Announcements

When:
March 7, 2019
Posters/Attachments: Event Poster
IT MAINTENANCE NIGHT

Starting: Saturday, March 9 at 6 p.m.
Ending: Sunday, March 10 at 8 a.m.

Affected Services: All technology and information services will be unavailable as of 6 p.m. including Banner, MyHumber, Blackboard, e-mail, corporate websites, Wi-Fi network, and lab computers.

Reason: Systems in the main data center will be shut down in order to facilitate regular maintenance work.
 

Please note: First Robotics will not be impacted by the maintenance. Information Technology Services is working alongside First Robotics to ensure the success of the event.

When:
March 7, 2019
Contact:
Heidi Marsh
Tel:
x5836
Posters/Attachments: Event Poster

We are pleased to share the March edition of Scholars & Co.

This month, we are celebrating a Teaching Innovation Fund first: A TIF film screening! Although many of the SoTL projects that we fund evaluate the impact of a teaching practice or approach, some are geared toward the development of a new teaching tool. In this case, the tool that was developed is a documentary, titled The Struggle Back, which will be used to educate Humber students as well as community and justice agencies on the challenges associated with addiction and mental health. The project was an inter-disciplinary endeavour, completed by Arun Dhanota (SSCS), Dan Rowe (MSIT), and a team of students. It will be screened on Thursday, March 21 at the Lakeshore Campus.

See the full story on page 1 of the newsletter for further details and to register to attend the screening.

When:
March 7, 2019
Contact:
Ravneet Mann
Tel:
x4767
Workshop North Campus Lakeshore Campus
Conversations with Chris Mar. 11, 2019 – North: D225I
Register: 9:50 to 11:35 a.m.
Not available
Class Surveys and Feedback with Google Forms Mar. 11, 2019 – North: D236
Register: 11:40 a.m. to 1:25 p.m.
Mar. 12, 2019, Lake: F103
Register: 12:35 to 2:20 p.m.
Community of Practice: Entrepreneurship Mar. 12, 2019 – North: D236
Register: 12:30 to 2 p.m.
Not available
Creating Videos with Adobe Spark Mar. 13, 2019 – North: D225J
Register: 2:25 to 3:15 p.m.
Mar. 12, 2019 – Lake: D112
Register: 11:40 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Getting Writing Done - Part 2 Mar. 14, 2019 – North: D236
Register: 1 to 2:30 p.m.
Not available
Writers' Collective Not available Mar. 15, 2019 – Lake: F103
Register: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Community of Practice: Supporting Humber's International and Multilingual Learners  Mar. 15, 2019 – North: D236
Register: 10:45 to 11:35 a.m.
Mar. 29, 2019 – Lake: F103
Register: 10:45 to 11:35 a.m.

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

When:
March 7, 2019
Contact:
Jim Bialek
Tel:
x4539

Watch the Hawks Report for March 5, 2019.

When:
March 7, 2019

Recall from Tuesday’s post that Creative Commons licensing allows creators to grant others permission to use their media freely. Media can be illustrations, photos, videos, sounds and more – all of which have many purposes within education.

It can be difficult to determine if a video, song, or "googled" image has been posted with permission. Therefore, start with the following Creative Commons portals instead:

  • Wikimedia Commons – a collection of 45 million freely usable visual and audio media files to which anyone can contribute
  • Flickr Commons – hidden treasures from the world's public photography archives
  • ccMixter – music database that features sound effects and remixed music
  • reveal.js – open software that challenges the Office suite paradigm is hard to find. 
  • Vimeo and YouTube – use the search filter settings to limit results to only Creative Commons videos.

Want to learn more?
Visit Humber Libraries' copyright website, library.humber.ca/copyright, for links to more open media resources. 

Stay tuned for the conclusion to the Open Education Week series.

When:
March 6, 2019

Humber is currently updating the institutional inventory of OER use in courses across all programs and schools. This inventory served to identify courses and programs where the selection of course readings and other learning resources come with no additional cost to students. The inventory is a useful tool for helping to identify opportunities for increased adoption of OER in support of learning.

