Announcements

When:
August 29, 2019
TechWeek Fall 2019: Hands-on Workshops

The Digital Business Student Association is proud to host the following hands-on workshops during our TechWeek Fall 2019 at Humber’s Lakeshore Campus. All the sessions will be held in a computer lab, feel free to use Humber’s computers or bring your own laptop!

Shopify

Learn how to setup and run your own e-commerce store using Shopify.

Delivered by Amanda Rice and Prab Vashisht, recent graduates of our Digital Business Management BComm program. Amanda and Prab have extensive experience developing and managing websites for small businesses.

Date Monday, September 16 6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Location Lakeshore Campus, L3012  
Cost $5 (ticket sales are final, non refundable) Register online

 

Video Editing with Filmora

Strengthen your storytelling skills and learn how to create and edit your own video content for YouTube, Vimeo, Instagram, and Facebook. In this hands-on workshop, you will learn how to merge, split, trim, crop, cut and paste video clips to make your video unique. Improve Saturation and Contrast for a better quality image. Adjust the speed for slow motion effect, or to speed up the action. Rotate the image for unique angles and so much more. We will download and use the free trial of Filmora, an affordable video editing software.

Delivered by Lauren Ashmore, Video Production Professor and Digital Marketer. Lauren completed her Advanced Diploma in Film and Television Production in 2011 and her Bachelor of Commerce in Digital Business Management  in 2018. She has extensive experience in the video production industry and currently teaches at the School of Media Studies

Date Thursday, September 19 7:30 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Location Lakeshore Campus, L3014  
Cost $5 (ticket sales are final, non refundable) Register online

 

Microsoft Excel

Two full-day workshops delivered by Isabella Annouza (Microsoft Certified Trainer). This is a hands-on session scheduled in a computer lab, feel free to use Humber’s computers or bring your own laptop.

Beginners

Date Saturday, September 21 10:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Location Lakeshore Campus, L3012  
Cost $10 (ticket sales are final, non refundable) Register online

Intermediate

Date Saturday, September 28 10:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Location Lakeshore Campus, L3012  
Cost $10 (ticket sales are final, non refundable) Register online

 

LinkedIn

Learn how to create your professional LinkedIn profile. Delivered by Sheena Ordinario, Placement Advisor, Faculty of Business, Humber College.

Date Saturday, September 28 10:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Location Lakeshore Campus, L3014  
Cost $5 (ticket sales are final, non refundable) Register online

 

MailChimp

Participants will learn about the importance of email marketing and how to set up their first campaign. We will also walk through the analytics report to better understand campaign performance. This is an introductory level workshop that is recommended to those who have never worked with MailChimp before.

Delivered by Irina Gorea, Marketing Manager at Greenloc Environmental Hoarding, Irina graduated from the Digital Business Management BComm program in 2018 and is currently completing her Masters degree at Ryerson University

Date Monday, September 23 6:30 – 8 p.m.
Location Lakeshore Campus, L3012  
Cost $5 (ticket sales are final, non refundable) Register online

 

Facebook Ads & Canva

Canva – We will start by covering the basics of Canva – What is Canva, How to use Canva, The importance of Canva & how Canva can be used for business Success. This will be an example of how to leverage free online tools to your advantage.

Facebook Ads – Facebook Ads are essential to Digital Marketing Success & Lead Generation in Any company. We will learn how to design a Facecbook Ad Graphic, as well as the back-end targeting technicality that makes a Facebook Ad successful. We will also cover the “do’s” and “don’ts surrounding Facebook Ads.

Delivered by Vik Joshi, Digital Marketing specialist and Social Media strategist. Vik graduated from the Digital Business Management BComm program in 2016.

Date Wednesday, September 25 6:30 – 8 p.m.
Location Lakeshore Campus, HB114  
Cost $5 (ticket sales are final, non refundable) Register online

 

Google Analytics

Learn how to use Google Analytics to track your website’s performance plus some advanced features such as remarketing and e-commerce analytics. There will also be a brief overview of the Google Analytics certification process and how to integrate Google Analytics with Google Data Studio for better reporting.

Delivered by Martin Perez, Digital Marketing Specialist in the tech sector. Martin has worked with small startups and large multinational companies to achieve their digital growth goals. Recently, Martin worked in a digital agency founded by ex-Googlers providing SEO and SEA services to businesses. Martin graduated from the Digital Business Management BComm program in 2016.

Date Thursday, September 26 6:30 – 8 p.m.
Location Lakeshore Campus, L3014  
Cost $5 (ticket sales are final, non refundable) Register online

 

*Please note that ticket sales are final, non-refundable. It is not possible to issue refunds or workshop credits for any reason.

When:
August 28, 2019

Application for Academic Employees – Professional Development Leave for the academic year 2020-2021
Due to the Office of the Senior Vice-President, Academic by November 29, 2019


Professional Development Leave (CA, Article 20) permits a limited number of academic employees to pursue College-approved academic, administrative, technical, industrial or other activities where such activities will enhance the knowledge and skills of the teacher, counsellor or librarian upon returning to the College. 

Activities during a Leave can include, but are not limited to:

  • Development of new professional or technical skills through practical experience to reflect changes in the work force;
  • Development of materials such as text, software, visual materials required of a specific course or courses;
  • Retraining for skills required in a different department of the College or to teach in another discipline;
  • Instructional, individual or directed research related to an identified need; and
  • Completion of formal academic studies.

For more information, please review the Academic Professional Development Leave Policy.

Academic Professional Development Leave Procedure:

  1. Submit an application for a Professional Development Leave (Appendix A) to your immediate supervisor by November 1, 2019.
  2. You are required to meet with your immediate supervisor to discuss the application/proposal and receive Dean/Director sign off by November 10, 2019.
  3. Forward your completed and signed application to the Office of the Senior Vice-President, Academic by November 29, 2019. 
  4. Applications are then reviewed and rank-ordered by seniority, as required by the Collective Agreement.  A letter confirming receipt of application including the terms and conditions will be sent to applicants.
  5. The Senior Vice President, Academic will recommend approval of rank-ordered Leaves to the President.
  6. The President approves Leave requests and informs Human Resources of the employees who have been approved for a Leave.
  7. The Senior Vice-President will inform (in writing) the employees who have been granted a Leave and indicate the requirements to be met during the Leave.
  8. Applicant has 14 calendar days to sign back the letter.
  9. The Senior Vice-President, Academic will notify in writing those who were not approved – reasons for the denial.
  10. In accordance with 20.02 xv, the College will provide the Union Local the names of all applicants and the names of all successful applicants and the duration of the Leave granted

Appendix A: Professional Development Leave Request form can be found at the following link.

Note: your application for a Professional Development Leave must include the following information:

  1. Name, Program, Division/Faculty.
  2. Start and end dates for the Leave.
  3. Description of overall objectives of the Leave.
  4. A plan of the activities that you will undertake to achieve these objectives and the measurable outcomes to be achieved.
  5. Explanation of how the objectives will benefit you, and how they will enhance your abilities upon return to the College.
  6. Explanation of how the objectives will benefit student learning.
  7. Identification of resources required from the College (if any).
  8. Identification of resources provided by the faculty member (if any).
  9. Identify whether there will be materials developed during the Leave and specify if these will or will not become the property of Humber College.
  10. List and describe paid employment (if any) that will be undertaken during the Leave period. Indicate the amount of time and remuneration associated with this employment.

Related Policies:

Intellectual Property Policy

When:
August 28, 2019
Contact:
HRMS Change Team

Friday is pay day

Note - This is a reminder communication regarding your new payslip.

With the HRMS we have introduced a new way for you to access and view your payslip. The new payslip has a refreshed look & feel and is easily accessible from one place, the HRMS, your one-stop-shop for all things HR.

Please take a few minutes to watch the HRMS Payslip overview video which will show you how to access and understand your payslip.

Click here to start the video

 

On Friday, August 30, 2019, simply visit the HR website at hrs.humber.ca and click on the HRMS Login icon to get started.

Important reminders for Employees and Managers/Delegates who enter and approve time, for the next pay period:

  • Employees who enter their time need to submit their time for approval within the HRMS every Friday by 2 p.m.
  • Managers and Delegates who approve employee’s time within the HRMS, need to approve time every Tuesday by 5 p.m.

Want to access your old payslips prior to August 5, 2019 from the HRMS?

Follow the steps below:

  1. Sign into the HRMS using your single sign-on ID and password.
  2. Click on ‘Tools’.
  3. Click on ‘Payslips before August 5, 2019’.

Note: You will be re-directed to the old emPath landing page, which was used to access your payslips in the past. Simply login to the system and view your payslips as before.

Alternatively, you can click here to take you to a direct link to view your payslips prior to August 5, 2019.

Remember to check out the Manager and Employee Playbooks on our HRMS Knowledge Base site to complete your Day 1 actions. And keep a lookout for our upcoming communiqué announcements where we will be sharing information with you on new HRMS features and functionalities, upcoming events and much more.

 

HRMS Team


Have you missed our previous announcements?  Don’t know what to do within HRMS?

Check out our HRMS KB by visiting the HR website at hrs.humber.ca and click on the HRMS Knowledge Base icon.

In the HRMS Knowledge you can find information on: How-to Perform Actions within the System, Process Change and System Change Communications, Employee and Manager Playbooks, Webinars, FAQs, How-to Get Support, past Communiqués and much more.

When:
August 28, 2019
Contact:
Jim Bialek
Tel:
x4539

For the past thirteen years, Joseph DeGregorio has been a valued member of the Humber Athletic Staff in the role of Graphic Designer, dating back to his student days in 2006. Just recently his designation has changed from part-time to full-time, as he has officially been hired as Coordinator, Athletics Website & Graphic Design.

Read the full story here.

When:
August 27, 2019
Campus Compass

Campus Compass, Humber’s wayfinding app is now available.

The app will help you navigate the North Campus and the University of Guelph-Humber campuses. Lakeshore will also be included in the coming year. It is the first major digital campus initiative. 

The app will help students and visitors navigate the North Campus built structure right from their smart devices. Campus Compass includes a wide range of features from classrooms, parking pay stations, vending machines, eateries, ATMs, accessible options for people with disabilities and much more. The app also has a Find my Friend feature. Through this feature, the user of the app can share their location with their friend. This feature only functions once enabled by the users and can be turned off and on. The system has been designed for students and guests and optimized for tracking in common areas and learning environments. There is an in app feedback function as well. 

Download the app from the Google Play store or from the Apple App store.

When:
August 27, 2019
Contact:
Jim Bialek
Tel:
x4539

 

Melanie Evens, the long serving Certified Athletic Therapist in Humber's Sports Therapy Clinic, has been named the Manager, Student Athletic Therapy and Wellness.

With the departure of Manager Athletics/Sports Information Jim Bialek, the department realigned and established this new position.

Read more here.

When:
August 27, 2019
Contact:
Lauren Phillips
Tel:
x2115

Check out the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences and Innovative Learning's year-in-review here.

When:
August 27, 2019
Contact:
Nancy Simms
Tel:
x4425

Humber College and the University of Guelph-Humber (Humber) are leaders in providing a learning, working and living environment that recognizes and values equity, diversity and inclusion in all its programs and services.

Humber proudly endorsed the Dimensions: Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Canada Charter.

