Fall 2025 Orientation 

The Orientation Team within Student Success and Engagement (SSE) is excited to begin collaborating with Academic Faculties and campus partners in preparation for Fall 2025 Orientation. We look forward to working together to welcome all the new students in their transition to Humber Polytechnic. 

Orientation comprises of virtual pre-arrival events, online guides and resources, program-focused Meet Your Faculty sessions, Mentor Meet Up sessions and on-campus events and activities.    

Outline for Fall 2025 Orientation 

August 4–22: The First Year Experience (FYE) and Orientation Team will be offering virtual Pre-Arrival Mentoring Sessions. These sessions will welcome and guide students in their transition into Humber over 3 weeks, providing information on what to expect in post-secondary education, engagement, and support. Pre-Arrival Mentoring Sessions are designed to provide students with an opportunity to have all their orientation questions answered and connect with the FYE Team and their peers before they begin their classes.  

Wednesday, August 27: In partnership with our Academic Faculties, we will host Academic Orientation with our Meet Your Faculty sessions at Lakeshore Campus. These sessions will be in-person, on campus. 

Thursday, August 28: In partnership with our Academic Faculties, we will host Academic Orientation for Virtual - Meet Your Faculty sessions supporting all three campuses that register for virtual hosting including Distant Learning programs. 

Thursday, August 28: In partnership with campus partners and the on-site team at the Downtown Campus, previously known as the International Graduate School (IGS). This date will provide in-person and on-campus programming for incoming Humber Downtown students only.    

Friday, August 29: In partnership with our Academic Faculties, we will host Academic Orientation with our Meet Your Faculty sessions at North Campus and Carrier Drive Campus. These sessions will be in-person, on campus.   

September 2-12: Orientation will host Welcome Stations on campus each day to further support and orient our students to Humber Polytechnic.    

September 2-30: Orientation, with the support of our campus partners, will host Welcome Month Events for students. This programming will focus on well-being and social connection, and we will continue to promote services and resources available to students throughout their time at Humber. We will reach out to campus partners with further information on how to get involved.    

We welcome feedback from all our partners and appreciate the continued support from the Humber Polytechnic community.    

If you have not previously been involved with Orientation but would like to partner with us in welcoming students in Fall 2025, please reach out to:  

Microsoft Teams is our video hosting platform for live, online classes in Blackboard Ultra.

The recommended method for creating and sharing the link to an online synchronous class in Blackboard is to:

• Create an event in Outlook Calendar using your Humber credentials, copy the meeting link and post in the Course Content area and the Calendar in Blackboard. It's also a good idea to share the link via an Announcement in Blackboard.
• Create a 'Class' event in Microsoft Teams using your Humber credentials, copy the meeting link and post in the Course Content area and the Calendar in Blackboard. It's also a good idea to share the link via an Announcement in Blackboard.
• Create a 'Class' channel in Microsoft Teams, copy the link to the team and share it with your students via an Announcement in Blackboard.

For more information about these options, please visit our creating a class meeting link for students to join virtually resource.

Important note: When we migrated to MS Teams for online classes in Summer 2023, we integrated a tool (MS Teams LTI) into Blackboard. Since that time, the MS Teams LTI has become increasingly unreliable. Blackboard no longer supports this LTI, and it has now officially been removed from Blackboard.

Need support? Contact the Innovative Learning Support Centre. We are here to help.

Want to get expert feedback on your writing while engaging with a community of fellow writers this summer?

Join us for the Humber School for Writers’ Creative Writing Summer Workshop, happening July 7 to 11 at the Humber Lakeshore Campus.

Over five packed days, you will spend each morning in small workshops with award-winning writers Shyam Selvadurai, Alicia Elliott, Amy Jones, Sheima Benembarek, and Kate Cayley. In the afternoons you will hear from and interact with publishing industry professionals who can help you get your work out into the world.

On the evening of Thursday, July 10, the Summer Workshop will be hosting a special ticketed, licensed reception and onstage event with celebrated and Giller-winning author Anne Michaels. (Workshop attendees are able to attend at a discounted rate.)

All Humber faculty are eligible for a special discounted fee when they register for the July Summer Workshop.

Click on the link below to learn more about the workshop. When you register, enter the code ALUMNI08 for 8 per cent off. (This code can only be used by Humber faculty and select recent graduates.)

Visit the Humber School for Writers’ Creative Writing Summer Workshop webpage.

Questions? Contact Nathan Whitlock in the Faculty of Media, Creative Arts, and Design.

Do you have used batteries that need to be recycled? Don’t throw them away! Humber has bins stationed around campus for battery collection. Simply drop your batteries into any of the battery collection bins outlined below at all campuses to have them appropriately recycled.  

Battery Recycling Bin Locations: 

North

•  In front of the Ignite office at KX202 

Lakeshore 

• 2nd floor of L building cafeteria next to elevator doors 
• 1st floor of Welcome Centre in front of Registrar's Office 
• 1st floor BIRM by Tim Horton's 

Guelph-Humber 

• 2nd floor, by room GH214 

Downtown 

• 4th floor, by room 410