Announcements

When:
May 15, 2019
Contact:
Janene Christiansen

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:

  • View a consolidated student profile with a quick, easy-to-read, at-a-glance format
  • Link to transcript, registration, schedule, and academic progress
  • New notes, holds and registration status views

Faculty Grade Entry module provides faculty with improved grading tools:

  • Streamline the process for posting midterm, final, and incomplete grades
  • New layout and process to import grades from Excel

Attendance Tracking module allows faculty to track student attendance:

  • An easy, all-new tool for documenting 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.

When:
May 15, 2019

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.

When:
May 15, 2019

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.

When:
May 15, 2019
Contact:
Health and Safety Services
Tel:
x4866
People Passion Prevention - NAOSH Week 2019 banner

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:

  • Russ Mitchell, School of Social and Community Services
  • Bishnu Singh, Financial Services and Planning
  • Alannah Metherel, School of Liberal Arts and Sciences

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.

When:
May 14, 2019
Contact:
Lindsay Walker
Tel:
x5829

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.

Register here

When:
May 15, 2019
Tel:
x3356

Now is your chance to try simulator golf in our new world-class Golf Lab at Humber.

Play or practice on your own, or with up to four people on the following dates:

  • Wednesday, May 22, 2019
    From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
  • Thursday, May 30, 2019
    From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Price is $30 per hour.

To reserve your time in one of our golf simulators, please call x3356.

When:
May 15, 2019
Contact:
Heidi Marsh
Tel:
x5836
Posters/Attachments: Event Poster
Scholarly Writing Boot Camp

The CTL is excited to announce a call for applications for the next Scholarly Writing Boot Camp, taking place on June 25-27, 2019 at CTL's new Lakeshore space, H206. This boot camp provides consolidated, protected time for faculty to work on a scholarly writing project (e.g. journal article, book chapter, dissertaton). Food is provided.  

Spaces are limited! See the attached PDF file for more information and for the application.

Applications may be submitted to the Centre for Teaching & Learning (North Campus, D225), or emailed to heidi.marsh@humber.ca

The deadline for applications is Friday, May 31, 2019 at 5 p.m.

If you have any questions, please contact Heidi Marsh by email or phone (x5836).

When:
May 14, 2019
Contact:
Samantha Araza
Tel:
x4319
Posters/Attachments: Event Poster

Have you taken a Continuing Education photography course at Humber in the past two years? If so, we want to see your best photography work!

Rookies - if you have taken one to two photography courses at Humber, we want to shine the light on you! This year, rookies will be able to submit one photo to each of the following categories (for a maximum of three entries):

  1. Landscape
  2. Portrait
  3. Animals/wildlife

One winner and an honourable mention will be chosen from each category.

Experienced (2-3 years’ experience or have taken more than two courses) and seasoned (4+ years) photographers, will be able to submit one photo. This can be any photo you’d like (make sure it’s your best!) whether it be a macro, landscape or still life photo, you are not limited to any categories.

One winner and two honourable mentions will be chosen from the experienced and seasoned photographers.

Our expert panel of judges will be judging the photos and choosing the winners that will be honoured on June 12, 2019.

All winning photos will be printed and placed on display during our celebration. Winners are welcomed to take their photos home.

Submit your photos here

Deadline to submit photos is May 28.  

When:
May 14, 2019
Contact:
Heidi Marsh
Tel:
x5836

Introducing the Teaching and Learning Research Certificate! 

The Teaching and Learning Research Certificate is a SEDA-accredited program designed to build knowledge, capacity, and enthusiasm for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) research. The courses within this certificate program provide an opportunity to develop knowledge of research design and implementation, an appreciation of ethical and professional research practices, experience conducting research in the classroom, and an opportunity to engage in peer review and dissemination of research findings. The program includes three courses: one on-site, one online, and one hybrid. Courses must be taken in the following order: TLR. 001, TLR. 002, TLR. 003.

Registration for Course 1 is now open! Register here.

Course 1: TLR. 001:  Research Design and Ethics

(In Class)

This course will introduce participants to the research process, with particular regard to research on teaching and learning. Specifically, participants will learn how to develop a focused research question and design an appropriate research method to systematically and ethically gather evidence. Participants will also learn about research ethics through completion an online training module. Completion of the course will involve the creation of a formal written research proposal. Throughout, participants will provide and receive peer feedback on research ideas, as an introduction to the peer review process.

Monday’s, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.,

May 27-June 24, 2019

20 Credit Hours 

Registration Open

Course 2: TLR. 002:  Independent Research Project

(Online)

In this course, participants will conduct a teaching and learning research project in a classroom environment. In particular, participants will prepare a proposal, obtain ethics approval from the relevant institutional review board, and collect and analyze data to inform their research question. Participants will also engage in online communication with the course facilitator. Following the data analysis phase, participants will write a summary report of their project, engage in critical reflection on the success of the project, and identify future areas for investigation and improvement.

September 2019 to April 2020

30 Credit Hours

Course 3: TLR. 003: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)

(Hybrid –online and on-site)

This course will introduce participants to the scholarship aspect of teaching and learning research. Participants will be exposed to a range of topics in the peer-reviewed teaching and learning literature through weekly readings and discussions.  Participants will also become contributors to the SoTL literature, through the delivery of a presentation of their independent research project, and the submission of an abstract for consideration at an external Teaching and Learning conference. They will also prepare a brief written report based on their project and submit it for consideration for publication in a peer-reviewed Teaching and Learning journal. Throughout, peer review and reflection will serve as important tools in helping participants develop a sense of what makes a strong research project and presentation.

Dates TBD 

15 Credit Hours 

When:
May 14, 2019
Contact:
Victoria Chen
Tel:
x4851
Posters/Attachments: Event Poster
Advisor Training Day 2019 May 29 and May 30

Join us for the fourth annual Advisor Training Day on May 29 at North Campus and May 30 at Lakeshore Campus. This year’s theme is Building Resilience in Times of Change, and we invite advisors, faculty, and staff from all departments and academic faculties at Humber to discuss, share, and learn about advising techniques, skills and issues that affect us all.

On May 29, Dr. Rumeet Billan will be delivering the keynote “The PsyCap Mindset for Resilience” sharing the four components of psychological capital that lead to resilience and explore strategies to enhance it on a personal and professional level in order to develop a competitive advantage. She will be selling her book Who do I want to become at the end of her presentation. The keynote will also be live streamed on our website.

Register now

*Only those registered will receive a lunch ticket! 

Registration closes on May 22.

For the full two-day program and schedule visit our website.

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