Congratulations to all our employees celebrating Career Milestones in April!

The following employees are celebrating their 1, 5, 10, 15 and 25-year anniversary with Humber. We encourage you to reach out to your colleagues to congratulate them on their Career Milestones!

Although we do our best to ensure we don't miss anyone, sometimes it happens. If we have missed anyone on this list, our sincere apologies. Please let us know so we can correct our records and ensure the employee receives recognition.

Questions? Please email us at oe@humber.ca.

Dear Colleagues,

We are deeply saddened to share that Nancy Sherman, a respected member of the Humber community, passed away on April 25, 2025.

From an expert in international development projects to the acting dean of Humber’s Faculty of Applied Sciences & Technology, Nancy Sherman had an impressive 50-year career.  She was a wonderful friend to Humber and generously shared her knowledge and extensive experience in trades, technology, and apprenticeship. We often called on her for support, and she was always willing to step up.

Nancy began her career by working in more than 15 countries in a diverse range of sectors including sustainable development, agriculture, early childhood education and technology. She developed an appreciation for, and skills in, leading interdisciplinary teams which is increasingly the hallmark of “environmental management.” She always said that she had “a little bit of knowledge in a thousand different things” that allowed her to be flexible in her career.

Following her achievements abroad, Nancy returned to Canada where she had a successful 20-year career in post-secondary education. In 2015, Nancy returned to a consultancy practice in strategic planning, higher education, and internationalization and was ideally positioned to take the helm in 2016 as the Acting Dean of FAST.

With a birds-eye view, she strengthened the framework so faculty and staff would have multiple opportunities to have their voices heard and more importantly, allow everyone to have a leadership role with the confidence that FAST could positively move forward.  In early 2017, she passed on the leadership baton and has since maintained an excellent relationship with her Humber colleagues as she continued to do occasional work with Humber.

Nancy was joyful, kind, and deeply committed. She will be greatly missed. As a pioneering female leader, she used her position to support and uplift many women in the trades and technology professions. She was truly a trailblazer. In her honour, we leave you with Nancy’s own words of wisdom:

“I live by the belief that if you continue to learn and put up your hand to volunteer, it will position you to follow your heart and be ready for opportunities that appear before you. Every little experience somehow gets stuck to another experience.”

A life well-lived, her legacy lives on.

We invite you to send your condolences to her family via this link to an E-card.

Warm regards,

We are thrilled to announce that Humber is hosting its first-ever student film festival this summer, and we invite you to be part of this exciting event. This is a unique opportunity to witness the incredible creativity and progress of our student filmmakers as their hard work comes to life on the big screen.

Join us at the Current Cut Film Festival to celebrate their achievements, experience their bold storytelling, and take pride in the talent nurtured within our Humber community.

Red Carpet and Reception

• Date: Thursday, June 12
• Location: G Commons at Humber Lakeshore Campus (17 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Dr)

Full Day of Programming

• Date: Friday, June 13
• Location: Humber Cultural Hub Recital Hall (3199 Lakeshore Blvd W)

Want more information? Make sure to follow @humbercurrentcut on Instagram. For more specific inquiries, please email ebyan.bihi@humber.ca.

This May and June, Indigenous Education and Engagement (IE&E) is offering professional development opportunities for Humber staff and faculty, with options for both in-person and virtual sessions to cater to diverse learning needs and preferences. Check out our trainings below.

4 Seasons of Reconciliation
Registration for this module closes on May 9 and onboarding takes place within a one-to-two-week period - Register now

This online module is designed directly in response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Calls to Action specifically to Call to Action #62. This focuses on the need for institutions like Humber to implement curriculum and resources to help people learn about the historical and current context of Indigenous peoples. Through this learning, the module will promote a revitalized relationship between Indigenous Peoples and Canadians. This is a 3-hour asynchronous course offered through First Nations University of Canada. 

Braiding the IWBKD Mindset into your practice: a conversation with IE&E Academic
May 29, 2025, 1 to 3 p.m., Online - Register now

This workshop explores ways to braid Indigenous Ways of Being, Knowing and Doing, an HLO Mindset, into your curricula. An IWBKD mindset enables us to respect, reflect on and embrace Indigenous cultures, perspectives, systems of knowledges and approaches to life. Humber graduates recognize the cultural foundations and history of the land we inhabit and understand how they have shaped Indigenous realities today. They act bravely to create space for reconciliation, helping to co-create space for a future based on wisdom, love, honesty and truth.

Braiding the IWBKD Mindset into your practice: a conversation with IE&E Academic
June 4, 2025, 1 to 3 p.m., In-person, North Campus - Register now

This workshop explores ways to braid Indigenous Ways of Being, Knowing and Doing, an HLO Mindset, into your curricula. An IWBKD mindset enables us to respect, reflect on and embrace Indigenous cultures, perspectives, systems of knowledges and approaches to life. Humber graduates recognize the cultural foundations and history of the land we inhabit and understand how they have shaped Indigenous realities today. They act bravely to create space for reconciliation, helping to co-create space for a future based on wisdom, love, honesty and truth.

Circle & The Box Training
June 11, 2025, 1 to 3 p.m., In-person, North Campus - Register now

This experiential and interactive exercise introduces participants to the foundations of Indigenous family systems – represented by the Circle – and explores how colonial systems – the Box – attempted to disrupt them. Through movement, storytelling, and reflection, participants engage with the ongoing survivance, resistance and strength of Indigenous communities.

Miigwetch for your interest in advancing Indigenous education at Humber Polytechnic.

Indigenous Education & Enagement