The Office of the Registrar is pleased to share some of what we've been up to this term with the latest issue of the RO End of Term Wrap Up.
We look forward to continuing to highlight key information and celebrate team achievements as we work together to support students and staff in the new year!
The latest edition of the Humber Magazine is now available in print and online for staff, faculty, alumni and friends. This edition centers on the theme of innovation and fueling the entrepreneurial spirit.
Entrepreneurial skills are needed now more than ever as we enter a time of post-pandemic recovery. We heard many positive stories about this from our students and alumni, including how they adjusted their lives, came up with new ideas and solutions, and, in some cases, launched business ventures to forge new paths forward.
We also witnessed our Humber community of supporters, including the Longo Family Foundation, Magna, and BMO Financial Group, step up to support our students and encourage them to launch new ideas.
Read these stories and more in the latest issue of Humber Magazine or visit humber.ca/magazine to download an accessible version.
We hope you enjoy these stories and that they provide you with inspiration for the new year!
Digital literacy is a critical component in the integration of refugees in our communities. It helps refugees to access information, essential services, and can lead to meaningful employment opportunities.
Community Outreach & Workforce Development (COWD) is seeking four paid volunteers (fluent in Arabic) to make an impact in their communities by empowering refugee women through digital literacy training in partnership with the Arab Community Centre of Toronto and TechServe TO. Each volunteer will receive an honorarium of up to $1,750.
About the opportunity
As a volunteer, you will help equip refugee women (Arabic-speaking) in Toronto with the skills and confidence needed to succeed in online spaces and in life. You will develop and deliver digital literacy workshops, in collaboration with TechServe TO, that will be translated to Arabic and delivered to refugee women in March 2023.
The timeline for this volunteer opportunity is January 2023 to the end of March 2023. January to February will be spent on the development of the workshops, and delivery to refugee women will occur in March 2023.
Please note: Interested candidates must be fluent in Arabic. The time commitment for this opportunity is roughly 10 hours/week.
COWD is committed to providing a volunteering opportunity that is valuable and easy for our learners. You will be provided with all the training and materials needed to be successful in the development and delivery of these workshops.
What’s in it for you?
If you are interested in this volunteering opportunity, please complete the form below. You may also contact Nivedita Lane (nivedita.lane@humber.ca) for more information.
COWD Volunteer Registration - Digital Literacy Training for Refugee Women
Please join us in welcoming Nalini Jugnundan (she/her), DED. B.A. LLB. LLM, to the Centre as Interim Director, Centre for Human Rights, Equity & Inclusion. Nalini began her work with us on October 3, 2022.
Nalini’s lived experience has motivated her lifelong commitment and dedication to addressing social justice, human rights, equity and diversity issues.
After initially obtaining an Education diploma, she pursued an LLB. (SA) and subsequently a LLM from Osgoode Hall Law School.
Her years of experience and training have contributed to her being recognized as a subject matter expert in alternative dispute resolution, investigations, mediations and in human rights, equity and diversity.
Nalini has been involved in developing and implementing the strategy and design for Centres of Expertise in the educational sector (university, college and school boards) and in the retail industry as it relates to an organization’s commitment to human rights, equity, diversity and inclusion (HEDI) as well as workplace investigations, resulting in significant system-wide organizational transformational change.
Nalini has held senior executive positions at provincial tribunals, the education sector, and in the public and private sector, both locally and internationally.
With her lived experiences and expertise in human rights, equity, diversity and inclusion issues and her ongoing quest to understand and address the many issues that impact society including gender orientation, sexual orientation, Indigenous Peoples, equity deserving groups and racialized people, Nalini brings a wealth of knowledge to inform the work of the Centre in addressing the needs of the Humber community.
Welcome, Nalini!
Jason Hunter
Vice-President, Student and Community Engagement
Please note that as of November 18, 2022, Kathryn Edgett, will be acting Manager, Human Rights, Equity & Inclusion.
Please direct any human rights or harassment-related complaints or inquiries to humanrights@humber.ca.
As part of the Bookstore construction, the hallway outside the Bookstore warehouse (North Campus, building H) will be closed for floor tiles replacement. The hallway will be closed from Monday, December 19, 2022 until the end of Friday, December 30, 2022 (view attached image). During this time, please use alternative routes and elevators in other buildings nearby.
If you have any questions, please contact Khon Ta at extension 4143.
We're excited to provide the long-awaited recording of the Humber staff/faculty workshop entitled "International Students, WIL and Immigration Regulations" (delivered on November 9, 2022).
Join two of our regulated Canadian immigration consultants/international student advisors as they answer these questions and more:
The recording is available now
The Co-op Placement Immigration Requirements document (which is shared by faculties with their WIL students) is also in the process of being updated and will be shared with faculty placement teams as soon as it is ready.
