Announcements

May Test Centre Closures
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When:
May 2, 2025

On May 6, the North Campus and the Lakeshore Campus Test Centres will close at 12:30 p.m.

On May 12, the Lakeshore Campus Test Centre will be closed all day.

Fire & Fury - The Million Reasons Run
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When:
May 2, 2025
Running shoe

Pre-Service Firefighter students are putting the "fun" back in fundraising again. On May 1, 2 and 3, a team of Humber students will be running from Niagara-on-the-Lake to SickKids Hospital in a bid to raise much-needed funding for local children's hospitals.

Support the team at https://www.millionreasons.run/fundraisers/firefury.

We are running for children who we hope will one day be able to run with us.

Displaying a Parking Permit at Lakeshore and 110 Carrier Drive
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When:
May 1, 2025

A friendly reminder to all Humber staff parking permit holders to please display a physical parking permit on your vehicle while parked at either Lakeshore Campus or 110 Carrier Drive.

Our contracted security company issues a City of Toronto municipal parking violation (which carries a $75 fine) to all parked vehicles that do not display a valid Humber parking permit or a paid receipt purchased from a Pay & Display parking meter. 

If you are a current parking permit holder and require a permit for use at Lakeshore Campus or 110 Carrier Drive please contact us at parking.sales@humber.ca.

Notice of Planned Hydro Service Interruption - North Campus
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When:
April 30, 2025

North Campus to be closed from Friday, May 23, 2025 (7 p.m.) to Sunday, May 25, 2025 (7 p.m.) 

When: Friday May 23, 2025 (7 p.m.) to Sunday, May 25, 2025 (7 p.m.)
Location:

North Campus – all buildings including the University of Guelph-Humber and the Arboretum/Centre for Urban Ecology

Note: Student residences (Bldgs R & T) will not be impacted by this service interruption.
Purpose: To perform electrical maintenance and infrastructure upgrades resulting from the SWITCH project.

The Humber North Campus will be closed from Friday, May 23, 2025 (7 p.m.) to Sunday, May 25, 2025 (7 p.m.). Students and employees will not be allowed entry into Humber facilities (with the exception of Residence) during the hydro service interruption.

All mechanical, electrical and technology systems across North Campus will be offline during the shutdown. 

Note: Student residences (Bldgs R and T) will not be impacted by this service interruption.

Central systems including Banner, Blackboard, Email and humber.ca will not be accessible through on-campus services. However, central systems will be accessible through an individual’s own internet connection (such as home internet, 5G and LTE). 

For schools/departments with a refrigerator/freezer in their area (or a common area or staff room), please remember to empty/throw out unused food as the power will be off across Campus.

The Centre for Trades and Technology (Carrier Drive) and the Transportation Training Centre (Woodbine Downs) will not be affected by the hydro service interruption.

For more information or if you have questions, please contact Dave Frigole, Associate Manager, Plant Services, at dave.frigole@humber.ca.

Lakeshore Athletics - Summer Hours & Fitness Schedule
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When:
April 30, 2025
Lakeshore Fitness Schedule for May 5-30.

Lakeshore Athletics will transition to summer hours beginning Monday, May 5, 2025.

Summer hours:

  • Monday to Thursday - 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
  • Friday - 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
  • Saturday & Sunday - 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Our Spring Fitness Class Schedule will run from May 5-30.

Library Closure on May 2
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When:
April 30, 2025

The North and Lakeshore Libraries, including the Archives, Idea Lab, and Learning Commons support desks, will be closed Friday, May 2 for team training. We will reopen Monday, May 5 at 8:30 a.m.

For a full list of Library, Learning Commons, Archives, and Idea Lab hours visit library.humber.ca.

Closure Notice - SWEL Services
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When:
April 29, 2025
Contact:
Oeishi Bhattacharjee
Tel:
6475223267
Email:
oeishi.bhattacharjee@humber.ca

SWEL Offices Closed April 30

Please be advised that all SWEL services across the North and Lakeshore Campuses—including Health Services, Counselling, Accessible Learning Services, Student Connection and Community Care, and Residence Life—will be temporarily closed on Wednesday, April 30, 2025 due to a department-wide staff development meeting. This meeting will take place from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., during which time services will be temporarily unavailable. Regular operations will resume immediately following the meeting at 12:30 p.m. 

Thank you for your understanding and support.

In case of emergency, the following resources are available: 

Career Milestones Recognition - April 2025
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When:
April 29, 2025
Posters/Attachments: Event Poster
List of employees celebrating Career Milestones in April

Congratulations to all our employees celebrating Career Milestones in April!

The following employees are celebrating their 1, 5, 10, 15 and 25-year anniversary with Humber. We encourage you to reach out to your colleagues to congratulate them on their Career Milestones!

1 Year 5 Years 10 Years 15 Years 25 Years
Jaden Pereux
Jacqueline Morgan
Christina Persaud
David Frigole
Mary Cantisano
Joaquin Varela Amandeep Lamba     Jennifer Ahamed
Mariel Anne Alano Christopher Diesinger     Fredy Mejia
Happy Abioke Jamila Yassin     Jesmin Fuad
Tianna Tabobondung
       Robert Gray
Heather Tran        
Chloe McLeod        
Jeffrey Altman        

Although we do our best to ensure we don't miss anyone, sometimes it happens. If we have missed anyone on this list, our sincere apologies. Please let us know so we can correct our records and ensure the employee receives recognition.

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

Vacation Planning and Employee Appreciation Time for 2025
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When:
April 29, 2025

Please view information below on statutory holidays and employee appreciation days that will be observed for 2025.   

