Humber College and University of Guelph-Humber (Humber) know that the safety of our community is paramount to ensure our students and staff can study/work in the safest space possible. When incidents do occur, a quick, efficient, reliable response from our security staff is imperative to ensuring a quick resolution.  As part of its ongoing goal of continuous improvement, training and education, the Department of Public Safety (DPS) is implementing an exercise program for security guards. The aim of the exercise program is to provide real-life scenarios to guards that allows them to practice their response to various scenarios in a safe, controlled setting.

The second of these “live” exercises will take place on July 27 and 28 at both the Lakeshore and North campuses. In an effort to minimize the impact on the campus community, exercises will take place at times when fewer people are expected to be on campus. Exercises will take place as follows:

• Lakeshore Campus – July 27 between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. L building 2nd floor cafeteria and the entire first floor
• North Campus – July 28 between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. LRC 3rd floor

Signage will be placed in the exercise area to identify that an exercise is taking place. Exercise participants will be identified by wearing orange vests that indicate “Exercise Participant” on the back. Any community members who may be in the area are asked to not interfere with the exercise activity.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Adnan Salam, Assistant Manager, Security Operations, North Campus at adnan.salam@humber.ca or Thomas Urbaniak, Assistant Manager, Security Operations, Lakeshore Campus at thomas.urbaniak@humber.ca.

Submit your clever workplace solution and participate in the Butterfly Effect Challenge!

• Have you already found a simple workaround to a pesky problem that saved time, money or resources at work (at the office or working remotely)?
• Want to share your solution with others and be eligible to win some great rewards along the way?
• Are you Humber support staff or non-managerial administrative staff?

If you answered “Yes!”, we invite you to participate in the Butterfly Effect (BE) Summer Challenge!

The BE Challenge (organized by Humber’s Office of Research and Innovation, ORI) aims to discover and celebrate Humber’s front-line innovators. If you’ve already implemented a simple, low-cost or no-cost integration and/or automation solution that improved on-campus or remote work arrangements, then you could become a finalist in the BE Challenge! To participate, fill out this simple Qualtrics form to tell us about your solution.

To learn more about the Challenge, check out the BE Challenge FAQ’s and some examples of solutions. You can also reach out to us at be@humber.ca with your questions about the challenge.

Have fun!

Humber’s Office of Research and Innovation

Due to urgent construction repairs, access to the Lakeshore Library’s general collection will be unavailable from Monday, July 25 through Friday, August 5.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Questions and requests for items: Please contact libcirc@humber.ca.
Updates will be posted on the library website: library.humber.ca

This month, we are putting the Sustainability Spotlight on June MacDonald-Jenkins, senior dean, Faculty of Social and Community Services and principal of Lakeshore Campus.

June is an active member of the Humber community and can often be found spearheading projects like the Bin-Less campaign or even helping Gardens Lakeshore with planting. 

Learn more about how she is helping support sustainability initiatives at Humber by watching our interview with her.