Humber Press, Office of Research & Innovation (ORI), is thrilled to announce that Humber’s research and innovation quarterly magazine SPARK is the winner of a Silver award at the 14th annual Canadian Online Publishing Awards (COPA). The award-winning SPARK was recognized in the category of Best Digital Edition Publication – Academic.

The COPA has become the tip of the spear for the digital publishing industry in Canada by showcasing and helping Canadian content creators move the needle forward for their brands on the global stage. The COPA was started in 2009 as an industry showcase of the Best Digital Content creators in the magazine and newspaper industries.

The COPA nomination entries are reviewed by a 'who’s who’ of the digital publishing industry in Canada. The panel has more than 90 judges and is a collection of content, creative, digital, web, tech marketing, media and publishing experts.

The award is a special recognition of SPARK Issue #4, which shines the spotlight on three interdisciplinary initiatives from Humber’s Visual and Digital Arts, Baking and Pastry Arts, and Fashion Management programs.

Anju Kakkar, IMBB™, Managing Editor of Humber Press, and the team accepted the award at the COPA award ceremony held on February 9, 2023; the team was delighted to be joined by Dianna Dinevski, PhD. (abd), associate dean of Research and Development.

The Humber Press team is grateful for this honour and heartily acknowledges the leadership of Dr. Ginger Grant, dean of Research & Innovation, for her unwavering support. The team also extends special thanks to Rose-Marie Dolinar, PhD., and the entire ORI team. We also acknowledge with thanks Humber’s growing research and innovation community.

Learn more about the COPA finalists on their webpage.
Read the winning SPARK issue #4.
Read the latest SPARK issue.
Don’t forget to check out the Humber Press website.

Sue Watt, after 30 plus years at Humber’s Child Development Centre (CDC), has retired. Her colleagues, the children in her care, and their families, will forever remember the influence that she had on them.

Throughout her career, her passion for holistic and healthy child development was seen in everything that she did. She was always singing, sharing her love of nature, and ensuring that children experienced the outdoors on walks as she felt it was essential to the social and emotional development of children and teachers alike.

Sue was instrumental in being a steadfast role model, not only for her colleagues, but also for the pre-service ECE students that were lucky enough to have her as a mentor. Even after 30+ years of service, Sue is fondly remembered throughout each day as the educators at the CDC work with children and their families as they continue to bring her philosophy of care to their daily lives and interactions with the future leaders of tomorrow.

Sue’s delicious homemade banana bread and other baked goods also hold a special place with all those that were fortunate enough to work alongside her. We hope that the next chapter of Sue’s life brings her as much happiness as her years spent at the CDC did. Sue, welcome to this phase of life, where every day is the weekend!

Thank you for your dedication over the years – you will be forever a member of the CDC family.

Win a share of $40,000!

Students who have completed five of seven Longo BYOB (Be Your Own Boss) workshops are eligible to compete for the Longo BYOB Competition. Any student who has not attended the workshops can still register and complete the minimum required workshops in time.

Application for competition includes a three to five minute video and a 500 word essay, so start early!

Submit a completed application by Wednesday, March 29, 2023.

Full details can be found on the Longo Centre for Entrepreneurship webpage.

As a relatively new (1.5 years), one-of-a-kind matrix-based service provider, it is not uncommon for folks to still ask me... "So what exactly IS CPL?'"

On the surface, the answer is simple. Continuous Professional Learning (CPL) is Humber's continuing education and lifelong learning operation with ties to each of our six Faculties and two educational business units - COWD and ETS. We offer continuing and professional learning products like courses, micro-credentials and/or certificates, that help to upskill, reskill or reconfigure someone's personal or professional future. Our average learner is 42 years old, has a job, and is female (73 per cent). While most of our learners come from the GTA (70 per cent), we have folks from throughout Ontario and Canada. We also have international CPL learners with more than 24 different nationalities representing every continent. 

If we dig deeper we find that CPL is also made up of countless cross-functional relationships with campus services like Marketing, Legal, Purchasing, ITS & Finance. These relationships are further strengthened by the insights and support of Student and Community Engagement, Government Relations, PPDR, CIL, our COIs and ORI; each helping us co-create a positive alternative revenue stream for the College. CPL's various products are centred around industry needs, quality and financial viability. 

So, what is CPL? We are an outside-the-box group of innovators and adult-learning specialists who are committed to delivering outstanding, high-quality educational products. We serve as a gateway for great ideas and a delivery mechanism for cutting-edge solutions. We are, by necessity, future-focused bridge builders and barrier breakers. We are HUMBER and with more than 42 (non-CPL) staff from throughout the College who are engaged, like you, in supporting our efforts to exceed learner expectations every single day.

Many thanks,

Frank Cappadocia
Dean, Continuous Professional Learning