In 2018, Humber official joined the Open Educational Resource University (OERu). Coordinated by the OER Foundation, an independent, not-for-profit organization, the OERu network of institutions offers free online courses for students worldwide and provides affordable ways for learners to gain academic credit towards qualifications from recognized institutions.

Joining OERu formalizes Humber’s continued re-conceptualization of student access and program delivery frameworks and supports our aim to increase access to mobile and ubiquitous learning. A necessary step in making education more accessible - in a sustainable way - is the ongoing creation and curation of Open Educational Resources (OER). Partnering with OERu aligns with Humber’s digital learning strategic goal to innovate through a networked community within and beyond the College to respond to emerging trends and priorities in our local, national and global communities.  

Want to learn more? Contact Humber’s Director of Digital Curriculum, Theresa Steger (theresa.steger@humber.ca) and see the Humber College Council presentation slides.

Stay tuned for tomorrow’s topic on Open Media Resources.

When:
March 5, 2019

Do you know that certain types of research require an ethical review? 

  • Has a Humber department recently asked you to complete a survey aimed at improving service to staff and students?
  • Do you want to study your students’ exam marks as part of a research project to strengthen the course assessment methods?
  • Do you know your rights as a research participant?
  • Do you know your rights as a researcher?
  • Do you know the College’s rights to conduct research involving its community?  
  • What about external organizations that want to access Humber members and their personal and professional information?

Humber’s Research Ethics Board (REB) is here to help.

Who are we?

We are a 10-member team of faculty and administrators from Humber and the external community with expertise in research. We derive our mandate from federal legislation and regulations governing the ethical conduct of research involving human participants. We are guided by the Panel on Research Ethics, which develops, interprets and implements the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (TCPS). 

Why do we exist?

We exist for one reason: to ensure all research carried out by Humber faculty, staff and students that involves human participants, no matter where the research takes place, is conducted ethically – adhering to the standards set by the federally mandated TCPS. Ultimately, our objective is to promote strong, ethically conducted research at Humber, to the benefit of our entire community.

What do we do?

We review research projects to protect the welfare of participants and researcher(s), in addition to Humber’s reputation. We also consider ethical concerns with research involving animals, plants and the environment.

What factors do we consider?

When assessing applications for ethical considerations, the REB focuses on key factors such as:

  • benefits of the research relative to risks (do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages)
  • types of risks (such as psychological, financial and reputational)
  • methodology (are the tools being used appropriate to the research question/hypothesis)
  • deception (why is this necessary, are there dangers) 
  • incentives (are they appropriate, will they influence response)
  • the language used to communicate the study purpose and parameters (will potential participants understand what they are being asked to consent to)
  • fairness and equity in participant selection and treatment
  • privacy and confidentiality
  • conflicts of interest between the researcher(s) and study sponsors (or between the researcher[s] and participants)
  • power relations between the researcher(s) and participants
  • data handling and disposal
  • dissemination of results

Who is on our team?

As Humber REB chair, I am honoured to work with a strong team, anchored by dedicated administrative support from Jaqueline Nicol, Operations and REB Coordinator, in cooperation with Gina Antonacci, Associate Vice-President, Academic, and Darren Lawless, Dean, Applied Research and Innovation.

Our REB members represent a wide range of disciplines and experience:

  • Jennifer Bazar, PhD (Curator, Lakeshore Grounds Interpretive Centre)
  • Nancy Birch, BEd, OCT, MISt (on leave) (Associate Librarian; Manager, Library Services, University of Guelph-Humber)
  • Dana Costin, PhD, CPsych (Professor, Child and Youth Care; registered Clinical and Forensic Psychologist)
  • Audel Cunningham, LLB, LLM (Essex), LLM (Pallas) (Professor, The Business School)
  • Rita Kohli, MA, MEd, Registered Psychotherapist (CRPO) (Tools-4-Change, Principal Consultant; external community member)
  • Jaime Lapeyre, RN, PhD (Registered Nurse; Professor, Bachelor of Nursing, School of Health Sciences)
  • Mojgan Rezvani, PhD, MSc, MSc (Edu), BSc (Spec. Hon.), OCT (Program Coordinator, Professor, Principal Investigator, Biotechnology, Clinical Research, Regulatory Affairs Programs, School of Health Sciences)
  • Jeffrey Semple, PhD (Bioscience Professor, School of Health Sciences)
  • Ann Wainwright, PhD (Psychology Professor, School of Liberal Arts and Sciences)

How are we connecting with the Humber community?

We are embarking on a wide-ranging awareness program across the College to help our Humber community understand the REB and ethics in research generally. One key component of this awareness program will be a regular bulletin in the Humber Communiqué. Each bulletin will highlight ethical issues of the day, arising from actual Humber work and external news and events, which are all around us. Look for our first bulletin later this month. 

How can you contact us?

If you are not sure your research needs an ethical review, please contact the REB office at reb@humber.ca or lydia.boyko@humber.ca.
For more information about our REB, please visit humber.ca/research/reb.

Here are the answers to the questions above:

  • If a Humber College department wants to survey the Humber community to improve service and is publishing the results outside the College, REB review is required.
  • If a professor or an administrator wants to use student work as part of a research study, REB review is required.   
  • External organizations that want to access Humber community information must secure Humber REB and institutional approvals.

 

Lydia Boyko, APR, FLMI, BJ, MEd, PhD
Chair, Humber Research Ethics Board
Professor, School of Media Studies & Information Technology

When:
March 5, 2019

Want to have a say in what the future of sustainability at Humber College looks like?

Humber has made an institutional commitment in its Strategic Plan to be a national leader in campus sustainability. Currently, the Office of Sustainability is creating Humber's next five-year Campus Sustainability Plan (2019-2024). Share your vision for our campus' sustainability so we can work together and make our commitments a reality.

Please share your thoughts, opinions and sustainable commitments through our short 10-15 minute survey which will help inform our key decisions. Whether you want to talk about waste, energy, food or equity- we are here to listen and implement your thoughts into our plan for the next five years!

Complete the survey and enter to win a set of four tickets to Ripley's Aquarium. Survey is open until Tuesday, March 19, 2019.

Click here to take the survey and read the full contest rules.

Please contact Lindsay Walker at lindsay.walker@humber.ca (x5829) or Devon Fernandes at devon.fernandes@humber.ca (x4651) if you have any questions.

When:
March 5, 2019

What is Creative Commons?

Creative Commons is a global network, working to mainstream open education and create a world with universal access to effective open educational resources (see creativecommons.org/about/program-areas). 

Over one billion Creative Commons licensed works exist across millions of websites. The majority are hosted on content platforms that provide Creative Commons license options for their users. Creative Commons platforms make it easy for users to discover and collaborate on images, video, music, research and educational texts. Content on these platforms is searchable and shareable across the web thanks to Creative Commons licenses. 

Want to learn more? Go to creativecommons.org/about/platform for a highlight of the best known platforms for sharing Creative Commons licensed content. 

Stay tuned for tomorrow’s post on Open Educational Resources at Humber.

When:
March 4, 2019
Contact:
Peter Seney

After weeks of campaigning and voting, the IGNITE Elections have come to a close and we are happy to announce the new executive team for the 2019/2020 school year. The student leaders that will be representing the organization and advocating for student rights next year across Humber and University of Guelph-Humber are as follows:

Executive Team

President – Monica Khosla 

Vice-President, North – Simran 

Vice-President, Lakeshore – Ryan Stafford

Vice-President, University of Guelph-Humber – Megan Roopnarine 

Board of Directors

Board of Directors, North:
Dishant Passi 
Eden Tavares 
Neto Naniwambote 
Shawayne Dunstan 

Board of Directors, Lakeshore:
Camila Ruiz Tacha 
Stephanie Fallico 
Asiya Bashir Awan 

Board of Directors, University of Guelph-Humber:
Erika Caldwell
Julia Ciampa

Board of Director, Orangeville:
Nav Sidhu 

7811 Humber and UofGH students voted using in-person and online polling stations. This represents 24.49% of the student population.

You can view the full election results on the IGNITE website by following this link.

Pages