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Episode 3: Group Work
Group work among students can be a powerful tool for learning, but how best to make it work? We explore group work with Humber College’s Teaching and Learning secondees Nicole Chuchmarch, Mike Wells and Catherine Dunn. Colin Bartley shares strategies to avoid the pitfalls of becoming Judge Judy!
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We are pleased to announce that T4(s) tax forms are now available within the Human Resources Management System (HRMS) and can be accessed through the new Year-End Documents section. Note: If your name within the HRMS is different than your legal name, your T4(s) will be located in the Document Records section.
Click here to learn where to find and how to view & print your T4(s).
Note:
There are three ways to connect with our HR Support Centre:
Recently, we shared an announcement with you regarding changes to the Time Card pages within the Human Resource Management (HRMS).
New Employee Time Card pages are now available and the navigational steps for those pages have changed.
Click here to watch an overview video to learn what changes were introduced.
Click here to download an interactive deck and learn how to navigate through the updated pages.
Click here to view the updated KB Articles to learn how to navigate through the updated pages.
I am writing to you today to announce that Cynthia Lessard, Executive Assistant to the Office of the Senior Vice-President, Academic is leaving Humber to pursue a career as an elementary school teacher with the Thames Valley District School Board.
Cynthia began her career at Humber in the Faculty of Social and Community Services, in 2013, where she immediately made an impact as the Continuing Education Support Officer. By 2015, Cynthia was the Administrative Assistant to the Dean, leading a number of important initiatives within the faculty. Cynthia took an interest in the programming offered in the Faculty of Social and Community Services and took on additional projects, such as the coordination of the Music and Memory iPod project with Lakeshore Lodge Long Term Care Home to bring music to residents living with Alzheimer’s and/or dementia.
Cynthia joined the Office of the Senior Vice-President, Academic in 2016, bringing her exceptional planning, analysis and project management skills. She planned and coordinated numerous events and she streamlined and digitized the honorary degree, program advisory committee and sabbatical processes. She was the secretariat for numerous internal committees and was also the secretariat for the Coordinating Committee of Vice-Presidents, Academic – supporting the 24 Ontario Colleges to respond to complex issues facing the Ontario college system.
Cynthia worked strategically and compassionately and will always be a valued colleague and friend. She will be missed at Humber, but I am certain that she will go on to make a difference in the lives of the many students who will be enriched by her generous spirit and her love of learning. Please join me in wishing Cynthia well as she embarks on her new career.
The Executive Assistant to the Office of the Senior Vice-President, Academic position will be posted this week.
Gina Antonacci
Associate Vice-President, Academic
Humber College's Communication team is committed to helping our colleagues build positive profiles in the media and the community. As part of this initiative, we have launched a new online media Experts List. This resource will help journalists and producers search for an expert voice for stories, and will help generate coverage online, in publications and on TV and radio programs to reach our target audience.
The college's ability to communicate through the media is an essential and vital part of building our reputation. The list will continue to be updated over time. Thank you to all the experts for helping to tell the Humber story.
The Experts List can be found here.
People of African descent have been a part of shaping Canada’s heritage and identity since the arrival of Mathieu Da Costa, a navigator and interpreter, whose presence in Canada dates back to the early 1600s.
The role of people of African descent in Canada has not always been viewed as a key feature in Canada’s historic landscape. There is little mention that some of the Loyalists who came here after the American Revolution and settled in the Maritimes were people of African descent, or of the many sacrifices made in wartime by soldiers of African descent as far back as the War of 1812.
Few Canadians are aware of the fact that African people were once enslaved in the territory that is now Canada, or of how those who fought enslavement helped to lay the foundation of Canada’s diverse and inclusive society.
Black History/Heritage Month is a time to learn more about these Canadian stories and the many other important contributions of Black Canadians to the settlement, growth and development of Canada, and about the diversity of Black communities in Canada and their importance to the history of this country.
Source: Government of Canada. Black History in Canada. https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/campaigns/black-history-month/about.html
Coming Up...
Tuesday, February 23, 2021 - Challenging Anti-Black Racism (10 a.m. to 12 p.m.) with Sacha Ally and Adam Benn
Friday, February 26, 2021 - Understanding the Determinants of Health for a Healthy and Inclusive Community (9:30 a..m to 12 p.m.) with Dr. Roberta Timothy
To register, email zareena.khan@humber.ca.
