Announcements

A Message from the Humber Bookstore
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April 2, 2020

For faculty currently teaching a winter term course: If you could please post the information below to your course site it would be most appreciated. The Campus Store would like to ensure your students who have rented your course materials for this term are able to return them without penalty once the course is completed

For students with rentals, Follett (Campus Bookstore) is extending the April 22 rental return date without penalty for this academic semester. Once your course is completed for this term, please return your rented textbook using the Purolator prepaid label provided by the Campus Bookstore from which you originally rented.

To receive a prepaid label, please:

  • Email your contact information to either A) North Campus Bookstore at 0947mgr@follett.com or B) Lakeshore Campus Bookstore at 0948mgr@follett.com
  • Please include your first and last name, your complete mailing address, email address and phone number.
  • Prior to the end of the term your campus bookstore will email you with a Purolator prepaid shipping label.
  • Please package your textbook(s), attach the prepaid shipping label and take your package to the nearest Purolator drop-off location to be returned. (Note: the Campus Store cannot arrange pick-up). Please also include your name and telephone number with your book inside the package.

Jeff Snook
Store Manager
Humber North and University of Guelph-Humber Campus Store
Email: 0947mgr@follett.com| jsnook:follett.com| jsnook@humber.com

Premier Doug Ford Highlights Humber Nursing Students
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April 2, 2020

Premier Doug Ford highlights the almost 400 Humber nursing graduates who are joining the healthcare system imminently to support efforts to address the COVID-19 pandemic during his press briefing today.

Watch the full video clip here (Humber is mentioned at the 25:45 mark).

COVID-19 Update: April 2, 2020
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April 2, 2020

Humber campuses remain closed until further notice, but the North residence remains open. Humber has announced that all Summer term courses will be delivered online/remotely. We understand that some students may need to stay in residence past the end of their current agreement, which ends at 12 p.m. on April 18. Students currently living in residence will be permitted to extend their stay past April 18. Please note that services continue to be reduced in residence.

Summer residence will only be available at the North Campus and will only include private, suite-style rooms. This will mean one resident per suite with access to one bedroom, as well as private access to the kitchenette and bathroom.

The residence cafeteria will close as scheduled on April 18. Residents in suites will continue to be permitted to use smoke-free small appliances with automatic shut offs in their kitchenettes. Examples of these include instant pots, rice cookers, crockpots, coffee pots, kettles, etc. Induction cooktops are not permitted due to lack of ventilation in the kitchenettes.

In addition:

  • Lounges, studies, the fitness room, and the community kitchens remain closed.
  • Guests are not permitted until further notice.
  • Summer residence fees will posted on student’s MyHumber or WebAdvisor accounts, and will be due by July 1, 2020.
  • Students who are in financial need and who may require assistance paying for their residence fees or other items, such as small appliances to cook during the summer, may apply for emergency bursary funding by emailing finaid@humber.ca 

Students wishing to stay past April 18 must complete the additional accommodations application on the residence portal by April 10. (Note – students currently living in residence that have already submitted this application do not need to complete it again.) 

IT Security, ITS
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April 2, 2020

We understand that working from home is new to many of us and this sudden change can be overwhelming. As we adjust to our new work environments and form new habits, it is important that we continue to strive to work as securely as possible. To support you in your new surroundings, we would like to share some simple tips/advice to help you remain secure.

  • Be wary and do not click on links or attachments in unsolicited or suspicious emails. 
  • As your colleagues are no longer next to you, always call and verify any request to share confidential data or transfer funds even if received from their official Humber email. 
  • Do not share your Humber College supplied devices or passwords with anyone. 

Please contact the I.T. Support Centre if you experience any issues:

416.675.6622 x8888 | humber.ca/techtalk
SupportCentre@humber.ca 
A212 (Lakeshore) or NX210 (North) 

IT Security Team

#HumberAtHome Series – March 31
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March 31, 2020

As we adjust to working and learning at home, it’s important to stay connected to our colleagues and our community. To help keep us all connected, we are launching the #HumberAtHome series. We want to know about how you are taking care of your well-being right now, how your teams are adding a bit of fun into your interactions, and which resources are helping you.  

Here are some examples of what members of the Humber community are doing to bring their community together:  

Faculty of Media & Creative Arts  

Humber Theatre is hosting a virtual production of TomorrowLove, directed by Christopher Stanton. It will be presented over Zoom starting at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 3. The show consists of a series of short plays on the themes of love, technology and the future. Please join the students as they explore the frontiers of remote performance. Space is limited, register here today!

