Premier Ford announced a three-step provincial reopening plan today that will gradually allow outdoor and indoor activities to resume over the months of June, July and August.

The plan, titled Roadmap to Reopen, outlines three steps to easing public health measures, guided by the following principles:

• Step One An initial focus on resuming outdoor activities with smaller crowds where the risk of transmission is lower, and permitting retail with restrictions. This includes allowing outdoor gatherings of up to 10 people, outdoor dining with up to four people per table and non-essential retail at 15 per cent capacity.
• Step Two Further expanding outdoor activities and resuming limited indoor services with small numbers of people where face coverings are worn. This includes outdoor gatherings of up to 25 people, outdoor sports and leagues, personal care services where face coverings can be worn and with capacity limits, as well as indoor religious services, rites or ceremony gatherings at 15 per cent capacity.
• Step Three Expanding access to indoor settings, with restrictions, including where there are larger numbers of people and where face coverings can’t always be worn. This includes indoor sports and recreational fitness; indoor dining, museums, art galleries and libraries, and casinos and bingo halls, with capacity limits.

Some outdoor amenities, such as golf courses and tennis courts, will be allowed to reopen on May 22 at 12:01 a.m.

It is anticipated the province will enter Step One around the week of June 14.

Each provincewide stage will last at least 21 days to evaluate any impacts on key public health and health system indicators. The three-step plan is tied to vaccination rates and other key health system indicators. Physical distancing, capacity limits and masking will continue for each stage.

The full release can be found here.

Enhancing Institutional EDI Knowledge of Disability and Academic Accessibility:

Accessible Learning Services Best Practice Considerations - Note-Taking Supports

• 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. 
• Deaf and Hard of Hearing students may have a Computerized Notetaker (CNT) present in class to record lecture notes in order for the student to be able to focus and participate in the lecture. 
• 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 especially in circumstances where a CNT is needed.
• 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. 

The National Deaf Center has an excellent resource guide for faculty supporting learners who are deaf and hard of hearing.

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.

I am writing today to let you know that Kelly Morrow, Director of Financial Services, will be leaving Humber effective June 11 to pursue other opportunities outside of the post-secondary sector.

Since joining Humber in 2010, Kelly has held progressive roles, initially as the Manager, Financial Strategic Projects then the Associate Director and most recently as the Director. In addition to her job responsibility, Kelly has played an instrumental role in numerous initiatives across the institution. Her strong leadership and project management skills have contributed to the successful implementation of Banner, Finance and Student, Chrome River Pcard and more recently Travel & Expense functionality, HRMS and REEP projects. She was also responsible for the successful conversion of Humber’s Financial Reporting to PSAB standard.

Kelly has been an integral and valued member of several college and sector-level committees including TIMS and CPSMC. Additionally, she has been an executive member of COFO as well as Chair of its Financial Reporting Subcommittee.

We will be planning a Teams farewell get-together on Wednesday, June 9 at 3 p.m. and the link will be circulated closer to the event date. I hope you will join me in wishing Kelly the best of success in all future endeavours.

The posting for Kelly’s replacement will be posted in the coming days.

Sanjay Puri
Vice President, Administration and CFO

We are now accepting applications!

The Indigenous Transmedia Fellowship is open to all Humber College students who self-identify as First Nation (status and non-status), Métis, Inuit, as well as international members of an Indigenous nation. The program was established to encourage students to further develop their skills in visual culture, digital media, technology, design, and storytelling. It brings visibility and support to Humber’s Indigenous community, while also fostering engagement and collaboration among creative peers.

This year's Fellowship is co-produced by Humber’s Indigenous Education & Engagement department and Humber Galleries. Led by Creative Producer Sage Petahtegoose, students with a wide range of skills will work together as a team over the summer break, engaging in the ideation and production of a dynamic, multi-disciplinary artistic project.

Students accepted into the program will work part time, 24 hours a week from May to August 2021, each earning up to $6,000.

Applications must be submitted by Friday, May 28, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. EST.

To apply, please visit the Indigenous Transmedia Fellowship website.

If you have any questions, just reach out to us at transmedia@humber.ca.