Announcements

Notice of Planned Hydro Service Interruption - North Campus
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When:
October 22, 2020
Campus Closure and Hydro Shutdown

North Campus to be closed on Sunday, November 8, 2020

When Sunday, November 8, 2020 (all day)
Location North Campus – all buildings including the University of Guelph-Humber, Residences and the Arboretum/Centre for Urban Ecology
Purpose To perform work to support the Finch West LRT project including relocation of hydro poles on Hwy 27, and maintenance of electrical lines coming onto North Campus.

The Humber North Campus will be closed on Sunday, November 8, 2020. Students and employees will not be allowed entry into the College facilities (with the exception of Residence) during the hydro service interruption.

All mechanical and electrical systems across North Campus will be offline during the shutdown.

Central systems including Banner, Blackboard, Email and humber.ca will be available.

The Centre for Trades and Technology and the Education and Training Solution buildings (110 and 30 Carrier Drive) will not be affected by the hydro service interruption.

For more information or if you have questions, please contact Chris Nanos, Manager, Plant Services, at chris.nanos@humber.ca.

COVID-19 Reporting at Humber – When and How to Report
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When:
October 21, 2020

The health and safety of Humber staff and students is our top priority. With that in mind, we have created a webpage to provide clear, step-by-step instructions for everyone on campus and at home who may have questions about when and how to report COVID-19.

I encourage you to bookmark the page (humber.ca/campus-return/covid-19-reporting-humber-when-and-how-report) and visit it whenever you have COVID-19 reporting questions and want to know what to do next.

Please be reminded that if you are feeling unwell or exhibiting any COVID-19 related symptoms, do not come to campus.

As always, visit humber.ca/updates, humber.ca/campus-return and humber.ca/hroe/hr/health-safety/covid-19-resources for the latest updates and information on the full range of COVID-19 topics.

Stay well, 

Lori Diduch

Capital Project Submission Deadlines
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When:
October 21, 2020
Contact:
Khon Ta
Tel:
x4143
Email:
khon.ta@humber.ca
Posters/Attachments: Event Poster

A friendly reminder that the capital project submission deadline is November 2, 2020. Please find attached document that illustrates the different project types (both small and large projects) and related procedures.

In relation to “large” projects, if your Faculty/Department is planning to reconfigure office spaces, changing function of a space, requesting additional office spaces, purchasing and installing equipment with project estimates equal to or greater than $50,000, please submit a “space allocation and project request” form to the Capital Planning & Space Management committee to review and make recommendation to the Executive team. The request form requires SVP/VP approval.

The form is available online at http://humber.ca/facilities/forms.

 

 

FAST Launches New Program: Home Efficiency Retrofit Orientation (HERO)
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When:
October 20, 2020
Email:
ceappliedtech@humber.ca

Faculty of Applied and Sciences Technology (FAST), Continuing Education department launches a new program called Home Efficiency Retrofit Orientation (HERO). HERO is developed in partnership with Enbridge Gas and delivered in collaboration with different Ontario municipalities such as City of Toronto and City of Vaughan.

The Home Efficiency Retrofit Orientation (HERO) program helps homeowners incorporate best practice energy-efficiency upgrades in home renovations that improve comfort, resilience, peace of mind, GHG reductions, and lower energy costs. The session will provide insights on eligible rebate programs and topics covered include: Heating/Cooling systems, Insulation, Windows, Hot Water Heating & reducing Air Leakage. It is geared toward single-family homeowners (i.e. detached, semi-detached, townhome house types).

This is a two-hour session delivered virtually, and free of charge to the homeowners.

If you are City of Toronto resident and interested in attending this session, register here.

If you are City of Vaughan resident and interested in attending this session, register here.

FAST is currently working on making this session available to the residents of other municipalities. If you would like to enquire if this session will be available in your area, please email: ceappliedtech@humber.ca.

Partial Load Registry
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When:
October 20, 2020
Posters/Attachments: Event Poster

Partial Load Registry – Please register for Partial Load Work for 2021 by October 30, 2020

About the Registry (Article 26.10)

The Partial-Load Registry is in place for current or previously employed partial-load employees of Humber College to register their interest in being employed as a partial load faculty for the 2021 calendar year. Registered partial-load employees will be eligible to receive priority hiring for available partial load work based on the criteria set out in Article 26.10 of the OPSEU Academic Collective Agreement.

When and Where Do I Register?

We are pleased to announce that registration for the 2021 calendar year will begin on June 10, 2020. We strongly encourage you to register prior to the October 30, 2020 deadline. Please note that registration for prior years does not automatically register you for the upcoming year.

In order to access the Partial Load Registry, please find the access point on the front page of the Humber Human Resources webpage or go to the link at: hrs.humber.ca/partialloadregistry

When you register, it is extremely important that you provide an accurate employee (Person) number (this can be found on your online pay stub or by contacting the I. T. Support Centre), and your ‘N’ number (Humber Number, available through your departmental contact or through I. T. Support Centre) in order for your registration to be effective. Once you register, you will receive a confirmation response which should be retained for your records.

Questions?

Should you have any questions about the Partial Load Registry procedures, please speak with your Associate Dean, the Client Support Centre (ext. 5001), or your OPSEU union representative (http://contact.opseu562.org).

Thank you for all of your contributions to Humber College. We look forward to having you register for future partial load employment.

Sincerely,

Heather Black
Director, HRBP Services
Employee and Labour Relations

Pearline Lung
Acting President, OPSEU Local 562
Research Assignment Assistance from Humber Libraries
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When:
October 20, 2020
Contact:
Amy Weir
Email:
amy.weir@humber.ca

Humber Libraries offers a wide range of tools and services to assist students with research assignments:

  • The Library’s Discover search provides access to millions of credible research sources
  • Video Tutorials and Research Guides are available and offer self-led research guidance and instruction
  • Research Help is available via chat from 6 am – Midnight; Email and Appointment-based help are also available
  • Book a Librarian to visit your virtual class to teach students research and digital literacy skills. 85.5% of faculty agreed students did better on their assignments after a Librarian’s visit to their class (2019 Humber Libraries Faculty Survey)

Visit library.humber.ca

Sustainability Spotlight: Shonah Chalmers
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When:
October 20, 2020

Shonah Chalmers, Culinary Professor and Humber alumnus, is the second member of the Humber and Guelph-Humber community to be featured.

As a sustainability leader in the foodservice industry, Shonah has positively impacted the Humber community for more than 10 years. Shonah explains that “in cooking, you’re always sort of sustainable,” because as a chef you must use all your food supplies, and most importantly use everything properly, for cost and waste reduction purposes.

For as long as Shonah can remember, sustainability has always been a priority, “when I was younger, we didn’t have a lot, so we didn’t waste a lot.” Shonah acknowledges that throughout her career as a chef she has been sustainable and not even realized it. This is something she aims to teach her students, “[the food service industry] are the biggest contributors [to food waste] that can make a change and can affect things positively or negatively based on really small choices.”

“I believe that if I can share some ideas and some parts of what I’ve learned about sustainability and get people talking about it, it can have a ripple effect,” says Shonah.

To learn more about Shonah Chalmers, read the full feature article on Humber’s Office of Sustainability’s website.

Updated New/Modify Vendor Form
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When:
October 19, 2020

The Financial Services and Purchasing teams are happy to share the improvements made to the New/Modify Vendor form. The form has been updated to include vendor payment set up and information. The new form can be found at New/Modify Vendor Request on the Humber Finance website.

The addition of vendor payment information to the new form will streamline the vendor set up process and lead to completion of entire vendor registration process in Banner in one workflow. An attached quote or invoice from the vendor is still required for validating vendor contact information.

For any other Vendor set up or Purchasing related questions, please mail purchasing@humber.ca.

Professors Launch NSERC-Funded Cannabis Research Project
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When:
October 19, 2020
Contact:
Daniel Bear
Email:
daniel.bear@humber.ca
Quote by Dr. Bear about cannabis education efforts

Dr. Daniel Bear and Dr. Ashley Hosker-Field from the Faculty of Social and Community Services, and Professor Marilyn Cresswell from the Faculty of Media and Creative Arts have launched a new research project exploring how young Canadians are engaging with public education about cannabis.

The project hopes to identify what types of public education efforts are working well, and use that information to produce guidelines and new public education materials. Once the project's data has been analyzed, students from the Bachelor of Creative Advertising program will help create a new outreach campaign that will be rolled out to students and young people around the county at the start or the next school year. The project is funded by a Colleges and Community Social Innovation Fund from NSERC, and is in partnership with Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy, a student-led non-profit focused on improving drug laws. 

Dr. Bear and his team are currently recruiting participants to take part in a survey and/or a paid focus group. If you or someone you know is between 18-30 years old, has ever consumed cannabis, and lives in Canada, you are eligible to participate by visiting the project's website at www.cannabiseducationresearch.ca. The team would also appreciate if this information can be shared with Humber students, and can provide slides and graphics for posting to Blackboard course sites upon request. To contact the team you can either email Dr. Daniel Bear directly or contact the research team at cannabisresearch@humber.ca.

To learn more visit the project's website, read a write-up of the project by ARI, or follow the project's twitter account.  

College Council Highlights - October 2020
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When:
October 19, 2020
Contact:
Risha Toney
Email:
risha.toney@gmail.com

The Humber College Council (HCC) held its second meeting of the 2020-2021 academic year on Thursday, October 15, 2020, online using Microsoft Teams. To ensure the Humber community is informed of upcoming events, new initiatives, and important issues, the College Council reports the highlights of its meetings. For more information or to provide feedback on these highlights, please contact risha.toney@humber.ca.

Roundtable

Risha Toney [Transfer Recruitment Coordinator, Office of the Registrar] announced the launch of a new website for students transferring to and within Humber. Students can search databases related to transfer credits, diploma to degree pathways and Ontario graduate certificates. A digital Diploma to Degree brochure was also launched.

Rose Anthony [Faculty, Student Success and Engagement], shared information about Counselling Services’ Healthy Minds for Stressful Times student support group. These virtual drop-in group sessions take place every Tuesday from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. The objective is to help students with feelings of overwhelming stress and anxiety. Email Rose at rose.anthony@humber.ca with any questions. A poster can also be provided if faculty want to promote this initiative to their students.

Ignite: Student Engagement Coordinators

Camila Ruiz Tacha and Erika Johnson [Student Engagement Coordinators (SECs), Ignite] introduced their new roles, replacing the previous roles of Ignite President and Vice-Presidents. These three new positions are paid and have a tenure of two years.

The SECs are leading many initiatives advocating on issues related to food security, academic quality assurance, and student financial security. They’ve also had COVID-19 impact meetings with senior management relaying concerns shared by the student body. Furthermore, they are working closely with Humber equity hubs and advocating on behalf of students in residence.

A few of the activities being led by the Student Engagement Coordinators include: a weekly financial web series called “Earning and Learning”, providing students with financial insight to best manage their funds during these unprecedented times; Learning Essential Support, a fund set aside to assist students to purchase essential non-tuition items such as uniforms, software, safety equipment, etc. $49,868.87 was disbursed to 174 students; establishing Academic Program Representatives who will act as a liaison between students’ peers and Ignite to voice concerns about their program.

They also hope to have a presence at the new International Graduate School [IGS], supporting International students, and they have partnered with the Centre for Entrepreneurship by sponsoring their Launch Me Competition, contributing $5,000 towards the $20,000 of seed funding to be disbursed to student entrepreneurs.

Upcoming events include: Money Management Masterclass, and the Black Excellence Conference.

Mid-year Forecast and 2021-22 Budget Planning

Sanjay Puri [Vice President, Administration and CFO] provided an update on the 2020-21 budget and forecast and budget planning for the 2021-22 year-end. S. Puri started off by noting that this current situation is fluid, and the numbers are changing on an ongoing basis.

Before the pandemic, the original 2020-21 budget estimated a surplus of $5.8 million. This budget was revised, and the Board of Governors approved a budget with a deficit of $40.5 million. This revised budget estimated a 20% reduction in enrollment (domestic/international mix) and a decline of over $60 million in non-tuition and ancillary fees. Spending would be managed through hiring deferrals, reduced discretionary spending, renovations and select projects deferred which would save an estimated $19.8 million.

To date the actual numbers are below the original budget but are trending ahead, in most instances, of the revised budget. Summer enrollment was 5 percent higher, while fall enrollment was 17% higher than estimated. This amounted to an $8.4 improvement in revenue. This figure includes a provision for uncollectable student fees. Non-tuition and ancillary fees and services revenue declined by $2.6 million and cost savings from spending management is $10 million.

Based on these numbers, there is a mid-year financial improvement of $15.8 million. As such, the year-end budget is forecasted to have a deficit of $24.7 million (instead of the initial $40.5 million). Items that will influence this number is winter 2021 enrollment and how well spending is managed.

Budget planning and forecasting have already begun for 2021-22. The $150 million operating grant from the provincial government will remain unchanged for a period of 5 years, positive or negative, due to the corridor formula that the government uses. The performance-based segment of this funding has been deferred.

Tuition for domestic students will remain unchanged with a planned international fee increase of 3%. This would mean an additional $3 million in revenue for the college. However, this amount is still to be confirmed. A final decision will be made next month.  Program-based and non-tuition fees are still to be determined.

Academic delivery will remain as is with limited on campus activity and physical distancing requirements in place. Domestic enrollment is stronger while international is a bit weaker. S. Puri also noted that there has been a shift to PT studies with students taking less courses per semester.  Finally, with regards to staffing, HR business partners will be engaged to review the impact of the “new normal” and only essential hiring will take place.

During the Q & A segment, a question was asked about communicating to students the lack of a reduction in tuition fees due to most courses being delivered online. Kelly Jackson [Associate Vice-President, Government Relations and Communications] indicated that Humber.ca/updates has an FAQ to assist with answering tuition fee related question. Chris Whitaker [President, Humber College] added context and asserted that no college in the province has reduced their tuition fees and that due to COVID, it now costs more to deliver our programs.

 

The next meeting of the College Council will be held on Thursday, November 12, 2020. For meeting highlights, supporting materials, and opportunities to provide feedback, please visit the College Council website.

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