It is with mixed emotions that I share that Jacqueline (Jacquii) Anderson is leaving Humber College. 

Jacquii has a storied Humber history, serving in faculty and leadership positions focused on supporting student success and wellbeing. Over the last five years, Jacquii has held the Associate Director, Student Health and Counselling position – serving on a number of College committees, providing strategic leadership in emergency and pandemic responses, and of course, leading the various functional unit teams toward meaningful outcomes for learners, SSE, and the Humber community. Jacquii has shared her expertise, passion, and humour with us all – balancing competing priorities of various groups, operational need, and student-centric approaches with grace. Jacquii’s leadership has underpinned the success of the teams within her portfolio, facilitating new and innovative approaches while maintaining focus in the core services.  

Specifically, to name only a selection of accomplishments, we’ve seen: 

• increases in groups collaboratively facilitated by our Nursing and Counselling teams (highlighting the strength of our interdisciplinary teams),  

• increased integration with curricular programming resulting in the growing partnership with the Peer Wellness Coaching program,  

• dedicated focus on health promotion and wellness education to enhance harm reduction beyond clinical support,  

• the development and administration of a leading-edge COVID 19 Reporting team to address the unique needs of the pandemic in a postsecondary setting, and 

• reinforcing the strong foundations of practice while adopting technological systems and tools to enhance effectiveness and equitable access to service.

Jacquii’s last day will be September 28, 2021. Please join me in congratulating Jacquii on her exciting next steps.  

With gratitude, 

Sterling Crowe
Associate Dean, Student Wellness & Equitable Learning

The global navigation and footer that appears on Humber websites have undergone a significant refresh to a more streamlined design that promotes interactivity and usability. Our aim was to improve how users can access our existing content and resources.

Stakeholders from across the college were engaged over the past months to provide feedback on the new user experience and content structure.  

We are excited that the redesign will be rolled out on Friday, September 17.  

Some key features of the new global navigation include: 

• A clean, responsive, future-focussed design tailored specifically to mobile, desktop and tablet devices. The mobile view has been optimized for one-handed usage in both design and positioning. 
• A refined, list of menu choices linking to content-rich landing pages which provide additional context and guidance to students and staff. 
• An audience selector which presents site visitors with a curated list of options most relevant to their typical use-cases. The audience selection is saved to the browser and persists as a visitor navigates across Humber sites and pages. The audience selection can be changed at any time as a user continues through different phases in their journey with Humber. Audience types include: Future Students, Current Students, International, Professionals, Employers, Alumni & Donors, Community, Faculty & Staff, and Media. 
• A Quick links section containing frequently used links which are applicable to multiple audiences
• Integrated search functionality across programs and courses or site wide content
• A dedicated and prominent hot link to the Programs/Courses search page 
• A brief land acknowledgment statement embedded in the footer with a link to more information  

Thank you to all who consulted on this initiative and contributed to its development and deployment. 

21 Books to Read for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Beyond

September 30, 2021, is National Day for Truth & Reconciliation. You are invited to take action every day to advance the wellbeing and prosperity of Indigenous peoples in Canada. Begin by first educating yourself – the list of 21 resources may be available at Humber’s Library or the Centre for Human Rights, Equity & Inclusion.

1. Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action
2. Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Volume One: Summary
3. Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City by Tanya Talaga
4. Unsettling Canada A National Wake-up Call By Arthur Manuel and Grand Chief Ronald M. Derrickson
5. The Inconvenient Indian A Curious Account of Native People in North America by Thomas King
6. Secret Path Gord Downie
7. The Reason You Walk by Wab Kinew
8. Unsettling the Settler Within: Indian Residential Schools, Truth Telling, and Reconciliation in Canada by Paulette Regan
9. A National Crime The Canadian Government and the Residential School System by John Milloy
10. A Knock on the Door The Essential History of Residential Schools from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada by Phil Fontaine, Aimée Craft, The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
11. Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese
12. Fatty Legs: A True Story by Christy Jordan-Fenton & Margaret-Olemaun Pokiak-Fenton
13. The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline
14. A Mind Spread Out on the Ground by Alicia Elliott
15. In My Own Moccasins by Helen Knott
16. Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot
17. When We Were Alone by David A. Robertson, illustrated by Julie Flett
18. I lost my talk by Rita Joe illustrated by Pauline Young
19. Im finding my talk by Rebecca Thomas illustrated by Pauline Young  
20. A History of My Brief Body by Billy-Ray BelcourtPhyllis's Orange Shirt by Phyllis Webstad
21. Call me Indian story of Freddie Sasakamoose from residential school to NHL

This list of recommended readings were provided by Dean Seright & Associate Dean Hartwick.

Humber has identified as its Strategic Priority #7 under Pillar #3, Healthy and Inclusive Community, to continue to build a diverse and inclusive community of exceptional students, faculty and staff. The specific supporting action is to establish and implement an institutional framework and strategy for equity, diversity and inclusion that addresses the needs of both students and employees.

Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) bring together employees who share a common identity, characteristic and set of interests. They create a culture of inclusion that enhances employee engagement and further supports organizations’ vision and values.

The primary objective of the 2SLGBTQ+ ERG is to advance a culture at Humber that is an accepting and inclusive environment for all 2SLGBTQ+ communities through outreach, community development, events, and consultation. The 2SLGBTQ+ ERG meets once monthly.

Humber employees who identify as 2SLGBTQ+ and are interested in joining this ERG can indicate their interest by sending an email to co-chair Matthew Harris at matthew.harris@humber.ca.

Additional information about Humber’s Employee Resource Groups