Announcements

When:
April 8, 2022

We're taking stock of interest and activities related to Mindfulness Practice across the college.

Please fill us in on any mindfulness activities happening in your area or your interest in mindfulness initiatives by taking our short survey.

When:
April 8, 2022
Contact:
Sheila Moore
Posters/Attachments: Event Poster

Do you have a vision and some great ideas to share about the planning for the future of the college? Give voice to your thoughts and join the College Council!

Role of College Council

College Council is the collective voice of the College in that it is an assembly of faculty, support staff, students, and administrators who suggest directions in which the College should proceed. College Council advises the President on those College issues which it considers to be long and short-term priorities as identified in Humber’s Strategic Plan. As of 2018, Humber’s 3 Strategic Pillars provide the foundation for the strategic priorities and corresponding supporting actions:

i.          Career-Ready Citizens
ii.          Accessible Education
iii.         Healthy and Inclusive Community

The Council advises the President of the College in matters affecting academic policy, planning, and practice, including, the successful implementation of Humber’s Strategic Plan initiatives. College policy or business items ultimately proceeding to the College's Board of Governors may appear at College Council at the discretion of the President, before final disposition at the Board of Governors.

Please visit our website for further information: http://humber.ca/wearehumber/committees/college-council

2022 ELECTIONS
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

WHO CAN BE ON COLLEGE COUNCIL?

College Council will be comprised of elected representatives from academic staff members, support staff members, administrative staff members, and students.

REPRESENTATIVES’ RESPONSIBILITIES ON THE COUNCIL

College Council meets once per month on Thursdays, September to May, from 4 to 6 p.m. A meeting is also held in the first week of June, one day following the annual retreat. It is the representative’s responsibility to represent their constituents by attending meetings and contributing to the discussions and bringing back information from College Council meetings to their constituents. Members of Council can have the opportunity to become more involved through sub-committee membership.

The College Council Executive would like to acknowledge and thank the following employees who will be leaving Council:

Alexandra Burdzy

Faculty of Applied Sciences & Technology

Eufemia Fanetti

Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences and Innovative Learning

Mary Takacs

Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences and Innovative Learning

Mackenzie Ketchell 

Faculty of Social & Community Services

Yanni Thepanya

Registrar’s Office

Risha Toney

Registrar’s Office

Valarie Walton

Libraries

Keith Manalo

General Representation (Students & Institutional Planning)

Marie Kyrinis

Government Relations, Marketing & Communications

Nikki Martyn

University of Guelph-Humber

Jason Rouatt

General Representation (Libraries)

COLLEGE COUNCIL CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

The following positions are open for nomination/election on College Council for the term June 2021 to June 2023.

Elected Academic Areas

Area of Representation

Campus

Employee Group

Number

Faculty of Applied Sciences and Technology

All

Support

1

Faculty of Applied Sciences and Technology

Carrier

Faculty

1

Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences and Innovative Learning

North

Faculty

2

Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences and Innovative Learning

Lake

Faculty

1

Faculty of Social & Community Services

Lake

Faculty

1

Students & Institutional Planning -Counsellors & ALS Consultants

All

Faculty

1

Students & Institutional Planning – Registrar’s Office

All

Support

2

Students & Institutional Planning – Libraries

All

Support/Faculty/Administration

1

Students & Institutional Planning -General Representative

All

Support/Administration

1

Students & Institutional Planning – Gov’t Relations, Marketing & Communications

All

Support

1

VP HR Services

All

Administration

1

University of Guelph-Humber

All

Support/Administration

1

General Representation

All

Support

1

THE NOMINATION PROCESS

Every potential candidate for College Council is required to be nominated by TWO constituents in their area. The signed nomination form is then be forwarded to the Vice-Chair of College Council, Sheila Moore, Faculty of Business. Once nominations are closed, potential candidates will be contacted with further information about the election process. If you require further information, please contact Sheila Moore via email at sheila.moore@humber.ca.  

