Announcements

When:
September 14, 2020

If a student or staff member has COVID-19 symptoms, thinks they may have COVID-19 or has tested positive for the virus, please follow the confidential protocol for reporting to the College as soon as possible.  

A confidential email (covidreporting@humber.ca) and confidential phone line (416.675.5007) have been set up for these COVID-19-related inquiries and concerns. They are monitored by regulated health professionals from the Student Wellness and Accessibility Centre (SWAC) and members of the Occupational Health and Safety team.  

They will be monitored Monday to Friday from 7 a.m. until 10 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Responses can be expected within four hours, except at the end of the timeframe when a response will be given the next day.

When:
September 14, 2020

Please note that until further notice, employees require their staff ID cards to access the 3rd floor or above in the Learning Resource Commons at North Campus.

When:
September 14, 2020

Get started by logging into humber.ca/microsoft365 and clicking on the Teams icon.

Microsoft Teams provides video conferencing, workplace chat, and file storage for real time collaboration. All Humber and University of Guelph-Humber staff have access to Microsoft Teams, as part of the Microsoft 365 suite. 

Did you know? You can have Teams Meetings.

  • Meetings one-on-one
  • Meetings with up to 250 people
  • Live Events with up to 10,000 participants 
  • Meetings and Live Events support live captioning 

You can record a meeting, with transcription, so that those who missed the meeting, or want to re-watch, can search for a key word, and go directly to that part of the meeting. 

Did you know?... You can create a Team  

Teams can be created with/by any employees at Humber or Guelph-Humber.

With Teams, you can post announcements, store files and every member of that team can have access. Members can also collaborate on a file at the same time.

Within a Team you can have ‘private channels’ that only members of that channel can see.

Did you know?... You can chat 

  • You can start one-one and group chats

If you need support, you can contact the I.T. Support Centre, at x8888. For more resources on working remotely, visit here.

When:
September 14, 2020
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We are excited to announce that new waste bins are coming to campus!

The 4-stream waste bins include compost in key areas and clear signage to make sorting waste as easy as possible. The new bins arrived at Lakeshore campus in March 2020 and will be at North Campus by the end of this week. All of the current bins will be donated, and the new bins are made of recycled milk jugs!

Before you dispose of something on campus, please ensure you are following the easy-to-read signage to help us divert waste from the landfill.

When:
September 14, 2020
Contact:
Sorsha Heard
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The Centre for Teaching & Learning is pleased to announce a final call for applications for the Teaching Innovation Fund.

About the fund: The fund includes $1,400 per investigator and support in developing and conducting a research project about teaching and learning. There are typically two types of projects: “Build” projects, in which you develop and build a new, evidence-based teaching tool or approach, and “Impact” projects, in which you measure the impact of an innovative teaching tool or approach with your students. 

For more information and to access the application form, see the attached documents. To hear from faculty that have previously conducted research with the fund, visit the CTL's YouTube channel.

The deadline for applications is Friday, September 18 at 5 p.m.

Applications may be submitted to CTLResearch@humber.ca.

When:
September 11, 2020

Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic and our goal of minimizing the number of people on our campuses, the Fall Active Attacker drills at Humber College and the University of Guelph-Humber have been postponed until further notice.

The safety of our community continues to be our top priority. For information on Humber’s response to an active attacker – Run, Hide, Defend, please visit the public safety website at https://humber.ca/publicsafety/services/emergency-management/active-attacker. You can also view the York Region Police response video at that link.

Please contact Kathy Branton, Manager, Business Continuity & Emergency Management at kathy.branton@humber.ca if you have any questions.

Thank you,
Rob Kilfoyle,
Director, Public Safety & Emergency Management

When:
September 11, 2020
Contact:
Casey Norris

Humber Galleries' Instagram as a Canvas artwork call is back for the Fall semester!

While we continue to stay safe & distanced working and learning at home for the Fall, we want to celebrate even more of the Humber Community's Artwork and Creativity. This time around we're extending our themed calls to be a month long & include special online galleries.

The first call for September is a special one for all the Humber College Staff & Faculty. We know there's been a lot of creativity happening throughout our community during the Summer and lockdown and we want to see it; it can be anything from sketches to photography to music. If it's creative, we would love to share it!

Check out http://www.humbergalleries.ca/instagram-canvas or follow us on Instagram @humbergalleries for more info on how to submit! All staff are welcome to participate and all types of creative works are accepted.

When:
September 11, 2020

Humber recently launched the Flexible Registration project to replace FlexReg, the system currently used to register students in continuous and professional learning and corporate training workshops, courses and programs.

This project will provide a modern, agile registration system known as Destiny One. Destiny One enables lifecycle engagement with learners from first contact and throughout a learner’s career. It allows Humber to continue to meet the needs of our current and future non-postsecondary learners.

The Flexible Registration project is an important element of Humber’s flexible learning strategy aimed at increasing access to innovative learning options and creating opportunities for revenue diversification. The importance of this project has become more evident over the past several months as a result of the pandemic: more than ever, governments, businesses and individuals are looking to short-term and rapid, non-postsecondary learning as a means to recover from the effects of economic disruption.

The Flexible Registration project aligns with the Accessible Education pillar in the Humber 2018-2023 Strategic Plan and with the flexible learning strategy outlined in Humber’s Academic Plan. Further, it supports the goal of reaching new learners and increasing access within the Humber Digital Campus Plan.

Project Details

The Flexible Registration project, which launched officially this summer will be completed in late 2021, with key deliverables expected in July 2021.

The project is led by Wanda Buote (Dean of Education & Training Solutions) and Sarah Peake (Strategic Project Lead, Flexible Learning Strategy) who are also acting as project co-sponsors, as well as Gillian Carson (Senior Strategic Advisor) and Jasmine Sanaee (Project Director). The project’s working group and technical project team are made up of internal college stakeholders.  

For information about the project, please contact Sarah Peake or Wanda Buote.

As the initiative’s Executive Sponsors, we are proud to support the project team, on this important innovation for the college.
 

Scott Briggs  Rani Dhaliwal Laurie Rancourt 
Chief Information Officer  Senior Vice-President, Transformation and Strategic Partnerships Senior Vice-President, Academic

 

When:
September 10, 2020

This 12-week online workshop is a fun, interactive, hands-on and exciting way for grade 8 and 9 students to prepare for or review the grade 9 Ontario math curriculum topics. Students will attend the workshop twice a week (90 minutes sessions) and be provided with an addtional hour of drop-in math support. For more information and to register, please visit: https://humber.ca/courses.html?code=EDUC_020

When:
September 10, 2020
Contact:
Sorsha Heard

Thank you to the many Humber faculty members who joined us for our Fall 2020 Orientation Week and ED-Venture Days. We were so happy to have met you and to hear about the wonderful learning experiences you are creating for your students this fall. Please remember that Teaching + Learning is YOUR resource team, and you can reach out to us at ctl@humber.ca anytime. Keep an eye out for future ED-Venture Days coming soon!

For those who were unable to join us, please find the session recordings on our Orientation Week page on our website.

Congratulations to Loris Bennett, Ashvini Sriharan, Soheila Pashang, Debbie Harris & Peter Cook who are our ED-Venture Day winners of a 1-year subscription to Padlet or Mentimeter.

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