Announcements

When:
April 3, 2019

Part-time staff summer semester parking permits go on sale through your MyHumber login effective Monday, April 15.

Summer semester permits are valid Monday, April 29 through Friday, August 30. Please note that during the summer semester there is no requirement to pay the upgraded cost in order to park in Lot 1 or Lot 13 at North Campus. Permits do not sell out.

Thank you,

Humber Parking
parking.sales@humber.ca

When:
April 3, 2019
Contact:
Jennifer Marotta
Posters/Attachments: Event Poster

The (re)Making of a Movement: New Perspectives on the 1960s Counterculture

Submission Deadline: May 30, 2019
Conference Date: October 26-27, 2019
Location: Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay West, Toronto, Canada.

Keynote speaker: Angela Davis – activist, author, educator, and scholar

It’s been 50 years since 400,000 people descended on Bethel, New York, for an event that became one of the most important cultural touchstones for a generation: Woodstock. As participants in an amorphous social movement the Woodstock Generation came to be defined in opposition to previous generations. Despite growing up in an era of incredible privilege, widespread government social programs, post-war housing and education, and increasing affluence, they rejected, or attempted to redefine traditional values. In theory, supporters of the counterculture rejected individualism, competition, and capitalism. Rejection of monogamy and the traditional nuclear family gave way to a communal ideal—disavowing individualism and private property in favour of shared food, work, sex. As historian Michael Doyle points out, the myth of Woodstock holds that “in a time of military conflict abroad, racial and ethnic strife at home, when a deep social division known as the ‘generation gap’ separated parents from children, nearly half a million young people removed themselves from proximity to these conflicts and went ‘back to the garden’ to try to ‘set their souls free’.” As such, Woodstock carries a certain symbolic weight for participants in the 1960s and 1970s counterculture movement and for anyone who looks back on the past fifty years with a critical eye.The counterculture movement encompassed: the Civil Rights Movement, Free Speech, the New Left, Anti-war, Anti-nuclear, Feminism, Free school movement, Drug Culture, Environmentalism, Student Activism, Producerism, Gay liberation, the Sexual Revolution, and the rise of Hippies to innovations in fashion, music, film, and literature. The American poet John Perry Barlow once said: “I started out as a teenage beatnik and then became a hippie and then became a cyberpunk. And now I’m still a member of the counterculture, but I don’t know what to call that.” How have the various movements within the counterculture evolved over the past 50 years? What did hippies become? Who was the Sexual Revolution scripted for? How did the Civil Rights movement evolve? How did a generation that “dropped out” re-engage? How was this fringe culture appropriated by marketers? How challenging was it to live an ideal especially in light of the Cold War and rise of Reaganism?

Our conference committee welcomes individual presentation proposals of 300 words, and panel proposals (3 people max) of 900 words, based on any of the above themes.

This will be the sixth annual interdisciplinary conference held by Humber College’s School of Liberal Arts and Sciences of Toronto in association with the Toronto International Festival of Authors (TIFA), one of the most celebrated literary festivals in the world. It is located at the Harbourfront Centre, one of downtown Toronto’s major cultural and artistic venues.

When:
April 2, 2019
Contact:
Candice Warner-Barrow
Tel:
x5146

The Human Resource Management System (HRMS) will be going live in June 2019. 

This project was initiated to replace and improve legacy HR processes and systems, with a fully-integrated cloud-based system, that can capably manage the entire employee lifecycle – from hire to retire.

Humber has pursued the implementation of the HRMS so that we may: 

  • Adopt leading HR practice
  • Deliver on Humber’s talent objectives as defined in the Strategic Plan
  • Deliver services to staff and faculty that are more efficient and creates a more positive employee experience
  • Advance HR’s new strategic partner agenda, offering enhanced services, improved advice through data and analytics, and more timely access to information for decision-making

Over the coming weeks we will be reaching out with more details about our “Go Live” date, including information on training.

Stay Tuned!

When:
April 2, 2019
Contact:
Lynn vanLieshout
Tel:
x5129
Posters/Attachments: Event Poster

Is there a community project that your school or department is interested in developing with a local community organization? Humber College schools/departments are invited to develop and submit proposals that can benefit local children, youth, Aboriginal Peoples and newcomers. If you have identified a need in the community, that your school or department has expertise in addressing, you can submit a proposal for funding through this initiative. Assistance is provided to develop your project concept and connect you with a relevant community agency (if you do not have one) to support you in the writing of your proposal.

The focus of your project concept should be to contribute, in some manner, to increased knowledge/training, exposure and/or access to postsecondary educational possibilities for the target groups listed above. These might include pathways into education, training and/or employment and/or building the organizational capacity of community agencies who share this same focus.