CLOSING DEADLINES:

NOMINATIONS CLOSE at 4:30 P.M. on THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 2022
ELECTIONS TO BE HELD: THURSDAY & FRIDAY, APRIL 28 & 29, 2022
BY THIS NOTICE A CALL FOR NOMINATIONS IS MADE


COLLEGE COUNCIL
NOMINATION FORM

Please forward the completed nomination form to:
Sheila Moore at sheila.moore@humber.ca
No later than 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 14, 2022

Area of Representation:  
Campus:  
Nominee: Nominee Signature:
Job Title: Email:
Nominator: Signature:
Job Title: Email:
Seconded: Signature:
Job Title: Email:
When:
April 8, 2022
Contact:
Anju Kakkar
Wind turbine

Humber’s Faculty of Applied Sciences & Technology (FAST) research team collaborates with industry partner Complete Wind Corporation on a project that exemplifies the power of data visualization.  

Through the use of Tableau and data visualization features, the research team has been able to derive deeper insights into turbine data which resulted in valuable recommendations for service and maintenance. As a result of the project, Complete Wind Corporation has been enabled to better harness data, provide exceptional insights to their customers, and make educated projections of turbine health.  

Complete Wind Corporation works with Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) and owners/operators to meet their specific wind turbine rotor blade needs. With a core management team having greater than 15 years of experience in the Wind Turbine Industry, they have the experience required to meet specific needs and services like rotor blade inspection and repair, End of Warranty (EOW) rotor blade inspections and turbine performance troubleshooting.  

To learn more about the project, read Data-Visualization: Deeper Insights as a result of Better Visuals.

When:
April 8, 2022
Posters/Attachments: Event Poster

To all Humber faculty and staff,

The H-Drive will be decommissioned on Wednesday, June 29, 2022.

All files stored on the H-Drive network storage needs to be transferred to your OneDrive cloud storage before the decommission date. Any remaining files in the H-Drive will be deleted as of June 29, 2022.

Some of you may have already transferred your files from the H-Drive. If so, please ensure you’ve deleted all existing files and folders that remain in your H-Drive storage.

Departmental training will be available to help with the transition, so stay tuned.

What you’ll learn during OneDrive Roadshow training:

  • OneDrive functions
  • How to move your H-Drive files to OneDrive
  • Sharing files/Folders
  • Mobile apps

If you have questions in the meantime, you can also contact the IT Support Centre at 416.675.6622 x8888, or chat at humber.ca/techtalk, or sign up for 1:1 Virtual Coaching for OneDrive.

When:
April 7, 2022
Contact:
Rhonda Harrison

The Faculty dates for the Spring 2022 Convocation ceremonies at the Toronto Congress Centre are below. The program specific breakdown will be posted on the Convocation website the week of April 18.

Tuesday, June 14

10 a.m.

Faculty of Media & Creative Arts

3 p.m.

Faculty of Media & Creative Arts

Faculty of Social & Community Services

7 p.m.

Faculty of Social & Community Services

Wednesday, June 15

10 a.m.

Faculty of Business

3 p.m.

Faculty of Business

7 p.m.

Faculty of Business

Thursday, June 16

10 a.m.

Faculty of Health Sciences & Wellness

3 p.m.

Faculty of Health Sciences & Wellness + UNB
Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences and Innovative Learning

7 p.m.

Faculty of Applied Sciences & Technology

Friday, June 17

10 a.m.

Faculty of Applied Sciences & Technology

The student application to attend the convocation ceremony is scheduled to go live the week of April 18 and potential graduates will be sent an email once it is available. The application will close on May 20. All credentials will be mailed prior to the convocation ceremonies. 

An important change will be implemented for the Spring 2022 convocation ceremonies. Only graduates who apply to attend convocation will be permitted to participate in the in-person ceremony. Graduates who do not apply or reply no will have the opportunity to participate in a photo opportunity event later in August 2022. This group of students will receive additional communication in relation to the photo op in July.

Faculty and staff are strongly encouraged to wear their graduation regalia. For rental or purchase enquiries, please contact Gaspard directly through their website or call 1.800.380.8214.

Please check the Convocation website for further details.

When:
April 7, 2022
Posters/Attachments: Event Poster

The Faculty of Applied Sciences and Technology would like to share with the Humber community our FAST News April 2022 Issue.