Through endorsing the Dimensions Charter, Humber commits to adopting the principles throughout the College's policies, practices and culture to achieve greater equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI). This commitment reflects ongoing and productive engagement with the Humber community. The Dimensions Charter principles are:

  1. The post-secondary research community has the greatest potential to thrive when members experience equitable, inclusive and unbiased systems and practices.
  2. To advance institutional equity, diversity and inclusion, specific, measurable and sustainable actions are needed to counter systemic barriers, explicit and unconscious biases, and inequities. This includes addressing obstacles faced by, but not limited to, women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, members of visible minority or racialized groups, and members of LGBTQ2+ communities.
  3. Institutions require qualitative and quantitative data to measure, monitor, understand and publicly report on challenges and progress made. The analysis of the data should inform a comprehensive, in-depth, intersectional understanding of the contexts, manifestations and experiences that result from inequities, underrepresentation and exclusion among all post-secondary community members.
  4. When equity, diversity and inclusion considerations and practices are integral to research participation, to the research itself, and to research training and learning environments, research excellence, innovation and creativity are heightened across all disciplines, fields of study and stages of career development.
  5. To contribute to reconciliation, research with, by or impacting Indigenous Peoples must align with the research policies and best practices identified through ongoing engagement with First Nations, Métis and Inuit Peoples and their organizations.
  6. Advancing equity, diversity and inclusion is a shared responsibility that requires dedicated resources and strong leadership at all levels. Senior leadership demonstrates commitment through public endorsement, by ensuring the work involved is resourced and distributed fairly, and by embedding changes in institutional governance and accountability structures.
  7. Issues of institutional and individual safety, trust, belonging, privacy and power differentials must be recognized and pro-actively addressed; this will be most successful when those impacted are directly engaged in defining the actions.
  8. Achieving the overall objective of the Dimensions program—to foster increased research excellence, innovation and creativity within the post-secondary sector across all disciplines through increased equity, diversity and inclusion—involves institutional collaboration, transparency, and the sharing of challenges, successes and promising practices.
    (Source: nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NSERC-CRSNG/EDI-EDI/Dimensions_Dimensions_eng.asp)

Humber's EDI Implementation Plan incorporates the principles of the Dimensions Charter. For information on Humber’s EDI Implementation Plan, please visit the EDI Taskforce website.

When:
August 26, 2019
Contact:
Siobhan Williams
Tel:
x5302
Posters/Attachments: Event Poster

The Centre for Teaching & Learning is pleased to announce the next 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 document. 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 13 at 5 p.m.

Applications may be submitted to CTLResearch@humber.ca.

When:
August 26, 2019

As you know, the Communiqué website and daily newsletter are Humber’s primary employee/ internal communication channels.

The website and email have been redesigned with a modern, fresh look that is mobile compatible, and has many new features, including enhanced analytics. For example, if you are interested in how many clicks your Communiqué submission received, please send an email to communique@humber.ca.

We hope you will explore the redesigned Communiqué webpage in the coming weeks and continue to check back for all the latest news.

The new Communiqué also features Employee News Network (ENN) – news for employees by employees. Developed by staff from across multiple departments, this user-generated news channel is aimed at highlighting employee achievements, new initiatives, milestones and announcements. Communiqué content standards and submission guidelines, along with ENN video submissions can be made here

All approved ENN videos will appear on the Communiqué website and selected videos will be featured in the daily newsletter. The Communications team approves all content before publication in Communiqué and on ENN.

We are looking forward to sharing more of the great work taking place at Humber and the milestones reached by all of you.

You will also be able to find the latest news and information from President Chris Whitaker on the redesigned Chris’ Corner webpage. Check out his latest Tweets, blog posts and messages.

As you get familiar with the new look and feel of these communication channels, we welcome your feedback at communique@humber.ca.

Thank you to everyone who worked on these projects.

Lori Diduch
Vice-President, Vice-President, Human Resources and Organizational Effectiveness
Alister Mathieson
Vice-President, Advancement and External Affairs

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