I am pleased to announce that Nancy Brennan will succeed Deborah Green as Director, Office of the President and Board of Governors effective September 1, 2021, when Deborah formally retires.

Nancy joined Humber in Mach 2019 as Executive Assistant to Sanjay Puri, VP Administration and CFO. In this role, Nancy has been responsible for providing executive support for the office, as well as holding the position of Committee Secretary for the Humber Board of Governors Audit & Finance Committee.

Prior to joining Humber, Nancy spent seven years as the Finance & Administration Manager at Hub Technology Group Inc. and also held progressively senior administrative positions at CIBC Mellon over a thirteen-year period.

Nancy is a Humber graduate from the Business Management, Financial Services program.

The next four months will be spent transitioning with Deborah Green, while continuing in her current role.

Please join me in welcoming Nancy to the President’s Office and congratulating her on her appointment to this critical role.

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

As the college enters into its fourth year of its five-year strategic plan, Humber wants to hear from you about what we have learned over this last year of unprecedented change and discuss what we can do to continue to be successful in achieving our strategic goals. Your input will also feed into the refresh of our academic and digital campus plans scheduled to take place in the fall. 

While our strategic plan goals remain current, we know there are some that we want to pay particular attention to in the last two years. These five priorities emanate from our 2018-2023 Strategic Plan and include: The New Polytechnic Approach, Flexible Learning, Healthy & Inclusive Community, Remote & Hybrid Work Culture and Digital Campus. Further details on these priorities can be found in the document: Humber Tomorrow.

Outlined below are the various ways that employees can share their voices in the Humber Tomorrow process.

In addition to the May 5th virtual all-employee consultation, two additional sessions are being held:

• Monday, May 10 at 1 - 2:30 p.m.
• Thursday, May 13 at 9:30 - 11 a.m.

Please register early and for one session only as registration is limited. If the three sessions reach capacity, an additional session will be held.

On May 20 from 12 to 1:30 p.m., we will be holding an all-faculty consultation. Attendance will also be limited to better enable opportunities for participation. 

Employees can also complete the online feedback form or can hold their own consultation session with their colleagues by using the Humber Tomorrow consultation toolkit. Both of these feedback mechanisms are located on the WeAreHumber website.

Summaries of our various consultation sessions will appear on the Planning & Consultation Documents section of the WeAreHumber website as they become available.

If you have any questions about the process, please contact strategicplanning@humber.ca.

The Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning (Humber College) 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 (EDI) that addresses the needs of both students and employees.

An EDI Taskforce comprising of students, faculty, support and administration staff, alumni, community and industry partners was created to lead this initiative. This Institutional EDI Framework and Strategy will address the following four (4) program areas: 

1. Access & Equity: Students and Employees
2. Curriculum and Programs
3. Campus Culture
4. College-wide Communication and Engagement Strategy

We appreciate your ongoing feedback and support as we work to finalize Humber's Institutional EDI Framework & Strategy. We invite members of the Humber community to review the most updated version of the objectives (as of May 4, 2021) for all program areas.

Every year on May 12, mathematical communities around the world celebrate Women in Mathematics Day – an opportunity to host events that highlight the phenomenal achievements of women in mathematics and inspire young women everywhere.

Although we can’t host an event on campus this year, you can still take part virtually. Thanks to the May12 Initiative that brings together virtual events locally and internationally, there is a special opportunity for a free individual screening of the award-nominated 2020 documentary titled Picture a Scientist. The documentary tells the story of three women scientists who lead viewers on a journey deep into their own experiences in the sciences, facing harassment, institutional discrimination, and years of subtle slights. 

To learn more about the May12 Initiative and to sign up for the free movie screening go to https://may12.womeninmaths.org. The film will be available to watch between May 12 and 14, 2021. To receive your link by email, please register before May 6.

Film synopsis:

Picture a Scientist is a feature-length documentary film chronicling the groundswell of researchers who are writing a new chapter for women scientists. A biologist, a chemist and a geologist lead viewers on a journey deep into their own experiences in the sciences, overcoming brutal harassment, institutional discrimination, and years of subtle slights to revolutionize the culture of science. From cramped laboratories to spectacular field stations, we also encounter scientific luminaries who provide new perspectives on how to make science itself more diverse, equitable, and open to all.

Trailer: https://www.pictureascientist.com/media