February’s Playlist
Borrowing a page from President Barack Obama, the Centre is pleased to offer a playlist of some of our favourite artists:
As Humber continues to provide students with quality online and in-person learning in Winter 2021, we look for ways to assess student satisfaction with their program experiences. To meet institutional quality assurance and accreditation requirements, Humber will administer an online 24-item short version of the previous KPI student satisfaction survey. This survey will measure student satisfaction with the knowledge, skills, teaching and learning provided in their program, allowing the college to identify strengths and areas of improvement.
All students in full-time, funded programming enrolled in semesters 2 to 8 will receive a personal survey invitation through email on Friday, February 19. The survey will remain open until Sunday, March 7, 2021. Key messaging will be communicated by select instructors in each program to promote the survey and encourage completion.
For questions about the survey, please contact Christina Persaud at christina.persaud@humber.ca.
Behind every great idea is an even greater team. This week's Humber Research & Innovation employee feature is Barath Roy Michel. As a Certified Innovation 360 Group AB Licensed Practitioner (IMYB™) – Innovation Management Yellow Belt, Michel is well equipped to tackle upcoming projects in 2021. We can't wait to see what he does next.
Read more on his journey here.
Dear faculty, staff and academic partners,
We hope that the Winter 2021 semester has started well. Testing Services is available to support learners throughout the semester as required. We will be open over the midterm examination period for both Humber and Guelph-Humber learners at both the North and Lakeshore campuses from February 22 to March 19, 2021 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
We are opening with the understanding that a majority of the assessment delivery for courses will continue to support learners and provide testing, which was done over the Fall 2020 midterm period. However, we understand that the accommodation needs of some learners cannot be met in this manner, and it is in these unique circumstances that we will focus on during this period. Those unique accommodations include, but are not limited to:
We will continue to be in compliance with public health guidelines and will operate with a maximum capacity of 10 persons in our spaces at any given time, including staff. Therefore, we will be able to serve no more than seven (7) learners at both centres at any given time.
The request to write in Testing Services must be done in consultation with the learner’s Accessibility Consultant, professor, and/or Associate Dean/Program Head prior to submitting the test to Testing Services in sufficient time.
We require faculty to provide submissions to us using the Blackboard Test Referral Form or through the Online Test Submission portal through Register Blast. We will not be accepting any physical test submissions at either centre nor will we be allowing faculty to pick up completed tests during this time.
Faculty that have registered with our Online Submission Service will have any completed exams returned to them via their Humber or UGH email addresses. Remote invigilation is also available through the use of MS Teams or another platform, if necessary.
Any questions regarding our Online Test Submission service or remote invigilation can be forwarded to us by email at testingservicesnorth@humber.ca or testingserviceslake@humber.ca.
In order to avoid any delays and mitigate any barriers to the test process, we ask that faculty submit their midterms to Testing Services as per the following deadlines:
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Midterms to be written the week of February 22, 2021 |
Must be submitted to Testing Services by 2 p.m. on Sunday, February 21, 2021 (Please email Testing Services Manager – Shane Bentham by Friday, February 19 at 2 p.m. to confirm number of students and date). |
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Midterms to be written the week of March 1, 2021 |
Must be submitted to Testing Services by Friday, February 26, 2021 at 2 p.m. |
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Midterms to be written the week of March 8, 2021 |
Must be submitted to Testing Services by Friday, March 5, 2021 at 2 p.m. |
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Midterms to be written the week of March 15, 2021 |
Must be submitted to Testing Services by Friday March 12, 2021 at 2 p.m. |
Learners that will be completing their midterms at Testing Services will be required to schedule an appointment in advance on our website. As we did during the fall final exam period, we will not be able to accommodate walk-ins during this time. For bookings at North Testing Services, please have students click here, and for Lakeshore Testing Services click here.
Learners are asked to bring only the supplies or items that they need to complete testing and adhere to all physical distancing and COVID-19 protocols as required to maintain a safe testing environment for all.
We look forward to returning to campus to support our learners.
Shane Bentham
Manager, Testing and Integrated Services