Check out Humber Libraries' new collection of books on the theme, A Journey in Black Joy, for Black History Month.
Read books such as Bolu Babalola's Love in Color, Mecca Jamliah Sullivan's Big Girl, Tracey Michae'l Lewis-Giggetts book of essays, Black Joy: Stories of Resistance, Resilience and Restoration, or Canadian poets in a new collection, AfriCANthology. Or, listen to Issa Rae's new book on audio, The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl.
Enjoy these books and more by accessing the Library's OverDrive collection, or download the Libby app, adding Humber College as your library branch.
An assembly of faculty, support staff, students, and administrators, Humber College Council (HCC) is Humber’s collective employee voice, making suggestions to Humber College’s President as it relates to long and short‐term institutional priorities. It held its fifth meeting of the academic year virtually on January 19, 2023.
NOTIFICATION OF DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES WORKER-APPRENTICESHIP (PROGRAM CLOSURE)
Nora Simpson, associate dean, FSCS currently overseeing CPL programs, spoke to the closure of the Developmental Services Worker-Apprenticeship program due to low enrolment. This program’s students are nominated by their employer, and in recent years, their sponsorship for these apprenticeships has declined.
Eleven students are currently in this program, with most scheduled to complete it before Fall 2023. For students who cannot complete the program by this date, a transfer pathway will be created to support their program continuation at Loyalist and Fanshaw colleges, as these colleges continue to offer this program.
For learners seeking credentials in developmental services at Humber, the college will continue to offer a two-year diploma and an accelerated (soon to be advanced standing) development services program.
For information on the process followed to close a Humber program, visit: https://humber.ca/legal-and-risk-management/policies/academic/program-suspensioncancellation-policy.html
INNOVATIVE LEARNING – SUPPORT FOR FACULTY
Dawn Macaulay, dean, Innovative Learning, Heather Lowry, associate dean, Digital Learning, and Ranya Khan, associate dean, Teaching Excellence provided an overview of their area and the support they offer to Humber faculty, administrators, and support staff.
Formerly the Centre for Teaching and Learning, Innovative Learning (IL) is dedicated to developing and enhancing teaching innovation and learning across the institution. It supports conversation and inspiration to energize and mobilize innovative and evidence-informed teaching practices. Its two areas serve as a hub for the Humber community, supporting its vision as a polytechnic education leader:
IL offers learning opportunities to all Humber employees at no charge. Registration announcements and information are circulated via Communique. These include:
ENROLMENT UPDATE AND 2023-2024 ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Barbara Riach, AVP, Enrolment Management & Registrar provided updates on Humber’s enrolment.
Over the Fall 2022 and Winter 2023 terms, colleges across Ontario continued to experience a drop in domestic applications and enrolment, and an increase in international applications and enrolment. Humber experienced an 11.1% overall drop in applications (largely due to non-direct learners/mature students), compared to a system-wide decline of 8.5%, with some reporting a 20+% drop. Colleges just outside the GTA and in Northern Ontario experienced the largest decline. In Fall 2022 enrolment was down 3034 overall ( -3,153 Domestic and +119 for International) and in Winter 2023 was down 3,366 overall (-3,946 Domestic and +580 International).
In August 2022, The Star reported 1 million job vacancies and the national unemployment rate in Canada as 4.9%, the lowest since 1970. A strong employment market impacts the number of people upgrading their skills, and making changes to their careers, thereby impacting the number of non-direct applications received at Humber and at other postsecondary institutions. There was a significant decline in domestic applications and enrolment in graduate certificate programs, which are designed to “top-up” and build on an undergraduate credential and provide an introduction to the employment market through work-integrated learning.
Humber and its international learners continue to grapple with the uncertainty around students securing study-permits, travel costs and experiencing travel challenges. The deferred administration of study permit approvals has resulted in a back-log of approximately 180K study permit applications at Immigration Canada. Humber faculty responded by creating online sections to accommodate semester 1 students awaiting these permits.
Fall 2022 and 2021 registrations by campus were 57%/59% North; 36%/38% Lakeshore; 5%/2% IGS (up more than double); and 1%/1% Online. The international Graduate School (IGS) enrolled 1295 students (representing 65% of its capacity) in Fall 2022, up from 566 the previous year. Registration by credential for these same terms was: 21%/23% Degree; 18%/14% Graduate Certificate; 18%/20% Advance Diploma; 38%/38% Diploma; and 5%/5% Certificate.