2025 STATUTORY HOLIDAYS  

While services such as campus residence remain open, Humber Polytechnic and the University of Guelph-Humber will be closed on the following Statutory Holidays for 2025:  

STATUTORY HOLIDAY  

DATE  

Victoria Day  

Monday, May 19, 2025  

Canada Day  

Tuesday, July 1, 2025  

Civic Day  

Monday, August 4, 2025  

Labour Day  

Monday, September 1, 2025  

Thanksgiving Day  

Monday, October 13, 2025  

Christmas Day  

Thursday, December 25, 2025  

Boxing Day   

Friday, December 26, 2025  

EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION TIME  

Friday, May 16 - Noon (prior to the Victoria Day holiday)  

Friday, June 27 – Noon (prior to the Canada Day holiday)  

Monday, June 30 – Full Day (prior to the Canada Day holiday)  

Friday, August 1 – Noon (prior to the Civic Day holiday)  

Note: There is no early closure prior to the Labour Day statutory holiday in September.  

2025 HOLIDAY CLOSURE  

Humber Polytechnic and the University of Guelph-Humber will be closed for the holiday break on Wednesday, December 24, 2025, to Friday, January 2, 2026.   

Humber Polytechnic and the University of Guelph-Humber will re-open on Monday, January 5, 2026.  

VACATION PLANNING:  

Humber Polytechnic recognizes that work-life balance is essential for all employees and encourages employees to utilize their annually allotted vacation days, in consultation with their manager.    

Employees are reminded to submit their vacation requests in a timely manner and refer to the application ‘Vacation Accrual Summary Document’ below for guidance on allotted days and how accrued vacation is administered.    

KEY CONSIDERATIONS BY EMPLOYEE GROUP: 

FULL-TIME ACADEMIC STAFF 

Information on vacation accrual and HRMS process please refer to the Full-Time Academic Vacation Accrual Summary Document. 

Additional information can be found in Article 15 of the Academic Collective Agreement.    

For most Academic staff, the 2025 summer vacation period is as follows:  

Begins: Wednesday, June 25, 2025  

Ends: Tuesday, August 26, 2025  

Faculty Return: Wednesday, August 27, 2025  

Classes Begin: Tuesday, September 2, 2025  

 It is recognized that most non-teaching faculty and those who are teaching in the Spring and Summer semesters will have different vacation opportunities and schedules, as approved by their Associate Dean/Manager.    

 

FULL-TIME  SUPPORT STAFF 

Information on vacation accrual and HRMS process please refer to the Full-Time Support Staff Vacation Accrual Summary Document.

Additional information can be found in Article 11 of the Support Staff Collective Agreement. 

Note: As per Article 11.5 for the Support Staff Collective Agreement, employees are required to indicate their preference, if any, as to vacation dates by March 1st of the current vacation year for the next vacation year (July 1 to June 30).

PART-TIME SUPPORT STAFF 

For information about vacation for Part-Time Support Staff, refer to Article 14 of the Part-Time Support Staff Collective Agreement. 

 

FULL-TIME ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF 

 

For information on vacation accrual and how to request an absence on the HRMS, please refer to the Full-Time Admin Vacation Accrual Document.  

Please refer to the Administrative Staff Vacation Policy for additional information about administrative staff vacation.   

Additional information regarding the submission of timecards, requests for absences, and payroll timelines will be shared shortly. 

If you have any questions, please contact your manager. For additional guidance, please contact Total Rewards at totalrewards@humber.ca.

Thank you.  

People(s), Culture, & Organizational Excellence 

In Loving Memory: Nancy Sherman
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When:
April 29, 2025

Dear Colleagues,

We are deeply saddened to share that Nancy Sherman, a respected member of the Humber community, passed away on April 25, 2025.

From an expert in international development projects to the acting dean of Humber’s Faculty of Applied Sciences & Technology, Nancy Sherman had an impressive 50-year career.  She was a wonderful friend to Humber and generously shared her knowledge and extensive experience in trades, technology, and apprenticeship. We often called on her for support, and she was always willing to step up.

Nancy began her career by working in more than 15 countries in a diverse range of sectors including sustainable development, agriculture, early childhood education and technology. She developed an appreciation for, and skills in, leading interdisciplinary teams which is increasingly the hallmark of “environmental management.” She always said that she had “a little bit of knowledge in a thousand different things” that allowed her to be flexible in her career.

Following her achievements abroad, Nancy returned to Canada where she had a successful 20-year career in post-secondary education. In 2015, Nancy returned to a consultancy practice in strategic planning, higher education, and internationalization and was ideally positioned to take the helm in 2016 as the Acting Dean of FAST.

With a birds-eye view, she strengthened the framework so faculty and staff would have multiple opportunities to have their voices heard and more importantly, allow everyone to have a leadership role with the confidence that FAST could positively move forward.  In early 2017, she passed on the leadership baton and has since maintained an excellent relationship with her Humber colleagues as she continued to do occasional work with Humber.

Nancy was joyful, kind, and deeply committed. She will be greatly missed. As a pioneering female leader, she used her position to support and uplift many women in the trades and technology professions. She was truly a trailblazer. In her honour, we leave you with Nancy’s own words of wisdom:

“I live by the belief that if you continue to learn and put up your hand to volunteer, it will position you to follow your heart and be ready for opportunities that appear before you. Every little experience somehow gets stuck to another experience.”

A life well-lived, her legacy lives on.

We invite you to send your condolences to her family via this link to an E-card.

Warm regards,

Gina Antonacci, Senior Vice-President, Academic
Office of the Sr. VP, Academic		 Paul Griffin, Senior Dean
Faculty of Applied Sciences & Technology

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