Announcements

When:
April 8, 2019

Humber College Launched its Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Taskforce

In the 2018-2023 Strategic Plan, Humber College identified as its Strategic Priority #7 to continue to build a diverse and inclusive community of exceptional students, faculty and staff. This priority is listed under Strategic Pillar #3 – Healthy and Inclusive Community.

Members of the College, University of Guelph Humber and the community were sought to join an Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Taskforce to work alongside the Centre for Human Rights, Equity & Diversity to establish an institutional EDI framework and strategy. We are delighted that the EDI Taskforce was successfully launched on March 1, 2019.

The EDI Taskforce Executive Sponsors are:

  • Lori Diduch, Vice-President, Human Resources & Organizational Effectiveness
  • Jason Hunter, Vice-President, Student and Community Engagement

The EDI Taskforce Leads are:

  • Nancy Simms, Director, Centre for Human Rights, Equity & Diversity (Lead)
  • Ian Crookshank, Dean of Students (Supporting Lead)

The EDI Taskforce is comprised of Humber students, employees, alumni as well as community-based and industry organizations. Please join me in recognizing the EDI Taskforce members.

Adnan Salam Agnes Coutinho Alain Fadel
Ariel Brown-Berkeley (Student) Audrey Wubbenhorst Bharat Saini
Devon Fernandes Devon Hunter (Student) Delores Mullings (Alumnae)
Erika Heitler Errol Cyrus (Spinal Cord Injury Ontario) Fasil Abera
Fredy Mejia Gopal Bansal (RBC) Genevieve Samlal (Student)
Ian Crookshank (Supporting Lead) Jennifer Marotta Jennifer Smith
Jennifer de Four (Lifelong Leadership Institute) Jonathan Das (Student) Kathy Branton
Kim Pavan Kimberly Daniels Khaqan Majoka (Student)
Lara McInnis Leah Murdock Lola Nelson
Loreta Sheshi-Doga (Student) Maria Racanelli Marie Kyrinis
Mary DiVito Mathura Karunanithy (Council of Agencies Serving South Asians) Matthew Travill
Melinda Kao Najeeb Ahmed Nancy Simms (Lead)
Nivedita Lane Oneal Barkho Ranya Khan
Regan Mancini Regina Hartwick Sarah Nieman
Sophia Arjune (Student) Shaina Ellis Sharonne Stone
Sonia Thakur Stacey Merritt Staci Lindsay
Tola Olupona Urszula Kosecka Yamikani Msosa


Sincerely,

Nancy Simms
Director, Centre for Human Rights, Equity & Diversity

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When:
April 8, 2019

Do you have a research project that needs to be completed this fall? Are you looking for someone who can assist you with:

  • Data collection, research design, information retrieval
  • Designing and implementing research projects for international or domestic populations
  • Qualitative and quantitative data collection, analysis and interpretation
  • Project management, proposal writing and literary reviews

Our highly qualified Research Analyst students are available full time from September through to November to assist you with your project.

For more information, please contact Khadijah Peters at x4789 or khadijah.peters@humber.ca.

When:
April 8, 2019

I am delighted to announce the permanent appointment of Melanie Chai as the Associate Director, Advising & Career Services. Melanie has significantly advanced a number of the advising objectives since she took on the role on an acting basis more than a year ago, not the least of which was the roll out of the Hub & Spoke model that saw the Career & Student Success Advisors from the Academic & Career Success Centre imbedded into the Academic Schools three days per week.

Under her leadership, the Advising & Career Services team has been working diligently with their Academic partners to support early intervention activities. Melanie brings to this role more than 10 years of experience in the post-secondary sector. During her time at Humber Melanie has played a critical role as Manager, Peer Assisted Learning Supports and has led key process and service improvements in that unit including a renewal of our Learning Skills Workshops which now includes live-streaming, new online tools to better facilitate tutoring, the elimination of the tutoring fee, and the implementation of a new approach to notetaking, always with the aim of reducing barriers to students accessing support when they need it. Melanie completed her studies at York University receiving a Bachelor of Science with a specialization in Psychology as well as a Bachelor of Education. Melanie is currently a candidate for Masters of Education in Language, Culture and Teaching and due to convocate this upcoming June.  As a teaching assistant in the Urban Diversity Program, she handled placements for teacher candidates, a role that deepened her understanding of how to design learning programs for equity and inclusion. Melanie brings to this new role a depth of knowledge about student development, student learning and educational design. She has a proven record of accomplishment in advancing new and creative programs and services aimed at helping students thrive.

Please join me in congratulating her on her appointment to this role.

