How can we keep at-risk communities safe from snakebites? 

At least 600,000 people in tropical and sub-tropical countries are killed or maimed by snakebites every year. Unlike other diseases, highly effective treatment options exist for snakebites—but only if victims can access care in a timely manner. 

In this project, multi-disciplinary teams of students from Humber College and Whitman College will work alongside African counterparts to address aspects of snakebite treatment. Partners in Congo and Guinea will present their current needs and guide students over the course of the project. Students will collaborate, present findings, and propose solutions for key stakeholders such as the Asclepius Snakebite Foundation.

Examples of projects: 

• Infographics for clinicians regarding treatment 
• Comics for children describing types of snakes  
• Popular science articles explaining current research 
• Design of equipment using common materials

This project is eligible for CCR or potentially work placement!

Application deadline: Apply by 11:59 p.m. (EST) Friday, February 18, 2022.

Questions? Please email ccbi@humber.ca.

The College Employer Council has posted Certainty of Outcome on its website.

More information is also available on the CEC’s website and the OPSEU website.

Humber’s Office of Research and Innovation (ORI) would like to highlight a passionate social innovation researcher and faculty member Dr. Soheila Pashang as our Faculty Rock Star of the week.   

Soheila has spent more than 14 years teaching and researching social justice. As a professor in the Faculty of Social & Community Services (FSCS) at Humber, she is committed to teaching, learning, and expanding the conversation around diversity. Soheila notes, “Diversity is considered a sensitive topic, but it should not be. It is part of our reality in life.” Her commitment to diversity ignited her latest research, Pedagogy and Practice: Teaching Diversity in Classrooms.

The research is a prominent example of Humber College’s dedication to supporting research projects under the umbrella of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), now incorporated into the family of Humber’s Office of Research & Innovation. With funding from SoTL’s then-Teaching Innovation Fund (now restructured and replaced as the Seed and Cultivate Research and Innovation Funds), the research project started in 2018 and became a collaborative, multi-year endeavour.  

Learn more about Soheila and the research project, “Faculty Rock Star: Soheila Pashang, PhD Sheds light on her research team’s project: Pedagogy and Practice: Teaching Diversity in Classrooms.”

The Math & Writing Centre presents free Academic Integrity and APA Workshops. All Humber and Guelph-Humber students are welcome.

If you work with students who may benefit from this opportunity, please let them know about it and share the attached posters.

Please note the following schedule:

Academic Integrity Workshops

Available every week from February 15 to April 15 except Reading Week:

• Tuesdays at 12 p.m.
• Wednesdays at 4 p.m.
• Thursdays at 12 p.m.

APA Workshops

Available every week from February 15 to April 15 except Reading Week:

• Mondays at 12 p.m.
• Tuesdays at 2 p.m.
• Wednesdays at 5 p.m.
• Thursdays at 11 a.m.

To sign up, students can follow these steps:

1. Register in our online booking system at www.humber.mywconline.com
2. Select the Writing Support Winter 2022 schedule
3. Click on one of the APA or AI Workshop slots (after February 14)
4. Fill out the form
5. Click on “Create Appointment"

If students need help signing up, they can visit our Virtual Front Desk or write to us at writingcentre@humber.ca.

Thank you.