives, put in the work and effort so that they too can also have successful careers in management or accounting. 

What keeps Burchell going? “Opportunity to contribute to humanity, making an impact on other people’s lives, passing on my knowledge and experience to students to help them in their journey”. 

Nuit Blanche, Toronto’s all-night contemporary art event, will take place on September 23, 2023, in neighbourhoods across the city, including major exhibition areas in Etobicoke, downtown and Scarborough. This year, the City of Toronto seeks to uncover and highlight artists whose ground-breaking practices challenge the status quo through media, form or content that transforms public spaces and inspires the public to see and experience Toronto in new and meaningful ways.    

Humber Galleries is excited to announce that, Lakeshore Campus will return as a major exhibition hub for Nuit Blanche Toronto 2023 and is now accepting Independent Project applications. These are self-produced projects that can be installed in traditional and non-traditional spaces, such as parks, window vitrines, courtyards, storefronts, office towers, parking lots, and laneways. Applicants from any artistic discipline are eligible, but proposals ought to have a strong visual component and be rooted in contemporary art practices. Proposals should also address and integrate Nuit Blanche Toronto’s 2023 curatorial theme Breaking Ground in their project and must be located on Lakeshore Campus.  

The 2023 curatorial theme Breaking Ground speaks to ideas centred around the natural world as well as being on the vanguard of change and innovation. Defined as the preparation for building or planting, Breaking Ground invites artists to explore a multiplicity of themes, including but not limited to the implications of climate change, construction and development of the city’s urban landscape, the impacts on communities and our collective responsibilities around land and stewardship.  

The Independent Project program is open to all Humber College students, faculty, alumni, and staff, as well as Toronto-based professional artists, collectives, and arts organizations. All applications will be reviewed by a selection committee comprised of the Nuit Blanche Etobicoke Curator, City of Toronto staff, and Humber College staff.   

Applications must be submitted by Monday, March 27, 2023, at 11:59 p.m. EST via email to melissa.poliah@humber.ca.

Review the Application Guidelines 

Download the Application Form