Chantal Joy
Director, Advising & Student Academic Support

When:
April 5, 2019
Tel:
416.675.5009
In an outdoor classroom, a group of older kids work together to build a structure from sticks

With programs available for kids aged 4-13, spots are filling up fast for upcoming Nature Camps at the Humber Arboretum.

Our nature camps are based out of the Centre for Urban Ecology, but campers spend most of their time outdoors making their own discoveries in the forest, river, meadows, wetlands, gardens, and ponds of the Humber Arboretum.

Located at the back of North Campus, the Arb's Nature Camps are an especially convenient choice for staff and faculty who will be on campus over the summer. Let your kids explore the many ecosystems of the Arb and tell you all about them on the trip home! All camps run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., but before care and after care are also available for an additional fee.

Earth Day Camp (ages 5-12) - Monday April 22

This one-day camp for ages 5-12 gives kids a way to connect with the environment for Earth Day, even though most schools will be closed for Easter Monday. Bring your kids to North Campus and let them explore the Arb and enjoy a live show from a Canadian eco theatre company.

Learn more and register on the Earth Day Camp page on the Arboretum website.

Summer Nature Camp (ages 4-12) - Weekly through July and August

Active and engaging, the Arb's popular Nature Camp program includes activities such as forest exploration, pond dipping, ecology games, natural mindfulness and explorations of the weekly theme, including a variety of special guests. 

New for this year, the Beaver Camp section of Nature Camp (which is the program for our youngest campers) is now open to four-year-olds as well as 5-year-olds; however many weeks are already waitlisted!

Themes for this year include:

  • Arboretum Adventures (July 2-5) – Beaver Camp waitlisted
  • Wild About Watersheds (July 8-12) – Beaver Camp waitlisted
  • Healthy Planet, Healthy Lives (July 15-19) – Beaver Camp waitlisted; regular camp filling up fast!
  • Powerful Pollinators (July 22-26)
  • Wildlife in the City (July 29 – August 2)
  • Intro to Wilderness Survival (August 6-9) – Beaver Camp waitlisted; regular camp only 3 spots left!
  • Ecolympics (August 12-16) – filling up fast!
  • Radical Roots and Sensational Soils (August 19-23)
  • Growing Gardeners (August 26-30) – filling up fast!

Learn more and register on the Summer Nature Camp page on the Arboretum website.

Jr. Naturalist Camp (ages 12-13) - Six weekly sessions in July and August

Started in 2018, Jr. Naturalist Camp offers a small group of older campers the opportunity to learn alongside one of the Arboretum's year-round Nature Interpreters. During last year's pilot program we found that there was so much to do but so little time, so this year we've added two additional sessions and given each week a more specific and unique theme. This will allow campers to dive even deeper into their naturalist knowledge and really build on the skills for that specific week.  

  • Wildlife Wonders (July 8-12)
  • Exploring Aquatics (July 15-19)
  • Nature Stewards (July 22-26)
  • Art All Around Us (July 29-August 2)
  • Practical Plants (August 12-16)
  • Survival Skills (August 19-23)

Learn more and register on the Jr. Naturalist Camp page on the Arboretum website.

Camp Fees

Basic camp registration fees for 2019 (not including before or after care):

  • $50 for Earth Day Camp
  • $245 for a week of regular Nature Camp, Beaver Camp or Jr. Naturalist Camp
  • $200 for either of the two 4-day weeks of Nature/Beaver Camp (Arboretum Adventures & Intro to Wilderness Survival)

For Nature Camp and Jr. Naturalist Camp there is a sibling discount, along with a payment plan option available.

 

See all the camp options on the Nature Camps landing page on the Humber Arboretum website.

 

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When:
April 5, 2019
Contact:
Falisha Rowe
Tel:
x5548
Teaching in a Digital World Certificate

The Teaching in a Digital World Certificate (TDWC) is a fully online program and is designed to meet the needs of a diverse group of learners with varying degrees of teaching experience in the online and/or hybrid environment. While teaching in an online environment shares many characteristics with face-to-face teaching, it is a fundamentally different educational experience for instructors and students.

The certificate is comprised of three sequential individual courses that are designed to develop essential online teaching competencies. Participants engage as a learner, facilitator and beginner developer over the three (3) course. Courses are available online only. 

Course Code Course Name Course Dates
DEV. 014 Clinic for Learning Management Systems May 5 to May 25
DEV. 117 Teaching in a Digital World – Part 1 May 26 to June 22
DEV. 118 Teaching in a Digital World – Part 2 Note: offered in the Fall 2019 semester

If you would like to pursue this certificate, please express your interest to your Academic Manager prior to completing the online form:
CTL – Teaching in a Digital World Certificate.

