Fundraising and Volunteer Management alumna Deepa Mattoo has an inspiring story. Like many within the Humber community, she was an international student, coming to Canada to further her education and acclimate herself to the workforce.

Deepa has leveraged her academic experiences locally and abroad to become the Executive Director at the Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic in Toronto. Along with her broad and diverse professional portfolio, she's an educator for students from Osgoode Hall Law School and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Law.

An influential leader and changemaker, she passes her knowledge and wisdom rooted in social justice to individuals following in her footsteps. The recognition she's received for her work includes YWCA Women of Distinction, a Law Society Medal and an Ontario Volunteer Service Award.

View her #MyHumberStory, and share stories of other talented alumni like Deepa to alumni@humber.ca.

Each December, the Faculty of Health Sciences & Wellness donates to Ernestine's Women's Shelter; a non-profit organization that provides advocacy, crisis intervention and shelter to women and gender diverse individuals and their children experiencing violence. 

We are supporting this important community partner through monetary donations again this year, and have set-up a Canada Helps page with a goal of raising $2,000.

We would like to extend the invitation to the entire Humber College community. 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 the women and children in the shelter and out in the community. 

If you have the means, please take a moment to contribute what you can (tax receipts are provided). Every donation helps!

Please visit our Canada Helps Page before December 23, 2022 to donate.

Thank you in advance.

Your friends,

Faculty of Health Sciences & Wellness

Starting January 23, 2023, a new offering of the Indigenous Teaching & Learning Bundles will begin. These bundles are microcredentials that provide a theoretical basis for faculty who are working to bring Indigenous voices, perspectives, teachings, histories, and experiences into the classroom.  

The first bundle, All Our Relations, focuses on Indigenous education, worldviews, political realities, anti-racism, and cultural safety. Additional training bundles that focus on Indigenous treaties and legal rights, land-based pedagogy, activism, and a range of other topics from climate change to Indigenous science will be available in future.

This is not “click-through” training. We engage learners with presentations, in-depth readings, media content, and sharing circle discussions. Final assignments that assess and apply their knowledge are completed and assessed.

Here are further details about this training opportunity:

• Dates: January 23 to April 7, 2023
• Two-hours per week x 10-week commitment (runs over 11 weeks to allow for Reading Break)
• Faculty will be SWF’d or paid for their time and must receive approval from their manager or associate dean to participate
• Professors (full and partial load), librarians, counsellors, and administrative staff are all welcome to participate
• The course is asynchronous and online, but learners are asked to keep up with course content on a weekly basis

To inquire or to enroll, please contact kerry.potts@humber.ca by December 16, 2022.

Meegwetch for your interest in advancing the Indigenous education at Humber College.

Indigenous Education & Engagement

To all faculty and academic partners,

Test Centre Reminders

1. For learners to be able to schedule their exam in the Test Centre, faculty must first submit a test through the Testing Services link in their course content in Blackboard or CourseLink.​ Learners will not be able to make an appointment without a test being available first.
2. To learn how to submit a test on Blackboard or CourseLink, please watch this short instructional video.
3. In Blackboard, please ensure that you have made the Testing Services link visible to students so that they can see it in their course content. You have two options for this step:
   • On the Testing Services link, click on “Hidden from students” and switch it to “Visible to students” – this allows all learners in your course to see the Testing Services Link and make an appointment in the Test Centre, or;
   • On the Testing Services link, click on “Hidden from students” and switch it to “Release conditions” – this will prompt you to select the specific learners in your course who can see the Testing Services Link and make an appointment in the Test Centre. A tutorial on release conditions can be found here.  
4. Once you have submitted your test and it has been approved, and you have made the link visible in Blackboard, you can let learners know that they are able to book their exam by clicking on the Testing Services link. Learners must book their appointment 48 hours ahead of time.
5. We do not accept paper test drop offs. If only a paper copy of the exam is available, please scan it, and upload it with your test submission.
6. Please connect with us via email at testingservices@humber.ca, or call us at x4712 for North or x3228 for Lakeshore if you need any support with your test submission.

Finals Fall 2022

This semester, both accommodated learners and non-accommodated learners are able to take their final exams in the Test Centre. Non-accommodated learners can book their appointments through the same Testing Services Link. We have extended our service hours to allow for a higher volume of students.

Thank you for your continued partnership and support of all learners.

Testing Services Team

Student Wellness and Equitable Learning
Student Success and Engagement