As you are aware, Dr. Georges Bragues was appointed Interim Vice-Provost and Chief Academic Officer, University of Guelph-Humber (UGH). We are now proceeding with the search for the new Vice-Provost and Chief Academic Officer for the University of Guelph-Humber. As such, the Provost and Vice-President (Academic) for the University of Guelph is constituting a Search Committee and the membership of the committee will be as follows: 

Membership:

Chair 

• Gwen Chapman, Provost and Vice-President (Academic) 

University of Guelph 

• David Ma, Professor, Human Health and Nutritional Sciences 
• Kaitlyn McLachlan, Associate Professor, Psychology 
• Paul Salmon, Assistant Professor, School of English & Theatre Studies 
• Mazyar Fallah, Dean, College of Biological Sciences 
• Elaine Fenner, Director, Experiential Learning                        

University of Guelph-Humber 

• David Danto, Program Head, Psychology 
• Liana Acri-Rosa, Student Life Coordinator, Student Services 
• Serena Allidina, Student, Justice Studies                                                     

Humber College 

• Gina Antonacci, Senior Vice-President, Academic 
• Alvina Cassiani, Senior Dean, Faculty of Business                                  

Non-Voting Ex-officio Member: 

• Laurie Arnott, Assistant Vice-President (FASR), University of Guelph 

All information related to the candidates will be posted and shared through Communiqué in the coming days. The information regarding the public presentations has been posted online (WebEx links now included). You will be prompted to use your Humber credentials to access this information. 

During the past year, the Capital Development & Facilities Management (CDFM) team has continued retrofitting, refurbishing and re-visioning campus properties for enhanced end-user experience while increasing user comfort through innovative and sustainable energy efficiency methodologies.

Our retrofitting projects include the award winning NX Building where the original aluminum curtain walls and spandrel panels, as well as a glass vestibule were replaced to achieve the thermal energy performance requirements of CaGBC’s new Zero Carbon Building Standard.

Refurbishing projects include the Faculty of Business offices and open lab H205, designed to “bring the outdoors In” by creating soothing and calming areas for the students with sky, plant, glacier and earth inspired curves, colors, textures and spacing.

Similar to the award winning North Campus Barrett CTI, our new capital project development at the Lakeshore campus, the Humber Cultural Hub (HCH) is being designed to revitalize culture, creativity and community while achieving LEED Platinum certification, Net Zero Carbon targets, the lowest energy consumption of any building on either campus and the Toronto Green Standard.

Please visit us at https://humber.ca/facilities or view a presentation we’ve prepared for you to see both recently completed and current ongoing projects. We hope the flythrough’ s included help create an in-person perspective of some of these exceptional and refreshed spaces.

The heating system at Lakeshore Building B will be shutdown on Saturday, December 4. The shutdown will be for the entire day and no heating will be available in the building.

If you have any questions or conerns, please contact Aman Hehar at aman.hehar@humber.ca or x4455.

Humber’s new Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) website has recently launched! 

For years, we’ve known that WIL is a key reason why students choose to study at Humber. This new website will showcase all of the great WIL opportunities for students at Humber; from applied research to service learning and everything in between. 

This website will primarily highlight recent WIL success stories across Humber’s departments and Faculties. New stories will be regularly featured on the Success Stories webpage. To ensure this page is consistently updated with the latest stories, students, faculty, staff and community/industry partners are encouraged to submit WIL success story leads by completing this Microsoft E-form. Once the form is submitted, the Government Relations, Marketing and Communications department will be in touch with you shortly to determine next steps. 

The website will also become a centralized location for general Humber WIL information related to the Quality Assurance Framework project, WIL definitions, and more. Faculty WIL websites will continue to be the primary source for Faculty-specific WIL information. 

The Student Success and Engagement department will also be creating interactive digital content for the website in the near future. Stay tuned for a social media campaign related to WIL in the upcoming months. 

This initiative is part of Humber’s ongoing work related to the 2018-2023 Humber Strategic Plan. Work-Integrated Learning is under Strategic Pillar 1: Career-Ready Citizens: Strategic Priority 1. Transform education by creating opportunities for all students to participate in meaningful experiential learning, with a focus on work-integrated learning and applied research. 

Should you have any questions please contact Mike Berg at mike.berg@humber.ca.  

Chantal Joy and Derek Stockley  
Co-Chairs - Experiential Learning Working Group