Please contact Falisha Rowe (falisha.rowe@humber.ca) if you have any questions.

When:
April 4, 2019
Contact:
Ravneet Mann
Tel:
x4767
Workshop North Campus Lakeshore Campus
Community of Practice: Curricular Community Service Learning Apr. 8, 2019 – North: D225I
Register: 12 to 1 p.m.
Not available
SoTL Lunch and Learn Apr. 8, 2019 – North: D236
Register: 12 to 1 p.m.
Not available
Introducing Panopto Apr. 9, 2019 – North: D225J
Register: 1:30 to 2:20 p.m.
Apr. 11, 2019 – North: D225J
Register: 11:40 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Apr. 8, 2019 – Lake: D112
Register: 11:40 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Apr. 10, 2019 – Lake: D112
Register: 1:30 to 2:20 p.m.
Creating Accessible Word Documents Apr. 9, 2019 – North: D225J
Register: 10 to 11:30 a.m.
Apr. 10, 2019 – Lake: D112
Register: 10 to 11:30 a.m.
The Scholar's Cafe Apr. 12, 2019 – North: D225I
Register: 10 to 11 a.m.
Apr. 12, 2019 – Lake: H206 (By Satellite)
Register: 10 to 11 a.m.
Community of Practice: Supporting Humber's International and Multilingual Learns Apr. 12, 2019 – North: D236
Register: 10:45 to 11:35 a.m.
Not available

Please visit the CTL Calendar of Events for a complete list of workshop offerings.

When:
April 4, 2019
Contact:
Bharat Saini
Tel:
ext. 5160

The Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning and the University of Guelph-Humber (hereafter referred to as “Humber” or “the College”) is committed to fostering a respectful and inclusive culture in which all members of the College community study, work and live free from discrimination and harassment. The College has the right, as well as the legal and moral responsibility, to ensure that all its members are treated fairly, equitably, and respectfully, in order to provide a learning, working and living environment free from discrimination and harassment.

Harassment is a form of discrimination and a breach of the Ontario Human Rights Code and Humber’s Human Rights Policy.

What is Harassment?

Harassment in section 10(1) of the Ontario Human Rights Code and workplace harassment (personal/psychological harassment) in section 1(1)(a) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act are defined as engaging in a course of vexatious comment or conduct that is known or ought reasonably to be known to be unwelcome. The College interprets this to include any behaviour that is known or ought reasonably to be known to be offensive, embarrassing or humiliating to other individuals. Such conduct may or may not be based on any of the prohibited grounds identified in the Ontario Human Rights Code, and includes visual representations, electronic messages including emails and social media posts, written messages, and verbal and/or physical conduct.

Some examples of harassment are (not an exhaustive list):

  • unwelcome remarks, jokes, slurs, innuendoes or taunting;
  • hazing, stalking or shunning;
  • the repeated mistreatment of one employee or student, targeted by one or more employees or students with a malicious mix of humiliation, intimidation and sabotage of performance (bullying);
  • displaying derogatory or offensive pictures, graffiti or materials either through printed copy or personal computer;
  • verbal abuse;
  • insulting gestures or practical jokes which cause embarrassment or awkwardness;
  • unauthorized and/or unnecessary physical contact;
  • an impassioned, collective campaign by co-workers to exclude, punish and humiliate a targeted worker.

Note: Harassment or workplace harassment (personal/psychological harassment) does not occur where a supervisor gives legitimate directions or instructions to an employee in the course of employment or conducts performance reviews in accordance with the College's Faculty Evaluation Procedure, or its equivalent.

For more information, please see Humber’s Human Rights Policy at humber.ca/policies/human-rights-policy.

For questions pertaining to Humber’s Human Rights Policy and Complaint Resolution Procedure, please contact Nancy Simms, Director of the Centre for Human Rights, Equity & Diversity, at nancy.simms@humber.ca.

Thank you for your commitment to ensuring an inclusive environment free from discrimination and harassment.

When:
April 4, 2019
Posters/Attachments: Event Poster

Do you have a vision and some great ideas to share about the planning for the future of the College? Give voice to your thoughts - join College Council.

ROLE OF COLLEGE COUNCIL

College Council is the collective voice of the College in that it is an assembly of faculty, support staff, students, and administrators who suggest directions in which the College should proceed. College Council advises the President on those College issues which it considers to be long- and short-term priorities as identified in Humber’s Strategic Plan.

As of 2018, Humber’s three Strategic Pillars provide the foundation for the strategic priorities and corresponding supporting actions:

i. Career-Ready Citizens
ii. Accessible Education
iii. Healthy and Inclusive Community

The Council advises the President of the College in matters affecting academic policy, planning, and practice, including, the successful implementation of Humber’s Strategic Plan initiatives. College policy or business items ultimately proceeding to the College's Board of Governors may appear at College Council at the discretion of the President, before final disposition at the Board of Governors.

Please visit our website for further information:
humber.ca/wearehumber/committees/college-council

COLLEGE COUNCIL
2019 ELECTIONS
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

WHO CAN BE ON COLLEGE COUNCIL?
College Council will be comprised of elected representatives from academic staff members, support staff members, administrative staff members, and students.

REPRESENTATIVES RESPONSIBILITIES ON THE COUNCIL
College Council meets once per month on Thursdays, September to May, from 4 to 8 p.m. A meeting is also held in the first week of June, one day following the annual retreat. It is the representative’s responsibility to represent their constituents by attending meetings and contributing to the discussions, and bringing back information from College Council meetings to their constituents. Members of Council can have the opportunity to become more involved through sub-committee membership.

The College Council Executive would like to acknowledge and thank the following employees who will be leaving Council:

Matt Ramer School of Health Sciences Lydia Boyko, School of Media Studies and Information Technology
Christina Hunter, School of Liberal Arts & Sciences Alison Maclean, School of Creative & Performing Arts
Karen Young, School of Media Studies and Information Technology  

 

COLLEGE COUNCIL CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

The following positions are open for nomination/election on College Council for the term June 2019 to June 2021.

Elected Academic Areas
Area of Representation Campus Employee Group Number
Continuing Education All Faculty 1
Faculty of Applied Sciences and Technology Carrier Faculty 1
Faculty of Applied Sciences and Technology North Faculty 1
Faculty of Business North Faculty 2
Faculty of Business Lake Faculty 1
Faculty of Health Sciences and Wellness North Faculty 3
Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences and Innovative Learning North Faculty 1
Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences and Innovative Learning All Support/Administration 1
Faculty of Media and Creative Arts North Faculty 1
Faculty of Media and Creative Arts Lake Faculty 2
Faculty of Media and Creative Arts All Support/Administration 1
Elected Non-Academic Areas
Area of Representation Campus Employee Group Number
VP Administration & CFO All Admin 1

THE NOMINATION PROCESS

Every potential candidate for College Council must be nominated by TWO constituents in their area. The signed nomination form must then be forwarded to the Vice-Chair of College Council, Denise Rooney, Humber Libraries. Once nominations are closed, potential candidates will be contacted with further information about the election process. If you require further information, please contact Denise Rooney via email or at ext. 3703.

CLOSING DEADLINES:

NOMINATIONS CLOSE at 4:30 P.M. on THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2019
ELECTIONS TO BE HELD: WEDNESDAY & FRIDAY, MAY 1 & 3, 2019

BY THIS NOTICE A CALL FOR NOMINATIONS IS MADE

Please forward your completed application form (see attachment) to:
Denise Rooney
Humber Libraries, North Campus, LRC 3024
No later than 4:30 p.m. on Thursday April 18, 2019

When:
April 4, 2019

Thank you for making Earth Week 2019 a success. Please help The Office of Sustainability by filling out this Earth Week feedback survey.

If you have any questions regarding Earth Week or how to get involved with events at the Office of Sustainability, please email Tayler Buchanan at tayler.buchanan@humber.ca.

When:
April 4, 2019

This month's REB Bulletin explores privacy rights when public research is being conducted.

Conducting public research: The impact of privacy rights

Humber researchers often conduct various forms of “public research”. For this discussion, I have chosen to define “public research” as the observation of human subjects in a public setting, the interrogation and/or recording of persons in public spaces or the examination of publicly available human related data and images. Defined in such expansive terms, “public research” would capture research activities such as:

  1. Making general observations of persons in public spaces (for example, the focus of the research may be the interaction of customer service personnel with customers of the business or the manner in which smokers interact with each other in a group setting compared to non-smokers who are also in a group setting);
  2. Interviewing persons in public places (for example, the focus of or a component of the research may be to interview persons who use the post office or other government agencies);
  3. Making video or audio recordings of persons in public spaces (for example, the focus of the research may involve making video recordings of how customers at an airport visually and audibly react to perceived shortcomings in service);
  4. Reviewing and analysing videos, photographs and audio recordings from the internet and social media networks.

An issue common to all of these research activities is the consideration of whether people who are in a “public setting” have a reasonable expectation of privacy and what impact this would have on the research ethics review process.