Humber Fitness North

@humberfitnessnorth has posted some fun and easy at home workout challenges, along with delicious recipe ideas. Follow them today to stay healthy and active while you’re working remotely.  

Individual Tips from Humber Staff 

Manager of Advancement Communications, Valerie Busch expresses her gratitude for the front-line workers who are helping the city along with her neighbourhoord every night at 7:30 p.m. She’s often finishing up work tasks in the evenings due to splitting work and childcare duties, and it's an uplifting part of a long day for her. View the community spirit here.  

Please send us your #HumberAtHome photos, video clips and stories to bethany.sharpe@humber.ca.

Get to Know Teams
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When:
March 31, 2020

Teams meeting

Get started by logging into humber.ca/office365 and clicking on the Teams icon.

Microsoft Teams provides video conferencing, workplace chat, and file storage for real time collaboration. All Humber and University of Gueplh-Humber staff have access to Microsoft Teams, as part of the Office365 suite. 

Did You Know? You can have Teams Meetings.

  • Meetings one-on-one
  • Meetings with up to 250 people
  • Live Events with up to 10,000 participants 
  • Meetings and Live Events support live captioning 

You can record a meeting, with transcription, so that those who missed the meeting, or want to re-watch, can search for a key word, and go directly to that part of the meeting. 

Did You Know?... You can create a Team  

Teams can be created with/by any employees at Humber or Guelph-Humber.

With Teams, you can post announcements, store files and every member of that team can have access. Members can also collaborate on a file at the same time.

Within a Team you can have ‘private channels’ that only members of that channel can see.

Did You Know?... You can chat 

  • You can start one-one and group chats

If you need support, you can contact the I.T. Support Centre, at x8888. For more resources on working remotely, visit here.

Important Information Regarding the April 9 Pay
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When:
March 31, 2020
Contact:
HRMS Change Team
Email:
hrmsChangeTeam@humber.ca

Your next pay deposit will occur on Thursday, April 9, 2020, as April 10 is the Good Friday holiday. Due to this change, your payslip will be visible within HRMS a day earlier on Wednesday, April 8, 2020.

It’s important to note that there are no changes to the time submission or time approval deadlines. Click here to view the payroll calendar for detailed information.

If you have any questions regarding this communication, please reach out to the HR Support Centre.

#HumberAtHome Series – March 30
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March 30, 2020
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As we adjust to working and learning at home, it’s important to stay connected to our colleagues and our community. To help keep us all connected, we are launching the #HumberAtHome series. We want to know about how you are taking care of your well-being right now, how your teams are adding a bit of fun into your interactions, and which resources are helping you.  

Here are some examples of what members of the Humber community are doing to bring their community together:   

Humber Libraries

Taking inspiration from the Spice Girls, who tell us to use the "colours of the world" to "spice up your life", Humber Libraries creatively found material from the Archives (which collects and houses historical material from Humber's 53 years) and spiced them up with some colour. This involved saving archived saved scans, and using an online template, turned them into colouring pages for the team to enjoy. It has proven to be a great stress relief, as they’ve especially been smiling at Harley the Fitness Hawk. Humber Libraries made PDFs for those with printers, and JPEGs for those who wanted to go old school and rock it with Microsoft Paint, and sent them around to the Team. They would like to share with the rest of the Humber Community. Please find two examples attached and email archives@humber.ca for the rest of the files.

Humber Visual Arts

@humbergalleries is putting their Campus as a Canvas online for the month of April. They are doing different weekly calls for artwork on their Instagram Stories. All you have to do is tag them in a story on your profile and they will re-share it to theirs. They are excited to see what everyone has been working on. 

Individual Tips from Humber Staff 

The Humber community has made several call outs to see how staff are coping with physical distancing: 

@lakeshoregrnds Curator, Jennifer shares what she has been doing to stay grounded in her Instagram video.

@sustainhumber Communications & Events Coordinator, Tayler, has been getting crafty at home, check out her new plants.

Please send us your #HumberAtHome photos, video clips and stories to bethany.sharpe@humber.ca.

Student Message from Dean of Students
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March 27, 2020

A video message from Dean of Students Ian Crookshank was shared with students on Friday, March 27.

The video is available here.

Working Remotely Tip Sheet
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When:
March 27, 2020

Check out the Tip Sheet for working from home. Included is a list of additional resources for ergonomics, physical heath, and mental health and well-being.

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