Dear Humber community,
I’m writing today to notify you that FSCS Associate Dean, Theresa Knott, is leaving Humber College on March 1, 2023. Theresa will be taking on the role of Associate VP, Academic Experience at Fleming College.
Theresa began at Humber in December of 2020, and has been an integral member of the FSCS administrative team, leading various programs across the faculty. Theresa also has an expertise and focus on hybrid learning options. Theresa was not only instrumental in advancing the FSCS hybrid/online course development strategy, but she also worked closely with the CIL to establish an institutional approach.
While she will be deeply missed at Humber, we are thrilled for Theresa as she moves forward in her professional career. To ensure programming continuity, we have also posted for the FSCS Associate Dean role and will be hiring before Theresa’s departure.
We deeply appreciate all the hard work Theresa has done at Humber over the last two years. Fleming is very lucky to have her join their team!
Sincerely,
June MacDonald-Jenkins
Senior Dean, Faculty of Social and Community Services
Principal, Lakeshore Campus
The Centre wishes you and yours a happy and warm holiday season.
There are many reasons to celebrate in December:
Hanukkah is observed for eight days and nights, starting the evening of December 18 to December 26, 2022. A candle or oil-based light is lit on a menorah each night throughout the eight-day holiday.
Winter Solstice, December 21, is the day with the fewest hours of sunlight of the year and may be marked by various celebrations and traditions like the Persian festival of Yalda.
Christmas celebrated on December 25, involves a wide range of secular and religious traditions, celebrated with family, Christmas trees, and gifts.
Kwanzaa is an annual celebration of Pan-African culture from December 26 to January 1, culminating in a communal feast called Karamu, usually on the sixth day.
Ōmisoka, New Year’s Eve, is considered an important day in Japanese tradition as it is the end of the old year and the eve of New Year’s Day.
We remind you to be inclusive in your holiday celebrations and recognize the different ways those around you may be celebrating this time of year.
If you have any questions, please contact humanrights@humber.ca.
We hope you all have a safe and restful holiday break!
Send your 2022 holiday wishes to your external partners, stakeholders and others with one of Humber’s 2022 holiday e-cards!
Our eco-friendly holiday wishes come in a variety of designs and messages. The designs for these e-cards were created by Dekel Chui, Government Relations, Marketing and Communication (GRMC) department. If you have any questions, please contact marie.kyrinis@humber.ca.
We are offering you a variety of styles to choose from this year:
Wishing all of you a safe and happy holidays,
Government Relations, Marketing and Communications team
*You must have Adobe Acrobat PRO with the edit feature to customize the message within e-cards. Email marie.kyrinis@humber.ca if you require more details.
Last year, many people in our Humber College community were integral in helping us surpass our goal of raising $2,000 in donations to Ernestine's Women's Shelter; a non-profit organization based in North Etobicoke that provides advocacy, crisis intervention and shelter to Women and Gender Diverse individuals and their children experiencing violence.
With huge thanks to those who have already donated, and with just a week until the College closes for the December holiday break, we are almost halfway to reaching our $2,000 goal this year!
The holiday season can bring with it added stress and anxiety for survivors of gender-based violence, and your donations will help ensure that Ernestine's can continue to provide support to all of their clients in the shelter and out in the community. Let’s do what we can to support this important local charity.
If you have the means, please take a moment to contribute what you can on the FHSW Canada Helps page. Tax receipts are provided.
Every little contribution truly helps, whether you can contribute $10, $25, or more,
With gratitude,
Your friends in the Faculty of Health Sciences & Wellness.
About Ernestine’s Women’s Shelter
Ernestine’s Women’s Shelter was opened in 1983 by a group of community members who saw a need for a safe place for women and children fleeing violence and abuse.
Ernestine’s is a non-profit organization that provides advocacy, crisis intervention and shelter to Women, Two-Spirit, Trans, Non-binary and Gender Diverse individuals and their children experiencing violence. Our services are evidence-informed and driven by values of inclusion, anti-racism, anti-oppression and respect. We seek to interrupt violence through education and advocacy for social justice.
Ernestine’s is a 32-bed emergency shelter with 14 private bedrooms.
We provide a home for individuals and their children – who stay with us from six months to over one year – until we find appropriate housing for them. During their stay, we provide them with all the necessities they might need (new bedding, clothes, school supplies, toiletries, baby supplies, prescriptions not covered by OHIP, loaded Presto cards, and anything else they might need).
In addition to shelter clients, we support over 600 adults and children from across the GTA through our Outreach Program. The shelter’s Outreach clients have access to counselling services and programs as well as the shelter’s on-site donation rooms and food bank.
We provide a range of holistic services to our shelter and Outreach clients. Our services and programs include 24-hour crisis assistance, individual and group-based counselling support, skills exchange programs, as well as legal, housing, and immigration support and advocacy.
Since we opened our doors in 1983, we have supported over 15,000 individuals and children.
Thanks to our supporters, last year (2021-2022) we were able to: