H building 2nd floor renovation closure
As a result of renovations on H building 2nd floor we will closing access to the entire floor area. For alternate routes please use the 1st floor.
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 defines how to make web content more accessible to people with disabilities. Accessibility involves a wide range of disabilities, including visual, auditory, physical, speech, cognitive, language, learning, and neurological disabilities. The Information & Communication Standards under AODA requires current Humber websites to conform to WCAG 2.0 level A and subsequently level AA by 2021.
Web accessibility is about everyone being able to access Humber's websites successfully, including people using handheld devices, Web TV and in-car browsers.
For this and other accessibility related resources contact Jodie Glean at jodie.glean@humber.ca.
The Centre for Human Rights, Equity & Diversity has developed a WCAG 2.0 level A and level AA Checklist to support Humber’s web developers and website content providers. Please download the attached file for the checklist.
I am pleased to let you know about two recent accreditations within the Faculty of Health Sciences and Wellness.
I am proud to announce that the Massage Therapy Advanced Diploma Program recently received full accreditation status until 2024. These fantastic results are attributed to the hard work, dedication, and commitment to excellence, of the professors, staff, and administration involved in the program, and I offer my sincere thanks for a job well done. Below is a direct quote from the accreditation review document.
On behalf of the board and staff at the Canadian Massage Therapy Council for Accreditation, we are very pleased to inform you that the Massage Therapy Program at Humber College has been awarded five-year accreditation. We extend our sincere congratulations on this stellar achievement and on your participation in the CMTCA accreditation process. The implementation of this process across Canada marked an important and historic milestone in the massage therapy field and we commend you for being part of it.
I want to acknowledge the hard work and dedication of the entire Massage Therapy faculty and support staff, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences and Innovative Learning, Program Planning Development and Renewal, and the administration team for their tireless commitment to ensuring our accreditation submissions, site visits, and ongoing dialogues throughout this process were demonstrative of excellence, and comprehensively descriptive of all that we do here at Humber.
I am also proud to announce that our Advanced Care Paramedic (ACP) – Ontario Graduate Certificate has been awarded a five-year accreditation term (the highest achievement possible). The accreditation team commended the program, the facilities, and the faculty and staff on this achievement.
Of particular importance, the reviewers noted the program has a 100 per cent success rate on the licensure examinations, year over year, and these exemplary results differentiate our program across the country.
I want to acknowledge the hard work and dedication of the entire ACP professor, program advisor, and support staff group, Program Planning Development and Renewal, and our faculty administration team for their commitment to ensuring our program is demonstrative of excellence. It is clear the entire team worked tirelessly to ensure these excellent results, and we can all be proud.
I am so proud to be part of this amazing Faculty and the excellent work that is demonstrated each and every day – you are ALL to be commended here!!
Please join me in offering congratulations on these excellent results, and celebrating this important accomplishment.
Jason Powell RN., BScN., MScN., Ph.D.
Senior Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences and Wellness
As a valued Humber College employee, you have privileged access to preferred insurance rates from TD Insurance Meloche Monnex on car, home, condo, and renter’s coverage.
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Humber Research Ethics Board (HREB)
Are your students doing research involving human participants? Read more…
Research Ethics Approval for Course-based Research Involving Human Participants
Course-based research occurs in courses that have a minimal-risk class project or activity that is designed to develop research skills. The projects or activities may require students to collect data from human participants, conduct interviews, distribute a survey, or analyze research data. These courses are designed to teach students about research methodologies, processes, techniques, and standard research practice.
Although results of the research may not be published, there exists a risk to participants, therefore, Humber Research Ethics Board approval is required. At Humber College, the HREB requires that instructors submit a course-designation application for course-based research activities.
A course designation means instructors act on behalf of the HREB in ensuring their students are following research ethics guidelines as outlined in the TCPS2 and in Humber’s ethical guidelines on researching involving human participants. While instructors take responsibility for student research, they must also educate their students on specific aspects of research, notably, recruitment strategies, informed consent, voluntary participation and the right to withdraw, confidentiality and protection of personal data, and data storage.
The HREB does not accept REB applications from undergraduate students.
Course-designation Review Process
Quick Links
REB Course Designation Application Form: for courses that have never held course-designation approval, or have an expired course-designation approval.
REB Course Designation Amendment Request Form: for courses that have an existing course-designation approval but need to make minor revisions, such as changes to participant recruitment process, research instruments used).
REB Course Designation Continuation Request Form: for courses that have course-designation approval expiring, this request for continuation should be submitted a minimum of 30 days prior to approval expiration.
Tips on Completing the Course-designation Form
Jaqueline Nicol
Operations & Research Ethics Board Coordinator
Applied Research & Innovation
What’s next for Banner 9? In order to continue with Ellucian’s support, Banner will continue to be upgraded to the latest version for all Banner Student modules.
Three new Banner Student modules are going live on June 3.
MyHumber Self Service or SS – MyHumber - delivers a number of important enhancements, including a refreshed user interface, enhanced navigation and new functionality. It will also give us greater flexibility and usability.
Student Advising profile delivers single-page access to the most critical information:
Faculty Grade Entry module provides faculty with improved grading tools:
Attendance Tracking module allows faculty to track student attendance:
How will I be informed?
Continue to visit humber.ca/sisr. It will contain up-to-date information with the timeline and progress. Communication memo on the release date to follow.
I’d like to inform that A/C testing on NX schdeuled for next Friday has been cancelled. NX will be open and accessible as a normal day.
At Humber, protecting our wildlife and their habitats is a commitment that we take very seriously. If you’ve had lunch at the staff lounge at North Campus recently you may have seen a mother goose laid her eggs by our bee hives. The eggs hatched recently and it seemed as though the bees, and mother goose and baby goslings were not getting along well. So, we notified Toronto Wildlife Centre and our bee keepers, who helped us to move the goslings and mother goose safely off the roof. The mother goose and her goslings are at the Toronto Wildlife Centre to ensure they are healthy before we hope to return them to the Arboretum. To prevent this situation in the future, we will be covering the planters, which are next to the hives so that the geese don’t settle there as it is not the most comfortable environment for neither them nor the bees. This will allow the bees to continue to pollinate and make honey and the geese to roam and rest safely in the Arboretum without having to worry about sharing the space.
The United Nations published a report last week emphasizing the need to protect our wildlife and their habitats, given a worsening decline in our Earth’s biodiversity. The UN report finds that around one million animal and plant species are now threatened with extinction, more than ever before in human history. In the case of mother goose and the bees, our help was necessary to ensure a safe habitat for both the bees and the geese to thrive, which helps maintain their local population and overall biodiversity. As springtime brings about new life, we must make sure we are doing all that we can to preserve the natural life we have on campus and in the world.
Thank you to all the staff who reported this incident last week, and reacted appropriately to the issue.
If you have any questions or concerns about the geese and their well-being, please contact lindsay.walker@humber.ca.
Last week was North American Occupational Safety and Health Week. There were safety tips and quizzes every day in the Communiqué and all correct responses were entered in a draw. We received 87 entries in all. The lucky winners of a Tim Hortons gift card are:
Congratulations!
NAOSH week is over for another year but your safety is essential all year round. Health and Safety Services can always be reached at healthandsafey@humber.ca and Humber’s Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committees meet regularly and conduct workplace inspections throughout the year.
Faculty and staff from Humber College, Fleming College and Trent University are coming together to share how they are building sustainability into their curricular and co-curricular experiences.
Join us to learn about sustainability and how to embed it into your curriculum (both courses and co-curricular student learning experiences). We will learn about the UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Science and Cultural Organization) model for sustainability, the 17 SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals), and sustainability in the “living lab”, working with campus sustainability offices for real world examples and project based learning.
Then it's your turn to select one or more of the of 17 SDGs and develop a module, seminar activity, assignment or case, or student project. Bring your course outline or a project idea! We have resources to support you on your sustainability journey that we will share with you during the workshop.
| When | The workshop is being offered Friday, June 14, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (registration at 8:30 a.m.) |
| Location | Fleming College, 599 Brealey Drive, Peterborough, Ontario Room D1129.3 |
| Cost | $45 |
For questions please contact Lindsay Walker at lindsay.walker@humber.ca.
To register (by June 5) please contact Sharon Archibald at sharon.archibald@flemingcollege.ca, 416.432.0403 or trish.oconnor@flemingcollege.ca, 705.749.5520 x1067.
