The Humber College Council (HCC) of 2018/2019 met on Thursday, January 10, 2019 at the Lakeshore Campus. To ensure that the Humber community is informed of upcoming events, new initiatives and important issues, College Council reports the meeting highlights. For more information or to provide feedback on these highlights, please contact marie.kyrinis@humber.ca.
COUNCIL TERMS OF REFERENCE
Council approved the newly amended Terms of Reference and Operational Procedures which will be effect until 2020.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING SOLUTIONS (ETS)
Alister Mathieson, Vice President, Advancement and External Affairs and Wanda Buote, Dean of Education and Training Solutions presented on ETS activities at Humber.
ETS delivers and manages Humber’s efforts to engage and enroll professional learners in areas of flexible, custom learning. ETS manages six units at Humber: Association & Professional Programs, Corporate Training, Real Estate Education (RECO), ETS Services for Humber Schools; The Transportation Training Centre and Credential Testing.
As the newly appointed Dean, Wanda Buote plans to pursue and create opportunities for non-traditional professional learning. ETS will operate on a hub and spoke model, where ETS partners with the academic schools to identify and deliver new opportunities and work closely with Humber Continuing Education (CE) Directors.
STRATEGIC PLAN OF THE LAKESHORE GROUNDS INTERPRETIVE CENTRE, 2019-2023
Jennifer Bazar, Curator for the Lakeshore Grounds Interpretive Centre brought Council news of the Centre’s work and how they are integrating into the local Humber community.
Humber opened the Lakeshore Grounds Interpretive Centre in the Student Welcome & Resource Centre at the Lakeshore Campus. Through Jennifer’s leadership, she and her team provide and create context, content and dialogue through consultation with Humber stakeholders and the surrounding Lake Shore community. She engages the surrounding community through exhibitions and cultural programming, celebrating the heritage of the Lakeshore Grounds.
The Centre focuses primarily on themes of Indigenous heritage; mental health; education and environmental sustainability.
NEW – BACHELORS OF ENGINEERING
Farzad Rayegani, Dean, School of Applied Technology and his team presented an overview of upcoming Bachelor’s of Engineering degree programs.
Farzad and the Applied Technology team will bring the engineering degrees to the Post Secondary Education Quality Assessment Board (PEQAB) for review in the fall 2019 with potential approval to run in fall 2020. Drawing from technical and skills-based programs already in place at Humber, the new degrees will apply experiential and interdisciplinary learning for its students, starting from year 1. Engineers Canada has already agreed to accredit the
programs.
There will be 3 specialization streams that students can select from: Mechatronics, The Built Environment and Information and Communication Technology. There will also be pathways for students in diploma programs to enter the degree program.
Graduates will have the opportunity to obtain their Ontario Professional Engineer designation.
HUMBER’S INSTITUTIONAL LEARNING OUTCOMES (ILOs) FRAMEWORK: STEPS TO IMPLEMENTATION
Vera Beletzan, Acting Dean, School of Liberal Arts & Sciences gave Council an update on the real-time implementation of the Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILOs) project.
Institutional learning outcomes are statements that articulate an institution’s collective vision for and commitment to its students’ learning. The ILO Project ensures our students will have a positive Humber experience and also seeks to supports us, the Humber community to keep positive, motivated and focused, in terms of delivering
education to our students on a daily basis.
The completed steps to ILO Implementation and launch for fall 2019 are as follows:
✓ College-wide consultations
✓ Industry and community forum
✓ Faculty ILO team
✓ ILO framework finalized
✓ Humber Executive approval
Over the next few months, the ILO team will continue to work on the following:
- Framework design
- Communication plan development
- Faculty curriculum pilots
- Applied research pilots
The three pillars or concepts of Humber’s Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILOs) framework are:
- Adapt – have the ability and skill to rapidly evolving workplace and the world;
- Lead – not just professionally but lead in our communities, in our society, both locally and globally
- Succeed - we want Humber graduates to succeed, both professionally and personally, no matter what pathway they are on in terms of their career.
ATHLETICS
Mike Kopinak, Associate Director Athletics along with 3 Varsity student-athletes spoke to council about Humber Athletics.
North and Lakeshore fitness facilities and gymnasiums are used, on average, by 1,800+ students, staff and community members each day. Athletics plays a key role in student success and engagement across all Humber campuses. They are also the largest employer of students within the college with a total of 252 positions.
As an Ontario college, Humber varsity athletes are very successful:
- All-time CCAA (Canadian College Athletic Association) leader in medals: 134
- All-time OCAA (Ontario College Athletic Association) leader in medals: 579
As a campus and community leader, Humber Athletics believes in diversity and inclusiveness with outreach experiences and policies that strive for a safe, welcoming recreation and athletic community. #heretoplay is their very successful, award-winning campaign promoting this stance, taking on powerful topics such as hazing, inclusion and prevention.
The next meeting of College Council is Thursday, February 7, 2019 at the North Campus, in 7th Semester room. For highlights, supporting materials, please visit: humber.ca/wearehumber/committees/college-council.