Dear Colleagues,

After 35 years of outstanding service and dedication to the engineering industry and post-secondary education, Dr. Jonathan Kim, associate dean of Information & Communications Technology (ICT), within the Faculty of Applied Sciences & Technology, has decided to retire as of August 1, 2023.

I have had the pleasure of working with Jonathan for more than 12 years and I hold a deep respect for his commitment to honesty, integrity and dedication to post-secondary teaching and learning.

Jonathan graduated from the University of Toronto where he received his B.A.Sc. in Engineering Science, M.A.Sc. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering. A licensed professional engineer (P.Eng.), Jonathan has held numerous post-secondary roles as a teacher and researcher. He started his academic career at the University of Victoria where he became an Associate Professor with tenure and established an award-winning reputation for both teaching and research excellence. Later, he became a full-time research professor for the Centre for Applied Power Electronics (CAPE) at the University of Toronto, fully devoted to industry-sponsored research and development programs. He also held an adjunct professorship at Yanbian University of Science and Technology, Yanji City, Jilin, China.

Since 2011, Jonathan has worked in the Ontario college system and held leadership roles in applied research, capstone projects, curriculum development, industry engagement. During his tenure at Humber College as Associate Dean, Jonathan has made significant contributions to the Humber FAST community including:

• New program development: Successfully developed and launched new programs including Cloud Computing Graduate Certificate, Bachelor of Engineering - Information Systems Engineering honours degree, and Artificial Intelligence with Machine Learning Graduate Certificate.
• Establishment of applied research culture: Challenged, motivated, and supported ICT faculties to engage in applied research projects in collaboration with industry partners and with external funding.  
• Work-Integrated Learning and Co-op: Developed and incorporated Co-op in all ICT diplomas, advanced-diploma, and degree program, and all ICT graduate certificates have industry-sponsored capstone projects to implement Work-Integrated Learning.
• New full-time faculty hires: Over the last four years under his leadership, ICT cluster hired 12 new FT faculty positions to support and build a strong ICT team.
• Increased enrollment: With new programs launching, program expansion to Humber International Graduate School (IGS), as well as Co-op and Work-Integrated Learning components, ICT programs are responding to industry needs and are projected to healthy enrollment growth.

Jonathan has been a distinguished colleague, teacher and wise mentor to many junior faculties, and a good friend to many of us.  He will be deeply missed.

On behalf of the Faculty of Applied Sciences and Technology and the Humber community, thank you Jonathan for your service, dedication and contributions to Humber College and the engineering community. While we are saddened by this news, the Humber community will continue to benefit from your contributions long after your retirement. You will forever be a member of the Humber FAST family.

With gratitude,

Farzad Rayegani, Ph.D., P.Eng, FEC.
Senior Dean, Faculty of Applied Sciences & Technology

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Participate in an interview and answer questions pertaining to your child’s social behaviour habits before, during, and after COVID-19 related lockdowns. 

Social behaviour will be examined in terms of children’s willingness to socialize with others outside their household, assessing whether children are comfortable and inclined to meet and interact with friends and family as well as going to public places. Parents and/or guardians within Humber College as well as Guelph-Humber University will be invited to participate in an interview and answer questions pertaining to their children’s social behaviour habits before, during, and after COVID-19 related lockdowns. 

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Humber’s Office of Sustainability and Information Technology Services are developing an institution-wide print strategy with the goals of better understanding the college’s future imaging requirements with a focus on boosting productivity, increasing security, positively impacting the environment, and reducing costs as they relate to our internal printing, photocopying, faxing, and scanning processes.  

Humber has engaged independent industry experts, The More Group Inc. (TMG) to assist with this important initiative. TMG will conduct site visits to offices and other campus print locations to identify the location and types of printers currently located at Humber. The visits will take place during Humber’s Reading Week (February 27 to March 3).  

There will be no disturbance to work, TMG will simply be present take note of printers in the vicinity.  

• North Campus - February 27 to March 3  
• Lakeshore Campus - February 28 to March 2  
• IGS Campus - March 3

Questions or comments about the TMG visit should be directed to sustainability@humber.ca.