As we continue to work and learn at home, it’s important to stay connected to our colleagues and our community. To help keep us all connected, we created the #HumberAtHome series. We want to know about how you are taking care of your well-being right now, how your teams are adding a bit of fun into your interactions, and which resources are helping you.  

Here are some examples of what members of the Humber community are doing to bring their community together:

Faculty of Media & Creative Arts

First-year Theatre Performance students will share their production of Red Dog tonight at 7 p.m. on humbertheatrereddog.com. Directed by Colin Edwards with voice coaching by Heather Hill, Red Dog is prerecorded, but made in live collaboration via Zoom. It began as a piece of physical theatre but became an experimental film after the College moved to online instruction. The students collaborated on all aspects of the production, including the above poster.

Check out what FMCA students are up to while physical distancing. Featured above is second year @humbertheatre student’s @acrosetheuniverse’s top picks while staying indoors. Aaron recommends listening to Off Camera with Sam Jones and the SUGAR (remix) while solo walking outside or dancing. His go to movie right now is Shaun of the Dead and TV show, Avator: The Last Airbender.

Humber College Fitness – North Campus

Get ready to work out! Humber Fitness North has started a YouTube channel to house all their fitness videos. Check out this great collection to help you stay healthy. From proper squats to meditation and stretching, there’s something for everyone.

Individual Tips From Humber Staff

Leanne Henwood-Adam, Fitness Coordinator,has clever ideas to reduce waste and make delicious food. She keeps a Ziploc freezer bag in and her freezer and whenever she has veggie scraps that would normally be thrown into the green bin, she adds them into the freezer bag. When it’s full, she puts them into a pot of water with herbs and spices and it turns into a tasty veggie broth! The veggie scraps can then be drained and added to the green bin.

Please send us your #HumberAtHome photos, video clips and stories to bethany.sharpe@humber.ca.

Further to the earlier communication below regarding amended T4s, this is to confirm that any amended T4s were mailed via Canada Post on April 15 to the home address we have on file in our Human Resources Management System (HRMS). On April 3, a direct e-mail communication was sent all employees who were receiving an amended T4.  

We are providing you with an update following the memo you received from Human Resources and Organizational Effectiveness (HROE) within your 2019 T4 envelope. The memo indicated that we anticipated a greater number of amended T4s would be issued this year as a result of implementation of our new Human Resources Management System. We originally indicated the majority of amended T4s would be issued by the end of March. We suggested delaying the filing of your personal tax return until Monday, April 6 to avoid having to refile your taxes, should you receive an amended T4.

Due to the outbreak of COVID-19, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has deferred the deadline for filing personal income tax returns to June 1, 2020. In keeping with this new deadline, and due to the impact of COVID-19 on HROE remote working arrangements and the remote working arrangements for the annual third party CAAT Pension reconciliation process, the timeline for the amended 2019 T4(s) to be issued is being adjusted to mid April.

Amended T4s were mailed by Canada Post on April 15. The amended T4s will be mailed to the home address we have on file in our Human Resources Management System (HRMS).

Your amended T4 were to be uploaded to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) website by April 15. If you have a personal CRA account, you will be able to securely view your tax form details when you login to your personal CRA account.

It’s a challenging time for everyone right now, and we appreciate your understanding and patience.

For general inquiries please contact our HR Support Centre, and someone will be available to assist you.

There are three ways to connect with our HR Support Centre:

1. Call us at (416) 675-5001
2. Chat with us at www.humber.ca/hrchat 
3. Submit an e-form at www.humber.ca/hrinquiry

Visit our FAQ section on the HRMS Knowledge Base for additional information on T4s.

Thank you.

As we continue to work and learn at home, it’s important to stay connected to our colleagues and our community. To help keep us all connected, we created the #HumberAtHome series. We want to know about how you are taking care of your well-being right now, how your teams are adding a bit of fun into your interactions, and which resources are helping you.

Here are some examples of what members of the Humber community are doing to bring their community together:

Office of Sustainability

Humber’s Sustainability Specialist, Devon, is making a ton of organics now that he’s always home. Here’s a picture of the amount of organics his household generated in TWO days! ⁣He might be running out of room, but he would rather have an overflowing green bin than a garbage bin!⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣

Are you up for the Challenge?

It’s week 2 of the Humber Earth Month Challenge and @sustainhumber has new activities this week.

Take of picture of yourself doing each challenge and post it on your Instagram page, plus use #HumberEarthMonth for a chance to win a $50 Amazon Gift Card.

A winner will be announced by the end of the week! ⁣⁣Make sure your account is public so The Office of Sustainability can see your pictures. Good luck!

Individual Tips From Humber Staff

Noreen Santilli, professor in the Advertising Copywriting program with FMCA has been running full live-streamed lectures from Week 11 – 14 for the two classes she teaches. It's been very successful with excellent attendance. Last week she ran a lively session on TV commercial shoots and production, inviting numerous guest speakers from the industry to join, including a producer, commercial director and a client services director (Clare Dietrich, Ian Letts of the Perlorian Brothers, and Tim Binkley). Students were very engaged and appreciated the session, and the time and knowledge the special guests imparted.

Please send us your #HumberAtHome photos, video clips and stories to bethany.sharpe@humber.ca.

Human Resources and Organizational Effectiveness (HROE) - Learning and Development team is pleased to provide this curated list of learning resources to support you through these unprecedented times. These resources include: videos, e-learning short courses and publications that can be used to address ‘just-in-time’ and immediate training needs as well as provide opportunities for you to develop general skills. We have also included content relevant to the current remote working situation and COVID-19.

Overviews of these resources are provided below, via the links:

1. Healthy Work From Home Resources
2. General Training Available Via L&D’s E-Learning Resources

We are also working on identifying other offerings that might be of benefit or interest to you, and if you have recommendations, please email the OE team at oe@humber.ca.