Humber student participation in projects is encouraged as this is an opportunity for them to build their co-curricular record. Their involvement would be an opportunity to deepen and apply theoretical knowledge. However it cannot be tied to grades for their academic program. Students could, for example, be involved as a mentor, volunteer or in a paid position

Email lynn.vanlieshout@humber.ca to receive funding applications and guidelines, and to discuss possible funding ideas, links to community partners and to refine concepts.

Submissions due: May 10, 2019

When:
April 2, 2019

Humber is proud to celebrate the accomplishments of Kristy Adams. Congratulates on winning the NISOD Excellence Award. Kristy's dedication to student success, engaging teaching and academic excellence is inspiring.

When:
April 1, 2019
Contact:
Falisha Rowe
Tel:
x5548
Posters/Attachments: Event Poster

The Culturally Inclusive Educator Certificate (CIEC) program is designed for those interested in the field of teaching or private sector training. The courses within this certificate program provide participants with an opportunity to enhance their intercultural knowledge, communication skills, curriculum development and differentiated teaching skills when teaching and learning with international higher education students. The certificate is comprised of five individual courses that are designed to develop essential teaching competencies for supporting international higher education students.

Upon successful completion of the five courses, participants receive a Certificate of Completion.

The complete program is offered in the Spring/Summer 2019 semester online.

Registration opens on April 2, 2019.

To register, please visit the Continuing Education – CIEC webpage.

When:
April 1, 2019
Contact:
Falisha Rowe
Tel:
x5548
Posters/Attachments: Event Poster

The Teaching Effectiveness Certificate (TEC) program is designed for those interested in the field of teaching or private sector training. The courses within this certificate program provide participants with an opportunity to explore best practices in teaching and learning and to apply the skills learned in a safe environment with other classmates. The certificate is comprised of five individual courses that are designed to develop essential teaching competencies.

Upon successful completion of the five courses, participants receive a Certificate of Completion.

The complete program is offered in the Spring/Summer 2019 semester both face-to-face and online.

Registration began April 2, 2019.

To register, please visit the Continuing Education – TEC webpage.

When:
March 29, 2019

On the latest episode of the NEXTcast podcast, available free on Soundcloud and iTunes, we speak with Applied Tech professor Mark Rector about his new book, Oh Canada! Our Home and Inventive Land.

Mark was inspired to write his book after noticing he had a growing collection of handouts on Canadian inventions for distribution in his electronics engineering classes. The supplementary material about the history of often little-known inventions resonated with students, and the rest is history.   

“I wanted a way to inspire the students, and interest them. When I was a little kid, I heard a story about Alexander Graham Bell, a Canadian who invented the telephone, and I was fascinated. I’m sure that played into my electronics interest.” – Mark Rector

Listen to the episode or read the transcript here.

NEXTcast is a podcast about teaching and learning at Humber College, created by Humber Press and The Centre for Teaching & Learning. New episodes go up on Soundcloud and iTunes every second week.

To suggest a future guest or topic, email Humber Press at humberpress@humber.ca.

Kristin Valois
Humber Press

When:
March 29, 2019
Contact:
Rebecca Fitzgerald
Tel:
x3179
Posters/Attachments: Event Poster

The International Centre is pleased to announce that Humber students are eligible to earn elective credit by joining Humber's first Global Summer School, which will run at the North and Lakeshore Campuses between July 8 to 26, 2019.

Why Join Humber’s Global Humber School

  • Work on real-world projects for elective credit
  • Build your network among a global community
  • Learn from Humber faculty and industry experts
  • Flexible learning option - earn credit in intensive 2-3 weeks

Explore Your Options and Register

The Global Summer School enhances Humber’s strategic pillars to foster career-ready citizens and provide accessible education allowing students greater choice and flexibility in their learning. It also supports Humber’s Internationalization Strategy to “Be the polytechnic institution of choice for the academically curious and creative from around the world to learn from, and contribute to the Humber community.”

By joining the Global Summer School, Humber students have the unique opportunity to work together with peers from around the world on creative solutions to local, national and global issues.

When:
March 29, 2019
Contact:
Dave Frigole

Please be advised of a planned water shutdown on Saturday, March 30, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

This shutdown will affect North Campus buildings J, H, and KX. All washrooms in these buildings will be closed during this period, and any domestic water fixtures in these buildings will be affected as well. 

Washrooms in adjacent buildings will remain open and operational.

For more information or if you have questions, please contact Dave Frigole, Associate Manager, Plant Services at dave.frigole@humber.ca.

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