Sara Nickerson-White and Tina Lackner, faculty members in the Child and Youth Care Practitioner Program here at Humber College, are undertaking a three-year research project aimed at producing a compassion-based, consumer-informed, guiding framework for human services in a Canadian context. 

With help from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), these researchers hope to collect and develop an understanding of what human service consumers and professionals experience as hope, self-compassion and authentic collaboration in the course of service delivery; understand the role hope, self-compassion and authentic collaboration play in supporting consumers as they lead self-directed lives during and after human service participation; and develop a compassion-based framework that will strengthen human service delivery in Canada. 

Find the full story from the Office of Research & Innovation (ORI) here.

After 24 years of outstanding service and dedication to Humber, Nancey Adamson has decided to retire as of August 31, 2021.

In 1997, Nancey joined Humber as the Business Manager in the Office of the Vice President, Business Development. In 2003, she joined the HR team where she held several roles, including Manager, Training and Development; Manager, Employee Engagement; and HR Consultant. In those roles, Nancey developed, implemented, and facilitated many training and engagement programs for staff. She also provided leadership for many of Humber’s recognition programs including the President’s Awards; Career Milestone Awards; Retiree’s Dinner; Support Staff Appreciation Week; and wellness programs. She has also been a guest lecturer, facilitating the Clifton Strengths program for students in the Faculty of Business and Faculty of Health Sciences.

Most recently, Nancey has worked with the Education and Training Solutions team as the HR Manager helping build the HR processes supporting the launch of Humber’s Real Estate Education program. During the pandemic, she played an integral role in the transition of curriculum to the virtual environment for Humber’s Corporate Training Solutions (CTS) department and the Transportation Training Centre. Nancey developed and delivered the very successful "Virtual Instructor-Led Training (VILT)" micro-credential to over 60 senior facilitators and faculty. She also designed the “Producer Course” and has trained 20+ producers to support all CTS virtual courses. Nancey has supported all proposed CTS micro-credentials to ensure quality, consistency, and validated learning and has reviewed over 100 courses for several large organizations.

Nancey has been an active member of the Humber community both internally and externally. Over the years she has been a member of many committees including the President’s Breakfast Planning Committee; Showcase; Residence Appeal Committee; Advancement – Friends and Family Campaign Committee; e-learning Committee; and job evaluation committees. Most notably, Nancey was instrumental in the transformation of Academic Council to Humber College Council. She has served as a member, Vice Chair, Chair and Past Chair over the past 12 years. Nancey also led Humber’s Employee Engagement Committee and five United Way Campaigns. Externally, Nancey has been a member of HRCC, CAAT College Consortium and HRPA committees.

Nancey is a proud graduate of Humber College (Legal Secretarial Diploma and Human Resources Postgraduate Certificate). She has been a dedicated life-long learner throughout her career at Humber completing her Bachelor of Education, Adult Education from Brock University, Master of Arts, Community College from Central Michigan University and PhD in Higher Education from the University of Toronto (OISE) in 2014.

For her dedication and contribution to the college, she was recognized with the Distinguished Administrator Award in 2005.

On behalf of the Education & Training Solutions, Continuous Professional Learning, and the Humber community, I would like to express our sincere thanks to Nancey for her service and many contributions to Humber and wish her all the best in her retirement.

Please share your warm wishes for Nancey by signing the virtual e-card. A departmental farewell will be planned for later in the summer.

Thank you,

Wanda Buote
Dean, Education & Training Solutions

BEST Service Pros, a janitorial management service provider, has kept Humber College and the University of Guelph-Humber (UofGH) clean since 2019.

BEST is a leader in creating healthy learning environments at campuses across Canada and is helping Humber reach its goal of being the healthiest campus in the country. They also provide support to the Humber community in achieving its sustainability goals.

The BEST team supports Humber by sorting and eliminating waste from the campus, increasing waste diversion rates, and keeping garbage out of landfills.

You may have seen BEST team members on campus in their blue shirts, engaged in their ‘Waste Warrior Wednesday’ series on Instagram, or have seen them playing Sort It Out activities with students and staff.

To learn more about the BEST team’s commitment to sustainability and meet the team responsible for campus-wide sustainable operations and waste management, read the full feature story.

The Ministry of Colleges and Universities released a memo on July 16 which states that all in-person instruction and on-campus activities at postsecondary education institutions would be permitted to resume without capacity limits or physical distancing requirements starting in Fall 2021. This direction is contingent on the continued progress of provincewide vaccination rates and continued improvements in public health and health care indicators.

Masks and face coverings will still be required for indoor settings and institutions are required to continue following public health and workplace safety requirements.

The memo indicates institutions continue to have the flexibility to deliver academic instruction in the mode that best suits the needs of students and the individual institution.

Humber College is currently reviewing the memo. Additional details, as they may apply to Humber, will be shared in the coming weeks. We will continue to monitor and keep the Humber community updated.

Humber will continue with our plans to provide a mix of both in-person and interactive online education in the fall 2021 term.

A broader Fall 2021 start-up announcement is planned for mid-to-late August.