As we navigate the current challenges faced worldwide, there is a growing conversation around the topic of authentic, empathetic and wise leadership. This week's article focuses on what it takes to be a wise, phronetic leader.

The origin of practical wisdom lies in the concept of ‘phronesis’ – an ancient Greek word – one of three ways of knowing as described by Aristotle (phronesis has been translated as practical wisdom, prudence, intellectual virtue)

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As part of the Consent Peer Education Program (CPEP) and Centre for Human Rights, Equity & Diversity's Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) programming in April 2021, students, staff, and faculty are encouraged to participate in our SAAM Challenge! Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday in April, a prompt will be provided on the CPEP Instagram and through the Humber Communiqué to encourage people to take an action in recognition of SAAM. Participants who share a photo addressing the prompt by emailing it to cpep@humber.ca will be entered into a raffle to win a $150 gift card; all entries must be submitted by Monday, May 3 at 12 p.m. to be eligible for the prize!

Today's prompt is...Shine A Light: Highlight someone in the public eye or someone in your own life who is working to end sexual violence.

ELECTIONS

DO YOU HAVE A VISION AND SOME GREAT IDEAS TO SHARE ABOUT THE PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE OF THE COLLEGE? 

GIVE VOICE TO YOUR THOUGHTS - JOIN COLLEGE COUNCIL.  

ROLE OF COLLEGE COUNCIL

College Council is the collective voice of the College in that it is an assembly of faculty, support staff, students, and administrators who suggest directions in which the College should proceed. College Council advises the President on those College issues which it considers to be long- and short-term priorities as identified in Humber’s Strategic Plan. 

As of 2018, Humber’s 3 Strategic Pillars provide the foundation for the strategic priorities and corresponding supporting actions:  

i. Career-Ready Citizens

ii. Accessible Education

iii. Healthy and Inclusive Community

The Council advises the President of the College in matters affecting academic policy, planning, and practice, including, the successful implementation of Humber’s Strategic Plan initiatives. College policy or business items ultimately proceeding to the College's Board of Governors may appear at College Council at the discretion of the President, before final disposition at the Board of Governors.

Please visit our website for further information:

http://humber.ca/wearehumber/committees/college-council

2021 ELECTIONS CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

WHO CAN BE ON COLLEGE COUNCIL?

College Council will be comprised of elected representatives from academic staff members, support staff members, administrative staff members, and students.

REPRESENTATIVES RESPONSIBILITIES ON THE COUNCIL

While we are working remotely, College Council meets once per month on Thursdays, September to May, from 4 to 6 p.m. (this is subject to change once we return in-person). A meeting is also held in the first week of June, one day following the annual retreat. It is the representative’s responsibility to represent their constituents by attending meetings and contributing to the discussions, and bringing back information from College Council meetings to their constituents. Members of Council can have the opportunity to become more involved through sub-committee membership.

The College Council Executive would like to acknowledge and thank the following employees who will be leaving Council:

• Eva Hearn – Faculty of Health Sciences and Wellness
• Sheila Moore – Faculty of Business
• Ionela Bacain – Faculty of Business
• Rose Anthony - Students & Institutional Planning
• Kerry Johnston – Faculty of Applied Sciences & Technology
• Colin Wildman – Faculty of Applied Sciences & Technology
• Risa Handler – Chair – Humber College Council
• Denise Rooney – Vice Chair – Humber College Council

COLLEGE COUNCIL CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

The following positions are open for nomination/election on College Council for the term June 2021 to June 2023.

THE NOMINATION PROCESS

Nominees - Based on the table above, please email your interest, or if you have questions to Denise Rooney at denise.rooney@humber.ca and include the following information:

1. Your name, contact information, area of representation, position, campus, employee-group - Faculty, Support or Admin
2. The names of TWO nominators from your constituent area including contact information, title, campus and employee group. For example faculty must be nominated by two faculty, support must be nominated by two support.
3. Please CC the nominaators on your email correspondence to Denise Rooney

CLOSING DEADLINES: 

NOMINATIONS CLOSE at 4:30 P.M. on THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 2021 

ELECTIONS TO BE HELD: WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY, MAY 5 & 6, 2021

At Humber, we recognize that we all have a responsibility in preventing and addressing sexual violence. Sexual violence is rooted in gender-based violence, and so men may feel that it is a "women's issue"; however, we acknowledge that men must also take action and hold one another accountable. The Survey on Individual Safety in the Postsecondary Student Population (Statistics Canada, 2019) found that men were less likely to view unwanted sexualized behaviours as harmful, twice as likely to think people are too offended by unwanted sexualized behaviours, and the perpetrators of unwanted sexualized behaviours are more often men.

The Men Seeking Change working group encourages men to reflect on behaviours that could cause harm to others and to intervene when they see these behaviours happening. We will be sharing examples of inappropriate behaviours and ways men could intervene in these behaviours over March and April as a reminder to take action and maintain our culture of respect.

Unhealthy Behaviour: Unwanted physical contact or getting too close.

Example: Delia (she/her) is talking with her coworkers Xavier (he/him), Marcela (she/her), and Cameron (she/her) in the boardroom after a meeting has just ended. Jason (he/him) pops in to say hello to everyone, and while he’s chatting, he gives Delia’s shoulders a gentle massage. Jason leaves and Xavier returns to his office.

What could Xavier have done differently?

Xavier could have stayed behind to check in with Delia one-on-one to see how she felt about the shoulder massage. Xavier could also have had a conversation with Jason as he left about how the shoulder massage was inappropriate and could have made Delia uncomfortable.

Example: Moe (she/her), Reid (they/them), Prasanna (he/him) and Tony (he/him) always get coffee together in the morning. While in the line, Tony always stands very close behind Reid, which makes them feel quite uncomfortable. Prasanna notices that Tony is standing so close to Reid that his hands brush against their skin when he makes any movements. Prasanna orders his coffee and heads off to his class.

What could Prasanna have done differently?  

Prasanna could have made a light joke about how there’s plenty of space in line without Tony needing to be standing up against Reid to cue Tony to change his behaviours. Alternatively, Prasanna could have taken Reid aside to check in with them, or taken Tony aside to note his observations.