Thank you to the Humber Community for joining us on Wednesday, September 2, 2020 for the launch of the Black/African Employee Resource Group (ERG). It was great to see the significant interest across the College for this historic event.

We received feedback from the Community thanking the Senior Leadership and EDI Taskforce for launching the Black/African ERG:

• Thank you to this organization. Others dreams can now become a reality.

• Thank you to all that have had a part in bringing this to life. I feel the excitement through the screen. I want to get up and applaud and cheer! Congratulations!!

• Thank you for inviting all members of the Humber community to join our Black/African colleagues in celebrating the launch of this ERG. I am excited to see what we will be able to achieve when we work to help more members feel as though they are supported in bringing all of their identities to work and school each day.

You are invited to visit Humber's Employee Resource Groups webpage to watch the video that was premiered at the launch entitled, “Bringing Us Together: Humber's ERGs”.

Professors Audrene Kerr-Brown and Morris Beckford are co-leading Humber’s Black/African ERG. The ERG’s first meeting is scheduled for Monday, September 28, 2020 from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.. Details about the virtual meeting will be sent to employees who have expressed interest in joining this ERG.

Humber employees who identify as Black/African and are interested in joining this ERG are invited to send an email to the Centre for Human Rights, Equity and Diversity at humanrights@humber.ca.

Kind regards,
Nancy Simms
Lead, EDI Taskforce
Director, Human Rights, Equity & Diversity

Hey Faculty! Let your students know the great news that Microsoft 365 (formerly known as Office 365) is now available to them simply by logging into humber.ca/microsoft365 with their Humber username and password.

Students have access to great Office apps like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote, as well as 1 TB of OneDrive cloud space. Teams is not currently available for students. 

They can install up to five copies of Office on five different devices (desktop, laptop, mobile etc).

Watch the Payroll Deadline Reminder video here:

We just surpassed the year mark of using our new Human Resource Management System (HRMS) and we would like to thank you for your patience and continued feedback as we refine our new processes.

As part of Human Resources’ commitment to assist with adapting to the changes, we have been sending email reminders to employees and managers to submit and approve time cards. We ask that you make note of the payroll deadlines and in turn it will help everyone to be paid on time. You can download or save the payroll calender to help remind you of the key dates and deadlines.

If you should have any issues with entering or approving time, please contact the HR Support Centre at 416.675.5001.

The Department of Public Safety would like to make the Humber College (North Campus) community aware of a Toronto Police investigation into two reported Homicides that occurred off campus in the Rexdale area. The first incident occurred on September 7, 2020 in the area under the bridge on Highway 27, south of Humber College Blvd. The second occurred on September 12, 2020, in the area of the IMO Mosque located at 65 Rexdale Blvd.

Both male victims were reportedly stabbed. While no specific link has been made between the two incidents, Toronto Police are asking members of the public to be aware of their surroundings and to report suspicious behaviour.

Toronto Police Service is continuing to investigate. Anyone with information about these incidents should contact the Toronto Police Service at 416-808-2222 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477) or online at www.222tips.com.

The Department of Public Safety would like to remind the community of the services we provide, including campus walk, emergency code blue phones, 24-hour security patrols, Humber Alert emergency notifications and the Humber Guardian app for smart phones. More details about all of our services can be found at www.humber.ca/publicsafety. The Department of Public Safety has increased security patrols on campus and in the surrounding areas since the first incident.

We would also like to remind everyone to be aware of your surroundings, not openly display valuables and to report any suspicious activities to Public Safety at 416-675-8500 or to the Toronto Police Service at the numbers above.