Humber continues to diversify the countries from which its students originate. Countries currently include: India, Philippines, Vietnam, Nigeria, Brazil, Colombia, Hong Kong, Ukraine, Mexico, Jamaica, and Russia. India continues to make up a large portion of students studying at Humber and across the college system.
Derek Stockley, AVP, Academic shared the academic calendar for FY23/24. To view the calendar, visit: https://humber.ca/admissions/office-of-the-registrar/academic-calendar.html
EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT SESSION: THE FUTURE OF WORK
Marianne Davitjan, director, Organizational Effectiveness and Elizabeth McPherson, manager, Employee Engagement & Learning, Human Resources & Organizational Effectiveness (HROE), provided an overview of the Employee Engagement Framework and conducted a consultation with Humber College Council focused on the Future of Work project.
The 2020 Employee Engagement and Well-being Framework provides a graphical representation of Humber’s drivers of employee well-being and engagement. Developed based on industry research and leading practice, Humber employees were invited to vote on the drivers Humber would prioritize, and plans were developed to actionize the 5 employee-selected drivers: Personal Well-being, Work Well-Being, Environmental & Social Well-being, Organizational Well-Being and Cultural Well-Being. For more information on the Employee Engagement and Well-being Framework and the actions the college is taking, visit the HROE website.
As part of The Future of Work (FoW) Project that seeks to improve the employee experience and increase the college’s ability to attract and retain top talent, the HROE team is developing a Future of Work Framework. The framework will define what flexible work looks like at Humber and outline the organizational pre-requisites, changes, tools, and support required to successfully enable flexible work practices, including digital services, HR policies, programs and initiatives, and services. The FoW will include a strategy and roadmap (enterprise-wide and divisional) to socialize and implement the framework. To date, the project has consulted the academic and administrative leadership and some divisions to identify FoW opportunities and challenges for Humber.
Breakout sessions were conducted with HCC to determine how Humber can innovate the employee experience in our new hybrid work environment. HCC was asked to discuss the following:
Following the consultation, HROE will review the data collected to identify practices, policies, and solutions to support the transition.
NEXT HCC MEETING
The next Humber College Council meeting will be held virtually on March 9, 2023. HCC will meet February 9, 2023 for a professional development session.
For questions or comments about HCC meeting highlights, contact regan.mancini@humber.ca. For supporting materials, meeting minutes or opportunities to provide feedback, please visit the College Council website or contact shovani.samalia@humber.ca.
Celebrate and recognize the great work that your colleagues are doing. Nominate them for the Innovation of the Year Award 2023.
Purpose or goal
The purpose of the Innovation of the Year Awards is to recognize College employees who have designed and implemented a significant innovation that positively impacts the Humber student experience.
Eligibility
All employee groups (full and part-time faculty, administrators and support staff) are eligible for nomination.
Criteria
The merit of an innovation will be judged on the following criteria:
The Innovation must have a positive impact on the Humber student experience.
To make a submission, email the completed nomination form (attached) and forward supporting documents to falisha.rowe@humber.ca by Friday, March 8, 2023.
Applications for the new Leadership Initiative Fund (LIF) are open! Funding is available to students, or student groups, at Humber who wish to run an initiative or event on campus.
The LIF program recognizes the importance of student involvement and engagement in the creation of a vibrant campus community. This funding aims to support students whose initiatives or events will contribute to our institutional and community values. All funded projects must support the creation of a Healthy and Inclusive Community and submissions must fall under one of the three pillars:
Decisions for the awarding of funds are made by the LIF committee, which is made up of staff from the Department of Student Life and Equity, as well as IGNITE
For more information, please visit the Leadership Programs website.
Check out what we have in store this week. Enjoy freshly made meals and baked goods prepared by students in our culinary and baking programs.
In store this week:
Pricing and product availability are subject to change.
Hours of Operation
Monday to Thursday: 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Friday: 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Simple, ingenious employee solutions make a big impact!
Humber’s Office of Research & Innovation (ORI) ran an inclusive innovation program for front-line employees over the summer and fall of 2022. ORI is pleased to announce that, following evaluation by an independent judging panel and review from Ginger Grant, PhD., Dean of Research and Innovation, the top-ranked finalists and special award recipients of the 2022 Butterfly Effect (BE) Challenge have been selected.
