Announcements

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
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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
When:
August 23, 2019
Contact:
Valerie Busch
Tel:
x5776
A photo of the cover of gratitude magazine, with wording that says, "Check out our newest issue on campus newsstands now or read online at humber.ca/gratitude."

We are pleased to share with you our newest issue of gratitude magazine. Copies are available now in your staff inboxes. You may also click here to view the magazine online or pick one up at your nearest campus newsstand starting August 26. 

For more copies, please contact the Advancement and Alumni office by phone at 416.673.0152 or via email at alumni@humber.ca.

When:
August 23, 2019

Partial Load Registry – Please register for Partial Load Work for 2020 by October 30, 2019

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 2020 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 2020 calendar year will begin on June 10, 2019. We strongly encourage you to register prior to the October 30, 2019 deadline.

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

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, your Human Resources Business Partner (x5001), or your OPSEU union representative (opseu562.org/contact-us).

Have a great summer and 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
Stacey Merritt
President, OPSEU Local 562
When:
August 23, 2019
Contact:
HRMS Change Team

The Walk-in Lab schedule for the week of August 26-30 is now available.

Click here to view the schedule

Important reminder 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.

Note, you can also download the Time & Labour Calendar which will remind of the Time Submission and Approval deadlines.

Click here to download the calendar.

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, HR Support Centre FAQs, past communiqué and much more.

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