On March 22 and 23, more than 100 Humber College and University of Guelph-Humber students, along with local high school youth, joined 8,000 students from Canada who attended the virtual SDGs Launch. 

Students earned a certificate for the training they received, which included keynote speeches from United Nations representatives, an overview of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, and the opportunity to practice systems-thinking and develop solutions for interconnected local and global issues. 

The Office of Sustainability and the Community Outreach & Workforce Development coordinating committee (Tayler Buchanan, Lindsay Walker, Nivedita Lane and Lara McInnis) would like to thank the Humber staff and faculty who dedicated their to make this event a success, as well as staff and admin from West Humber C.I., TDSB. 

Facilitator mentors:

• Elinor Bray-Collins
• Devon Fernandes
• Samantha Downer
• Rebecca Trautwein
• Dylan Scammell
• April Dawn-Blackwell
• Thomas Puthenmadhom
• Vidhya Sivanantham
• Affaf Zahid
• Deborah Ithenumah
• Juley Ponrajah

Case study writers:

• Janet Moore
• Susan Ratkai
• Kerry Johnston
• Jennifer Ball
• Nivedita Lane
• Lara McInnis
• Dragos Paraschiv

Thank you!

The IGNITE virtual photo booth is available all March long as part of Humber's Career Month. You can use it to take or upload photos and customize backgrounds to add a personal touch to your resume, LinkedIn or social media profiles. Plus, it's accessible from your desktop or mobile device with no registration required - all you need is a camera and that winning smile.

There are a limited number of headshots available - so don't wait!

Please have students visit ignite.virtualbooth.co today to amplify your applications and snag that dream job.

Thank you for your ongoing commitment and leadership during these challenging times.

We continue to be proud of the way the University of Guelph-Humber (UGH) community has come together to support our students and each other.

We know that you are receiving many questions from students about plans for fall semester program delivery and on-campus services and operations.

UGH is working with both the University of Guelph and Humber College as it develops its fall program delivery plans. We are anticipating more teaching and student life activity on campus as of September, but the nature of course delivery and activities is still being determined. We are monitoring how the vaccine rollout is proceeding as well as changes to government and public health guidelines that would affect current physical distancing or class size cap requirements.

While UGH faculty and staff begin to prepare this spring for Fall 2021 program delivery, we are moving forward with the recruitment of a new Vice-Provost to lead the University of Guelph-Humber. We had originally hoped to start recruiting for this critical role last fall and are pleased we are now able to begin this process.

We expect recruitment to start in June after U of G’s names its new Provost and they begin in the role. George Bragues has graciously agreed to continue to act as Guelph-Humber’s interim Vice-Provost until end of the year. We thank George for his efforts and commitment during the past year.

We have also started recruiting a new Head of Finance and Administration. Brenda Whiteside will continue as interim Director of Administration and Student Services until the end of June and support the transition of this new hire.

We have accomplished so much togetherduring the past year and supported our students in many different ways. We will keep you updated on plans for Fall 2021 and on these recruitment activities during the coming months.

Warm regards,

After more than 10 years managing both the Office of the President and the Humber Board of Governors, Deborah Green will be retiring in September 2021. After a successful career as an executive assistant to CEOs in many sectors, Deborah came to Humber in 2009 as EA to the VP Administration & CFO. One year later, she was asked to become the executive assistant to President John Davies. Deborah has worked with me since 2012, becoming Director of the Office of the President and the Board of Governors in 2016.

Deborah’s high standards, dedication and professionalism established her as a role model and mentor to many. Her positive and friendly demeanour contributed to a supportive and collaborative work environment reflective of Humber’s values.

Please join me in congratulating Deborah and wishing her well as she leaves to spend more time with family and friends.

The Director of the Office of the President position will be posted in the coming days.

Chris Whitaker
President, CEO Humber I.T.A.L