In conducting ethics reviews of research proposals, Research Ethics Boards (REBs) are guided primary by the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans. The latest version, TCPS 2 (2014) provides the following guidance:

1.   REB review is not required for research involving the observation of people in public places where:

  1. it does not involve any intervention staged by the researcher, or direct interaction with the individuals or groups;
  2. individuals or groups targeted for observation have no reasonable expectation of privacy; and
  3. any dissemination of research results does not allow identification of specific individuals.

The application of this guideline means that Humber researchers do not need to submit REB applications where the research to be conducted calls for the mere observation of persons in public spaces, provided that these persons would have no reasonable expectation of privacy in such places.

2.   Research that relies exclusively on information that is publicly available, or made accessible through legislation or regulation, does not require REB review. 

The application of this guideline means that Humber researchers do not need to submit an application for review when the research to be conducted would involve an examination of things such as photographs and recordings which have been legitimately placed in the public domain. For example, research involving a review of political debates to determine the tone of the discourse surrounding Indigenous issues would not require REB review.

3.   REB review is not required where research uses exclusively publicly available information that may contain identifiable information and for which there is no reasonable expectation of privacy.

The TCPS guidance notes that “identifiable information may be disseminated in the public domain through print or electronic publications; film, audio or digital recordings; press accounts; official publications of private or public institutions; artistic installations, exhibitions or literary events freely open to the public; or publications accessible in public libraries.” The application of this guideline means that Humber researchers do not need to submit an application for REB review where the proposed research would, for example, involve determining the reaction of different ethnic groups to specific issues, or where the primary research material is archival footage of interviews conducted with named individuals. The caveat is that it must be clear that the persons who gave the interviews had no reasonable expectation of privacy.

It is clear that an assessment of whether members of the public have a reasonable expectation of privacy in specific circumstances, will be an important determinant of whether research ethics clearance is required for proposed research. In a 2019 case, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) has provided guidance that will prove invaluable in making an assessment of when a reasonable expectation of privacy may be deemed to exist even in a public setting.

Many of us are aware of the recent case of R v. Jarvis[1] in which the SCC held that a former teacher at a high school in Ontario was guilty of the Criminal Code offence of voyeurism for having secretly made video recordings of female students. As defined in section 162 (1) of the Criminal Code (the “Code”), the offence of voyeurism involves inter alia, surreptitiously, observing or making a visual recording of a person who is in circumstances that give rise to a reasonable expectation of privacy. 

Jarvis made the recordings within the open areas of the school. These were acknowledged to be “public” areas and in light of this, the SCC had to determine whether the students had a reasonable expectation of privacy when they were present in these areas. The SCC appreciated that a key consideration in the application of section 162 (1) of the Code is whether persons who are observed or recorded, are in circumstances that give rise to a reasonable expectation of privacy. The Court ruled that even when persons are in a public space, the determinative factor will be whether they are in circumstances in which they would reasonably expect not to be the subject of the type of observation or recording that in fact occurred.

This guidance presented by the Court was in the specific context of an analysis of section 162 (1) of the Code. It is nonetheless useful for informing other determinations of those circumstances in which persons who are in public spaces will have a reasonable expectation of privacy. As such, applying the guidance provided by the SCC, an REB would be quite justified in examining an application involving public research to determine whether research subjects in a public setting such a shopping mall, library or school, would nevertheless have a reasonable expectation that their appearances in such a setting would not be subject to image capturing without their consent for the specific purposes proposed by the researcher. 

This analysis also impacts on social media research. Whereas Facebook users may have their information “open” on their Facebook page, a researcher interested in harnessing images and recordings of these persons for research purposes should demonstrate an appreciation that although the images and recordings have been made publicly available, the users may nevertheless retain an expectation that their identifiable data will not be utilised for research purposes without their explicit consent.

A determination either by the researcher or the REB that a person in a public setting would still have a reasonable expectation of privacy does not necessarily mean that the research would be inappropriate. Rather, it suggests that the researcher has to comply with informed consent protocols and that the REB will have to ensure that these protocols are respected.

It is appreciated that it may not be easy to secure consent from anonymous members of the public. Imagine the example of research involving a study of the users of fertility clinic. The clinic could be located in a public shopping mall but its clients would still have a reasonable expectation of privacy and hence would expect that they would not be recorded without their consent or that such recordings would not be used for research purposes without their consent. The researcher may not feel comfortable in approaching these anonymous members of the public for their consent or it may be impracticable to secure such consent. However, such considerations do not relieve the researcher of the responsibility to ensure that informed consent protocols are properly complied with.

 

Audel Cunningham, LLB, LLM, LLM
Professor, The Business School
Member- Humber College Research Ethics Board

 

[1] 2019 SCC 10

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