When:
April 7, 2022
Contact:
Anju Kakkar
Humber’s Research and Innovation Quarterly SPARK Issue #3 is out now!

The special issue shines a spotlight on Humber’s Centres of Innovation—an essential part of the research and innovation ecosystem that propelled Humber College ITAL’s research ranking to #2 in Canada and #1 in Ontario.

Whether it is collaborating with industry partners on transformative projects, shaping the future of business and entrepreneurship or housing North America’s first of its kind Broadcast-Broadband Convergence (B2C) Lab with an ATSC 3.0 broadcast system and 5G core network, Humber’s Centres of Innovation (COI) are continually pushing the boundaries of creativity and innovation. The new issue of SPARK includes the latest updates from Humber’s COI Network as well as special contributions by Dr. Sharon McIntyre, founder and president of New Cottage Industries & Co., and Tyler Charlebois, Director, Centres of Innovation Network and Partnership Development.

SPARK features Dean’s Message and Editor’s Note that welcome you into the world of research and innovation. No matter where your curiosity lies—from social innovation to health & wellness to technology innovation to business and entrepreneurship—SPARK is here to inspire you on your research and innovation journey.  

The special issue also includes a call-to-action on page 35 for all research assistants. Humber Press would like to hear from students about their experience working on research projects. We’d like to recognize and celebrate research assistants by sharing their stories on our social media channels. Please submit a short video (60-90 seconds) about your experience as a research assistant to humberpress@humber.ca by responding to the prompt in SPARK.

Read the full magazine

When:
April 6, 2022
Contact:
Elisabeth Springate, Communications and Events Coordinator, Innovative Learning
Posters/Attachments: Event Poster
Important Reminder to All Faculty: Winter 2022 Collaborate Recordings To Be Deleted May 15

Greetings Faculty, sharing a timely reminder as the semester end approaches: Winter 2022 Collaborate Recordings Cleanup.

Recordings made January 1 to April 22, 2022 (e.g. this semester) will be deleted as of May 15, 2022.

Please back up/upload to Panopto any Winter 2022 Collaborate recordings that students with extensions or accommodations might need or that you'd like to retain for your own purposes.

For help on how to download, back up, and store your recordings: 

Want to get ahead of this in future semesters? Check out our pro tip:

To use video in Blackboard, we recommend that you upload the file to Panopto, Humber’s video streaming service, which is licensed for this purpose. After you add your video to Panopto, you can then share the link and/or embed the video into your course.

When:
April 6, 2022
Contact:
Elisabeth Springate, Communications and Events Coordinator, Innovative Learning
Posters/Attachments: Event Poster
Instructional Support Studio has extended hours and added bookings

The Instructional Support Studio in the Centre for Innovative Learning has extended hours and added “bookings” to support our teaching teams!

  • Extended hours: Monday through Friday: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  • Book and manage appointments using the ‘Bookings’ link below.
    • 1:1 Bookings: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
    • 1:1 ULTRA Migration support: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m
  • Extended Live Drop-In hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Book Support

When:
April 6, 2022

After over 40 years of dedicated service to the Humber College community, Mary Vesia is retiring on June 30, 2022.

During her time at Humber Mary has served in a variety of different roles including:

  • Secretary to the Dean of Applied Arts
  • Peer Tutoring and Disability Assistant, Counselling
  • Project Co-ordinator, Student Development & Articulation 

In her current role, as the Dual Credit Project and Financial Co-ordinator, Mary has served as a strong advocate, working tirelessly to secure new opportunities focused on student success for learners in our Dual Credit and Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Programs (OYAP). She is well-respected, hardworking, supportive and shared that what she will miss most, “is feeling the energy that students bring to their Humber experience.”

Retirement holds excitement for Mary as she plans to travel and spend time enjoying the company of her friends and family. While we wish her the best in her new adventures, she will be truly missed by the College community.

Please join me in thanking Mary and for celebrating the numerous and varied contributions that she has made to the Humber College community and most notably to supporting student success over the years. 

In kindness,

Christina Meredith
Associate Dean, Pathways Programs

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