Announcements

When:
September 24, 2021
Posters/Attachments: Event Poster

Counselling Services is excited to announce the return of the Healthy Minds for Stressful Times group for Fall 2021. This group will be conducted virtually. This group will provide students with:

  • Tools and strategies to cope with stress, anxiety and feeling overwhelmed
  • Emotional support

Details:

  • Where: Zoom (link on the poster attached)
  • When: Every Thursday, 1:30 to 3 p.m., beginning October 7 for nine weeks
  • For: Students who are feeling overwhelmed and/or experiencing stress and anxiety.

Important information:

  • This is an open group – no pre-registration is required. As of now, there is no cap on numbers but subject to change if required
  • Students can come for as few or as many sessions as they would like.
  • The room will be locked at 1:45 p.m. SHARP as we do not have time to review curriculum for late arrivers
  • Students will be asked to keep their video on  as interaction is a huge part of this group (involves break out groups and skill practice)

Please promote to your students: 

  • Post about Healthy Minds for Stressful Times on Blackboard (see attached poster)
  • Make an announcement about Healthy Minds for Stressful Times at the beginning of class

**Students are not required to sign up in advance**

Contact: Rose Anthony at rose.anthony@humber.ca

Healthy Minds for Stressful Times works from an anti-oppression framework. We recognize that students face systemic oppression on the basis sexual and gender orientation, race, body size, class, disability, immigration status, country of origin, culture, age and religion. We are committed to creating an environment that celebrates diversity, and challenges all forms of oppression.

When:
September 24, 2021
Contact:
Jennifer Marotta
Posters/Attachments: Event Poster
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Posters/Attachments: Event Poster
The Big Hoax Art by Angela Aujla

                                            

The Big Hoax: The Anatomy of Anti-Intellectualism, Denialism and Conspiracy Theories, Past and Present
October 22-23, 2021
Humber@TIFA 7th Annual Interdisciplinary Academic Conference (Virtual)

To register for our conference, create a free TIFA (Toronto International Festival of Authors) account. If you need any help registering, please consult the FAQ page.

The schedule of our conference is on the festival calendar

After creating your free membership, you must register for each Humber@TIFA event separately. You can find our events labeled “The Big Hoax” with our distinctive conference art by Angela Aujla on: 

There will be a keynote by acclaimed author and journalist Pankaj Mishra and a plenary panel by Humber Faculty members Nathan Radke and Dr. Lee Kuhnle of “The Uncover Up Podcast” on the Conspiratorial Mind on Friday, October 22, and four fascinating panels on Saturday, October 23. Once registered you will also be able to participate in the many wonderful events hosted by TIFA during their festival from October 21 to 31, free of charge.

To find out more about the panels (abstracts and bios) please consult our website.

We hope that you can join us!

Co-chairs, Jennifer Marotta & David Miller

When:
September 24, 2021

As we get closer to September 30 and National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day, we want to know what this important day means to you. 

We encourage all members of the Humber Community to visit Humber’s new National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Gallery. From here, you can upload your message and image of yourself in an orange shirt. 

You can also post on social media and tag us so we can add it to the Gallery: 

Facebook and Instagram: @HumberIndigenous and @HumberCollege 

Twitter: @HumberIndig and @HumberCollege 

For more information about upcoming events and initiatives, visit the Humber Truth and Reconciliation webpage

Indigenous Education & Engagement 
Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning

When:
September 24, 2021

Our flags will be lowered on Sunday, September 26 in honour of Police and Peace Officers' National Memorial Day.

On September 24, 1998 the Government of Canada officially proclaimed the last Sunday of September of every year as Police and Peace Officers’ National Memorial Day. This National Memorial Day gives Canadians an opportunity each year to formally express appreciation for the dedication of police and peace officers, which made the ultimate tragic sacrifice to keep our communities safe.

For more information, visit the Justice Laws Website.

When:
September 24, 2021
Contact:
Andrea Chan
Illustration of woman receiving message on her device that hand sanitizing station supply is low with quote from Nathan Mah above it.

In 2020, Humber College received funding of nearly $150K for two projects under the NSERC College and Community Innovation Program – Applied Research Rapid Response to COVID-19 Program. This funding enabled Humber College to partner with industry partners and provide valuable input through applied research to help address and manage the challenges faced due to the COVID-19 pandemic by developing innovative solutions. 

Researchers at Humber College, supported by Humber’s Office of Research & Innovation (ORI), worked closely with Mero Technologies. Dr. Timothy Wong, Research Lead on this project, continues to collaborate with Mero and shares the following update. 

Mero Technologies has announced a collaboration with CleanSlate UV and Humber College to help address and manage the COVID-19 outbreak. Mero's sensors have been installed in existing dispensers at a Heritage Building. 

Find the full article: Research IMPACT: Project Success

When:
September 23, 2021

Rapid Antigen Testing is now offered to staff and students who need to provide proof of a negative test in order to access Humber campuses and facilities. Students and staff will be able to access testing at these sites free of charge.

