At the end of August, all Humber College and University of Guelph-Humber students were enrolled in the optional It Takes All of Us module in Blackboard or CourseLink. It Takes All of Us is an asynchronous learning module that teaches participants about consent, sexual violence, bystander intervention, and supporting survivors of sexual violence. Between August 25 and October 3:

• 1456 students completed the training
• 932 students completed the exit survey
• 159 students added the training to their Co-Curricular Record

Click on the attached infographic to see highlights from what students learned as a result of participating in the training module. To learn more about It Takes All of Us or to discuss how to incorporate it into your courses and/or student staff training, please visit our website or email bystanderprogram@humber.ca.

The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) is a growing field in postsecondary and polytechnic education. SoTL traditionally involves faculty-driven projects to enhance teaching through research-based and research-informed critical reflection and discovery. We have observed that SoTL is a systematic inquiry into teaching practices and is done by faculty in their classrooms to inform improvements to academic programming and enhance student’s learning outcomes. Ultimately, it contributes to a larger body of teaching and learning research. 

As of April 1, 2021, Humber’s Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) was incorporated into the family of Humber’s Office of Research & Innovation (ORI). On October 1, 2021, the Teaching Innovation Fund (TIF) was replaced by the new SoTL funding opportunities—Seed (an investigation-oriented funding program) and Cultivate (a design-oriented funding program). ORI takes a look at the new funding opportunities through Seed and Cultivate Research and Innovation Funds.

View the full article, “The SoTL Effect or The SoLT Effect?”

As part of Humber’s Integrated Energy Master Plan (IEMP), Facilities Management is constantly looking for opportunities to save energy and costs. With this in mind, we have reviewed our existing practice to condition spaces as normal on public holidays. Given the significantly reduced occupancy, going forward, we are implementing a change to limit conditioning (heating, cooling and ventilation) on public holidays in most areas of the College.

By limiting conditioning, we are keeping sustainability at the forefront of our campus buildings and operations and significantly reducing energy used by the facilities.

The following areas are excluded and will be conditioned as normal:

• North Campus
  • LRC 3rd & 4th floors
  • Nx building first floor public safety offices
  • Residence buildings R, S & T
  • Gymnasium
• Lakeshore Campus
  • L building first floor learning commons
  • Gymnasium
  • Residence building R

Please note that the reduced conditioning will only apply to the specific date that the public holiday falls on, the College will continue to be conditioned as normal over the rest of the weekend.

For any special requests or events that require conditioning (outside the areas listed above), please submit a service request through the Facilities Management Archibus Work Order Request system (Go to humber.ca/facilites and click on “Place Service Request” to complete and submit a work order) or by calling Facilities Management at 416.675.6622 x4444. We ask that service requests be submitted a minimum of two business days in advance of the holiday.

If you would like to learn more about how we are implementing best practice in sustainable design, construction and the operation of new and renovated buildings, you can find information in our Sustainability Plan 2019-2024 and our Integrated Energy Master Plan.

Enhancing Institutional EDI Knowledge of Disability and Academic Accessibility: 

• Post reminders on Blackboard (Humber) or CourseLink (Guelph-Humber) of upcoming test/exam dates. 

• Remind students to notify you in advance if they require test/exam accommodations.  

• Consider creating two (2) versions of each test/exam to cover situations where students may need to write on a different day than the rest of the class for disability-related reasons or other extenuating circumstances. 

• Consider opening the test/exam for a window of time (e.g. 24 hours) to allow students some additional flexibility.  

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.