Humber College is committed to fostering a respectful and inclusive culture in which all members of the College community study, work and live free from discrimination and harassment. The College has the right, as well as the legal and moral responsibility, to ensure that all its members are treated fairly, equitably, and respectfully, in order to provide a learning, working and living environment free from discrimination and harassment on the basis of gender identity and gender expression; and one in which transgender and non-binary individuals are included, respected and encouraged to reach their potential as members of the College community.

Discrimination and harassment based on gender identity and gender expression are prohibited under the Ontario Human Rights Code (Code). The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) defines gender identity as "each person's internal and individual sense of being a woman, a man, both, neither, or anywhere along the gender spectrum." Our names and pronouns are two fundamental ways we express gender and how others perceive our gender. The words people use to describe themselves and others are very important. The OHRC also reminds us that "The right terms can affirm identities and challenge discriminatory attitudes. The wrong ones can disempower, demean and reinforce exclusion".

Pronouns such as she/her and he/him do not fit everyone's gender identity. There are numerous other pronouns a person can use, such as they/them/theirs, ze/zir/zirs, ey/em/eir, etc. We cannot assume a person's gender identity from their pronouns. Humber's Gender Diversity Policy states, "All individuals within the College community are entitled to be referred to by the gender pronoun(s) of their choice." Under the Code and Humber's Human Rights Policy and Gender Diversity Policy, everyone has the right to self-identify their gender. "Misgendering," referring to someone with the incorrect pronouns, is a form of harassment. (source)

It is increasingly common for people to introduce themselves with their pronouns or to include them in email signatures- great steps towards increased inclusion. However, no one should ever be forced, compelled, or pressured to share their pronouns publicly, i.e., at a meeting or in a classroom. This may have the effect of making the person feel they have no option but to "out" themselves. "Outing" is the act of disclosing a 2SLGBTQ+ person's sexual orientation or gender identity without that person's consent or without the person feeling safe or ready to do so. Outing someone would be a violation of Humber's Gender Diversity Policy, Human Rights Policy, and the Code. Consider asking people to share their pronouns only if they are comfortable and having an option to do so privately.

If you have questions about pronouns, please contact humanrights@humber.ca.

Thank you for your continued commitment to an inclusive working, learning and living environment at the College.

Send your 2021 holiday wishes to your external partners, stakeholders and others with one of Humber’s 2021 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:

• e-cards that have a Humber standard message that can be sent as an attached PDF or pasted as a picture directly in your email.
• e-card pdfs can be customized with a more personal message and then sent as an attached PDF or saved as a pasted image [FILE drop menu/EXPORT TO/IMAGE/JPG].*

Go to Humber Holiday e-cards

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.

Important for all Humber faculties and units,

With Humber’s move to Ultra and the need for additional storage, the Blackboard Purge Project will permanently delete old DEV, SBX and LIVE courses from the Blackboard server in two phases over the next few weeks. View the list of courses here to see if your courses are tagged to be purged in December 2021/January 2022.

Blackboard will start purging old courses in two phases.

Phase 1

By December 15th, 2021, all LIVE (Banner generated) course sites from Fall 2018 to Summer 2019 will be permanently purged. Should you wish to retain your course(s) you may submit a request by clicking on "Request to Retain" button beside the course record (see link above) with an explanation on why you wish to retain the course.

The deadline is Wednesday, December 8, 2021.

Your request to retain may not be approved and as such, if your course is tagged to be purged, please make a backup of it and download/save the backup on your device.

It will take at most 5 minutes to back up your course. 

For help with backing up your courses, check the tutorial:  Archiving Blackboard Original Courses

Phase 2

By January 14th, 2022, all DEV and SBX courses from the beginning of time until Summer 2019 will be permanently purged, unless marked as “Request to Retain” by January 8, 2022.

For help with backing up your courses, check the tutorial:  Archiving Blackboard Original Courses 

Thank you,

Digital Learning Team

The Department of Public Safety in partnership with the Toronto Police Service #Santa9114Kids and CP24 CHUM CHRISTMAS WISH will be collecting toys for our annual toy drive. Last year was a huge success! A big thanks goes to the Humber College community.

We were able to collect and donate hundreds of toys to several local hospitals, families, and single parents in the GTA that needed some help during the holiday season.

Please bring a new unwrapped toy to any one of these locations: Learning Resource Commons (LRC), Public Safety in NX101 (North Campus), M Building (Lakeshore Campus) or to the North or Lakeshore Residence reception area by December 15, 2021.

You can also order toys online and send toys to:

Humber College                                                                              
c/o Department of Public Safety                                                                         
205 Humber College Blvd, Room NX101                            
Toronto, Ontario, M9W 5L7        

Once again thank you for the continued support!