John Merkley, Mark Rector, & Philip Kwan – Faculty of Applied Sciences & Technology Retirements

They have decided to take on new adventures and enjoy retirement effective June 2019. Mark Rector has worked as a Professor & Program Coordinator in the Electronics Engineering Program for the past 17 years.

Philip Kwan has been our Technologist supporting the Electrical, Electro-Mech, Electronics & Mechanical Engineering Programs for over 16 years.

John Merkley has worked as a Professor in the Design Built Cluster, for the past 11 years.

On behalf of the Faculty of Applied Sciences and Technology, thank you for your contribution to students and their learning during your time at Humber. Please join me in congratulating them on their retirement.

Farzad Rayegani
Senior Dean, Faculty of Applied Sciences and Technology

It is with great pleasure that I announce the appointment of Tyler Charlebois as Manager, Strategic Partnerships.

Tyler brings a wealth of knowledge, experience and insight in postsecondary education, government relations, communications and strategic partnership development from his time working for the Honourable Dalton McGuinty, Premier of Ontario, Colleges Ontario and the Ontario College of Trades,

In his role, Tyler will support my portfolio in the development, coordination and execution of strategic partnerships.

Please join me in welcoming Tyler to Humber!

Sincerely,

Rani Dhaliwal
Senior Vice President, Transformation and Strategic Partnerships

Please follow this link to register to march in the parade and reserve your t-shirt: humber.ca/lgbtq/eform/submit/humber-pride-registration

Humber and Guelph-Humber are excited to march on all three days of Toronto Pride weekend this year! We will be marching in the Trans March on Friday, June 21, the Dyke March on Saturday, June 22 and the Pride Parade on Sunday, June 23.

T-shirts and other marching materials are available on a first come, first served basis. Humber Pride T-shirts are not required for marching, so if you aren’t able to get one, you are still welcome to march with us!

You do not have to be directly affiliated with Humber to march with us, so if you would like to invite a friend, partner, family member, please do!

Everyone is welcome to march on Sunday, June 23 for the Pride Parade, however the Trans March and Dyke March have more detailed information on who can march and how to march. Please read carefully.

Trans March – Friday June 21

Via Pride Toronto:

Who can march?

"All trans and nonbinary folks, friends, and allies are welcome to rally, march, and stand together in solidarity. Trans women of colour and people with different abilities are encouraged to lead the March and set the pace for all."

Dyke March – Saturday June 22

Via Pride Toronto: 

“The Toronto Dyke March is a political demonstration of critical mass, welcoming all self-identified dykes to create political and visible space."

Pride Parade – Sunday, June 23 

Everyone is welcome to march!

SSHRC and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) have launched this Knowledge Synthesis Grants (KSG) competition to stimulate social sciences and humanities research that will help inform best practices related to environmental and impact assessments. Environmental assessment and impact assessment (which take into consideration a broader range of factors, such as socio-economic) are planning and decision-making tools to minimize or avoid the potential adverse environmental effects of a project and to maximize positive impacts and incorporate environmental and other factors into decision-making.

This funding opportunity will support researchers, teams of researchers and knowledge users in producing knowledge syntheses and scoping reviews that:

• support the use of evidence in decision-making, and the application of best practices; and
• assist in developing future research agendas.

Applicants must address the following three objectives of the funding opportunity in their proposals:

State of knowledge, strengths and gaps:

• critically assess the state of knowledge of the theme under consideration from a variety of sources, as appropriate;
• identify knowledge strengths and gaps within the theme; and
• identify the most promising policies and practices related to the theme.

Research data:

• assess the quality, accuracy and rigour (i.e., methodological approaches) of current work in the field; and
• identify strengths and gaps in the quantitative and qualitative data available.

Knowledge mobilization:

• engage cross-sectoral stakeholders, including government policy-makers, throughout the project to mobilize knowledge related to promising policies and practices; and
• use effective knowledge mobilization methods to facilitate the sharing of research findings with multisectoral stakeholders (academic, public, private and not-for-profit sectors).

If you are interested in applying for this funding opportunity or if you would like more information about Applied Research & Innovation opportunities at Humber, please contact crystal.williams@humber.ca.