Note that, collectively these (often simple) solutions have resulted in annual savings of more than $150,000 of costs, almost 2.5 years of employee time, and the equivalent of two 45-foot mature pine trees worth of paper. The members of these ingenious teams will also be sharing their solutions with other employees to multiply their impact.
Top-ranked finalists:
Special Innovation Awards:
ORI Dean’s Special Award: Student Impact
External Panel & ORI Team Special Award: Hearts & Minds
Sustainability Spotlight Award
Simply Smart Spirit Award
Microsoft Automation Award
Innovation Sandbox Award
The BE Challenge team will be presenting the awards to the top-ranked finalists and special innovation award recipients in February.
About the Butterfly Effect Challenge:
The BE Challenge seeks to discover and celebrate Humber College’s front-line innovators. The Challenge looks for simple, low-cost or no-cost integration and/or automation solutions that have already been implemented by Humber’s support staff and non-managerial administrative staff. The solutions can improve both on-campus and remote work arrangements.
Humber’s front-line colleagues are continuously improving the Humber experience, but their ideas and solutions often remain hidden in plain sight. This initiative is part of a broader Inclusive Research & Innovation training program the Humber Office of Research & Innovation (ORI) has been piloting. ORI staff have been trained in the principles and processes of Inclusive Innovation, and they launched and managed The 2022 Butterfly Effect Challenge over the summer and fall.
Please reach out to the Humber Office of Research & Innovation team at be@humber.ca if you’re interested in learning more about the BE Challenge.
To provide a more efficient process for both the College and its clients, Financial Services has implemented a new electronic way to submit PCard (Purchase Card) requests and changes.
Effective immediately, all PCard requests and changes will be submitted using the PCard Request Change E-Form.
The link to the E-Form can also be found on the landing page at www.humber.ca/finance.
If you have any questions or concerns, please email mastercard@humber.ca or reach out to Kristen Catell (PCard Administrator/Administrative Manager).
Thank you.
Your on-campus student-run restaurant lab, The Humber Room, opens this week for lunch service.
Join us this week for our à la carte service and a different menu each day!
The Humber Room is a live learning lab for our students, and a culinary and service experience for guests. Our menu selection and service style change every week based on our curriculum. Enjoy your culinary experience led by our Culinary Management and Baking and Pastry Arts students, and service provided by Event and Hospitality Management students.
Hours of Operation
Tuesday - Friday
Doors open at 12:00 p.m.
Seating guests between 12 p.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Sevice ends by 1:30 p.m.
For group reservations of 10 guests or more, please email jessica.estrela@humber.ca.
IGNITE partners with Humber Advancement and Alumni to provide students with Learning Essentials Support, a financial support service designed to help cover the cost of program learning essential items, from $50 up to a maximum of $500 per academic year.
Examples of learning essential items that we support include, but are not limited to:
Applications open today!
Humber Galleries, in partnership with Humber’s Black Heritage 365 Committee, presents an artwork installation by Yung Yemi as part of Humber’s Black Heritage Month Celebration beginning on February 1.
Humber Galleries worked with the City of Toronto to bring Yung Yemi’s artwork to Humber Lakeshore for Nuit Blanche last October and is excited to bring another series of work by the artist to North Campus. The installation in the Learning Resource Commons will feature four large scale digital mixed media works which will be on display throughout the months of February and March.
About Yung Yemi
Adeyemi Adegbesan is a Toronto-based multi-disciplinary artist whose practice aims to examine the intersectionality of Black identity. Reflecting on Black cultural ideologies from pre-colonial, colonial, present day and future timelines; across regions, religions, varying levels of income and political lines, Adegbesan examines the dichotomy of the richness of Black experiences with the imposed societal homogeneity of ‘Blackness’. Through his work Adegbesan pulls from these varying elements to create Afro-futuristic portraits that embody themes of history, fantasy, speculative futures, and spirituality.
Adeyemi is a self-taught artist whose practice incorporates photography, mixed media collage, murals and assemblage. He works out of his studio in Toronto’s Kensington Market neighborhood and has shown work in Canada and the United States. He has also worked with brands such as HBO, Instagram, and the Toronto Raptors on commercial collaborations.
Date & location:
When: February 1 – March 31, 2023
Where: Learning Resource Commons, North Campus
Cost: Free
Contact:
Melissa Poliah
melissa.poliah@humber.ca