Appointments can be made by visiting the testing clinic scheduling site. Walk-ins will not be accepted and cannot be accommodated. Same day appointments may not be available, so please plan ahead and book an appointment within 72 hours of each time you need to be on campus.

Testing locations are:

North Campus
Barrett Centre for Technology Innovation 
205 Humber College Blvd., Etobicoke 
Main Floor, Demonstration Room (BCTI 108) 
7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday 
Lakeshore Campus
Fashion Institute 
3166 Lake Shore Blvd. West, Etobicoke 
FAS 102 
7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday to Friday 

Those with appointments will receive confirmation of date, time, and location beforehand. Anyone with an appointment should bring their personal identification as well as their student number/N number with them. Note: Staff and students are also required to show appointment confirmation and identification.

If the results of the Rapid Antigen test are negative, an individual will be provided with an immediate printed receipt confirming the results. It will take a minimum of 15 minutes after test completion to receive the results.  

If the results of the test are positive, an individual will receive a PCR test on the spot, be sent home to self-isolate and receive the results within 24 hours.   

Those entering campus for this purpose will need to complete the COVID-19 Self-Screening verbally upon entry to these locations. Public Safety officers will be stationed at entryways to conduct this screening. 

When:
September 23, 2021
Contact:
Diane Pellicone
Tracey-Mae Chambers: Hope and Healing at Humber College’s Lakeshore Campus

Humber Galleries, the Department of Indigenous Education & Engagement, and the Lakeshore Grounds Interpretive Centre are pleased to invite Métis artist Tracey-Mae Chambers to Humber College’s Lakeshore Campus on September 28 and 29, where she will assemble two fibre art installations, as part of her ongoing project Hope and Healing.

These site-specific works are made up of bright red string entwined and woven on location. While each is uniquely and physically adapted to its surroundings, they all pose the same question by exploring connections shared between ourselves, others, and the world around us. Amidst the devastating effects of COVID-19, and the recovery of Indigenous children's remains buried in unmarked graves at former residential schools, Chambers asks: “How do we pick up the pieces of our lives? Individually and collectively? How do we heal and stay hopeful?”

The first installation will be hosted outside the entrance to the Student Welcome and Resource Centre for one week, after which it will be documented and then taken apart. The second will be created inside the L Space Gallery’s exterior-facing window. While the gallery remains temporarily closed, the window installation will be exhibited for the entire Fall 2021 semester.  

In light of this year’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30, we invite new and returning students and staff to bear witness to this project and reflect upon these many months of local and global tragedy so that we may all move towards a more hopeful and brighter future.
 
Follow along with Humber Galleries and their social media channels to watch the installation process unfold. And please share your own experiences using the hashtag #HopeAndHealingCanada.  

Dates & Locations: 

Temporary Installation
Outside the entrance to the Student Welcome and Resource Centre 
September 28, 2021

Window Installation
L Space Gallery Window Display
September 29 - December 17, 2021 

When:
September 22, 2021
When:
September 22, 2021
Contact:
Desta McCalla

Enhancing Institutional EDI Knowledge of Disability and Academic Accessibility 

  • Some students experience disability-related barriers around taking notes during class.  

  • In order to facilitate access to notes, some students registered with Accessible Learning may be utilizing notetaking support through a service called Note Taking Express, which is coordinated through Peer Assisted Learning Services. Students using this service are required to sign an agreement indicating they will only share the recording with Note Taking Express staff and acknowledging other conditions to keep accountability while utilizing this service. 

  • While faculty are not legally mandated to post their lecture slides/summaries/video recordings on Blackboard/CourseLink for all students, students with disabilities, in particular, may require access to such materials as an accommodation.  

  • As a helpful way to encourage participation, some faculty assign all students into small “note-taking groups” where each week they arrange for one group to collectively take and share their notes on Blackboard/Courselink for the whole class. This supports students with disabilities and other students with diverse needs, which may impact taking notes during class in real-time. 

Visit our ALS Information for Faculty website to learn more about note-taking supports for students. 

Please email us at accessible-learning@humber.ca with suggestions for key accessibility-related topics that you would like us to address through the Communiqué.

When:
September 21, 2021
Contact:
Franc Jamieson

Please let students know that the Math & Writing Centre is available and ready to help students across the Humber community.

The Math & Writing Centre welcomes all Humber and Guelph-Humber students and offers free one-on-one tutoring for both math and writing support.

On the math side, we can help students with stats, business math, calculus, algebra, physics and much more.

On the writing side, we can help with essay development, research papers, reports and other workplace documents, as well as reading analysis, grammar, APA documentation and much more.

We have online tutoring available for both math and writing during our Fall 2021 hours of operation:

Mondays 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Tuesdays 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Wednesdays 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Thursdays 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Fridays 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturdays 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

We also now have a select number of on-campus, in-person appointments for math and for writing at both campus locations. Contact us for more details.

Students (and staff) can reach us by email at mathcentre@humber.ca and writingcentre@humber.ca.

Students can also contact our virtual front desk.

Thank you.

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