To all Humber Employees: 

As we look ahead to the upcoming holiday season, we would like to take this opportunity to express our gratitude to all members of the Humber community.

It has been a year of many changes, but your hard work and dedication throughout the pandemic has contributed to Humber’s continued success. Your commitment and care for one another, and to our students, is evident as we work together to deliver a quality teaching and learning experience, while also supporting each other through challenging times.

To recognize your efforts, the college will officially close for our annual holiday break the end of the business day Thursday, December 23 instead of December 24 at noon. The college will reopen on Tuesday, January 4, 2022. 

Naturally, there will be business operations and pay considerations related to this closure. The Human Resources and Organizational Effectiveness division will provide details on how to handle employee scheduling and time entries related to this closure in a subsequent email to all managers.

Employees may access key payroll calendar dates here.

Thank you once again for all that you do to support students and each other.

Chris Whitaker
President, CEO Humber I.T.A.L.

Enhancing Institutional EDI Knowledge of Disability and Academic Accessibility: 

• Many students miss assignment deadlines or miss tests/exams. For some students with disabilities, it could be due to a flare-up in their condition, which can be unpredictable in nature and often outside of their control. 
• It can be difficult for faculty to balance academic rigour and accountability for what students are to learn, with a fair and manageable process for those who miss required tests/exams and assignments. 
• Consider creating a contingency supplemental assignment or make-up test/exam that can be pulled out during the semester as needed.  

Visit our ALS Information for Faculty website to learn more about accommodating students with disabilities. 

Please email us at accessible-learning@humber.ca with suggestions for key accessibility-related topics that you would like us to address through the Communiqué.

Humber College is committed to providing a learning, working and living environment that respects and reflects the diversity within the student population and our local and global communities. In developing Humber’s Institutional Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Framework and Strategy, the Centre for Human Rights, Equity & Inclusion re-established Humber’s Employment Equity Program (EEP). One of the steps in the EEP is to conduct an Employment Systems Review (ESR). The ESR Project will be conducted under the direction of the Centre for Human Rights, Equity & Inclusion and Humber’s Human Rights, Equity & Inclusion Committee.

The ESR examines employment policies, practices and organizational culture to identify systemic barriers to inclusion faced by Indigenous Peoples and individuals from equity-deserving groups in the Humber workforce. The ESR findings will support Humber to develop evidence-based strategies to create, implement and sustain the organizational change process necessary to increase equity, diversity and inclusion throughout all levels of the College.

The key project activities are: a review of Humber’s employment systems policies and programs, consultations with key stakeholders and the development of an Employment Equity Plan. This will be supported by a communication strategy to educate, inform and engage employees.

This project falls under the sponsorship of Lori Diduch, vice-president, Human Resources and Organizational Effectiveness. Nancy Simms, director, Human Rights, Equity & Inclusion and Bharat Saini, manager, Human Rights, Equity & Inclusion are the project managers and they will be assisted by Employment Matters Consulting (EMC), a nationally recognized consulting company that specializes in equity, diversity and inclusion education and work.

Over the next few weeks, the consultant will be holding focus groups and one-on-one interviews to gather information that will assist in this review. In these meetings, the consultants will ask about the organizational culture at Humber and how the human resources employment policies and procedures can be enhanced. They will seek your suggestions on possible changes to advance EDI at the College. Information provided to the consultants will be reported in aggregate form.

If you have any questions about the ESR Project, please email humanrights@humber.ca.

The Centre for Human Rights, Equity & Inclusion thanks you for helping to build a more inclusive Humber.

Sincerely,
Nancy Simms M.A. ADR
Director, Human Rights, Equity & Inclusion and Lead, EDI Taskforce

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