Humber Archives is pleased to announce that it is launching two new digital exhibits: At Work and Play, which focuses on student life at Humber (from 1967 onwards) and a 3D Printing Exhibit, a collaboration with the Libraries’ Idea Lab which features 3D printed objects inspired by Humber's Archival holdings.
To explore both, please visit: https://library.humber.ca/collections/archive/exhibits
In its 2018-2023 Strategic Plan, Humber College committed to continue to build a diverse and inclusive community of exceptional students, faculty and staff. Dedicated to the same outcome, Humber College and the University of Guelph-Humber are establishing and implementing 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. The EDI Framework will address the following four (4) program areas and five (5) program streams:
Attached is a summary of the EDI Taskforce's key accomplishments to date and a few of their upcoming milestones.
For more information on the EDI Taskforce, please visit hrs.humber.ca/edi
Student website Silver Linings News battles COVID-19 blues
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, some students in the Faculty of Media & Creative Arts (FMCA) were struggling to find placement opportunities. They were also feeling bad news fatigue as coverage of the pandemic and its impacts increased.
Enter Silver Linings News, a website run by students featuring good news, meant to give the community its daily dose of positivity. The initiative was conceptualized by the Officeof Research & Innovation, then FMCA became a partner on the project and the call was put out for interested students.
Find the full #HumberTogether story on Humber Today.
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.
Inappropriate Behaviour: Not intervening when witnessing sexualized behaviours.
Example: Sacha (he/him) has noticed on Instagram that Marc (he/him) repeatedly makes suggestive comments on Leila’s (she/her) photos; Leila never interacts with Marc’s comments. Sacha ignores the comments too.
What could Sacha have done differently?
Sacha could have checked in with Leila to see how she feels about the comments and if she would like Sacha to say something to Marc.
Example: Sam (he/him) and Mary (she/her) go to a party as the semester has ended. While at the party, Mary is dancing, and Sam realizes that Joe (he/him) has been eyeing her for some time. Joe makes his way closer and closer to Mary throughout the night and eventually reaches her. He pulls her close and starts grinding on her. She tries to move away, but he pulls her forcefully closer.
What could Sam have done differently?
Sam could have informed Mary about Joe’s constant observation. Sam could also have taken Joe aside to speak with him about the importance of asking for consent and how his behaviour was inappropriate.
Thank you to the Humber community for joining us on Saturday, March 6, 2021 for our International Women’s Day (IWD) Virtual Forum, hosted by the Centre for Human Rights, Equity & Inclusion. Participants heard from four (4) phenomenal Black women who shared their stories on groundbreaking leadership.
We are deeply grateful to Dr. Njoki Wane PhD, Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard PhD, Celina Caesar-Chavannes MBA, and Dr. Kathy Hogarth PhD for sharing their inspirational and motivating stories. A special thanks to Gina Antonacci, Associate Vice-President, Academic, for hosting the event and to Sylvia Sweeney, Associate Dean, Film, Acting & Media Production from the Faculty of Media and Creative Arts for moderating the panel.
The virtual nature of this year’s IWD forum enabled guests from all over Canada and across the globe to participate in learning about Black women and leadership. Attendees joined from Barbados, France, Ghana, Germany, Jamaica, Kenya, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Poland, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Trinidad and Tobago, the United Kingdom, the United States, Yemen and many other countries.
Here is some of the feedback that was received following Humber’s 2021 IWD virtual forum:
With deep humility and gratitude,
Nancy Simms
Director, Human Rights, Equity & Inclusion
The Faculty of Business is pleased to share with the College the February edition of the monthly Dean's Newsletter.
Various Student Life departments are now hiring students for the 2021-2022 academic year. These jobs offer lots of opportunities to develop skills and competencies that can be applied to their current studies and beyond.
Hiring departments include:
Interested students can apply by visiting humber.ca/student-life/apply.
Applications are being accepted from Wednesday, March 10 at 8 a.m. (EST) to Wednesday, March 24 at 9 a.m. (EST).
We caught up with professor Faruk Erkmen on his project with Eleven X last week, and this week we dive deeper into his journey to teaching at Humber College.
An excerpt from the article on his experience as a professor: "I try to relate everything I teach in class to real-life situations. When the theory is relevant to everyday applications, I see the spark in students' eyes, which is most rewarding."
Check out his feature article here.
Flags at Humber campuses will be at half-mast on Thursday, March 11, 2021 to mark the National Day of Observance for COVID-19.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently issued a statement to announce the Government of Canada is designating March 11, 2021, as a National Day of Observance to commemorate the people who lost their lives and the significant impacts we have all felt because of COVID-19.
“Early last year, our lives, and the lives of everyone around the world, were forever changed by the emergence of COVID-19. Today – one year after the first known death of a Canadian to the disease – we now mourn the tragic loss of more than 22,000 parents, siblings, friends, and loved ones."
Find the complete statement here.
Library technicians work miracles to support faculty and students as resources move online
A few months ago, Humber media resources library technician Maria Soares received a request from a faculty member that, prior to March 2020, would have been a breeze to fulfill.
She was asked to provide the 2019 film There’s Something in the Water, which explores environmental racism, directed by Elliot Page. In fact, the documentary was the one of the library’s most-requested film.
The problem was, since campus closed last March, the library could no longer lend the DVDs faculty relied on for in-class instruction and creating a digital file is complicated. The library didn’t even own a DVD of the film yet, because it was a new release. Soares would be starting from scratch.
Find the full #HumberTogether story on Humber Today.
