The Humber College Council (HCC) held its third meeting of the 2018/2019 academic year on Thursday, December 6, 2018 at the North Campus. To ensure that the Humber community is informed of upcoming events, new initiatives and important issues, College Council reports the highlights of its monthly meetings. For more information or to provide feedback on these highlights, please contact marie.kyrinis@humber.ca. We apologize for the delay in posting the highlights. 

ACADEMIC CALENDAR UPDATE 

Barb Riach, Registrar and Gina Antonacci, Associate Vice President, Academic outlined the 2019/2020 academic calendar. 

Based on a lengthy consultation process with students, staff and faculty, Humber will be moving to a 7-1-7 model for course delivery starting in Fall 2019. This standardized approach of 7 weeks of study followed by 1 reading week, followed by another 7 weeks of study is used by many other post-secondary institutions. Moving forward, each of the 3 semesters offered will follow the 7-1-7 model. 

A formal communications plan with be released shortly to students, industry partners and other Humber stakeholders. It should be noted that there are some specialized programs that will not follow this model. 

STRATEGIC ENROLMENT MANAGEMENT (SEM) 

Barb Riach, Registrar and Gina Antonacci, Associate Vice President, Academic presented on the most recent SEM activities at Humber. 

Humber’s Strategic Enrolment Management committee is responsible for the co-ordination of Humber efforts to collect institutional enrolment planning elements into one consolidated effort. The SEM Committee, and its subcommittees, respond to the ever-changing prospective student pool and align Humber enrolment activities to Strategic Plan priorities. Below are updates from the SEM subcommittees. 

Government Funding - SEM actively reviews and responds to issues like the new government funding formula. It reviewed how the formula will work within our program development plans, current mix of programs and current demands by industry. SEM then created a process to ensure program reviews are completed in a timely fashion to address any funding changes. Briefly, the current government funding formula is based on a weighted-funding unit criterion, instead of head count. 

Marketing, Recruitment and Conversion Action Plan Update (MRC) - The MRC committee executed a research study to review the Full-Time printed calendar, Viewbook and the online program pages for format and relevancy. Certain recommendations, based on this research, will be implemented in the 2020/2021 recruitment materials. A central, domestic marketing plan that addresses the needs of the academic schools is going to be developed with increased focus on pathways, transfers and Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR). 

Student Success and Retention Action Plan Update (SSR) – The SSR committee continues to focus on retention and engagement for specific credentials, at-risk students and overall campus-specific activities. An action plan for the next four years is being developed, within the context of the new funding formula. 

THE LEARNING PORTAL, OERs, AND HUMBER’S DIGITAL LEARNING PLAN 

Caleb Domsey, Librarian, Lisa DiBarbora, Librarian Co-ordinator and Theresa Steger, Director, Digital Curriculum presented the latest in digital resources for Humber students. 

There is a significant province-wide movement happening in postsecondary education to produce cross-curriculum resources and to share them openly with students. Open Education Resources (OERs) help achieve this goal. The main pillars of this movement relate to skills that apply to all programs that are used by all students, which include helping with development of study, research, writing, and digital citizenship. College Council Highlights – December 6, 2018 

The Learning Portal brings together the shared resources of the Ontario Colleges to create online learning support for all our students. It was originally built to support OntarioLearn students, but has since grown to support any student at any Ontario college and beyond! The Learning Portal features a Faculty Toolkit, which includes content on course readings, quizzes and assignments, accessibility, indigenous inclusion, and mental health harm reduction. 

The Open Educational Resources (OER) Toolkit provides information and tools to help instructors and library staff to understand, engage with, and sustain OER in their work and practice. Open Educational Resources provide equal access to resources at no cost to students. A great example of OERs in practice is the eCampusOntario Open Textbook Library, a collection of free post-secondary textbooks with reviews from educators across the country. Another source to help offset textbook costs for students is for faculty to use the resources found at Humber Libraries when building curriculum. The library can create course specific article and book links called “Reading Pages” that can be directly uploaded into Blackboard. For further information email copyright@humber.ca. 

HUMBER COLLEGE COUNCIL FUNDRAISER - ERNESTINE’S WOMEN’S SHELTER 

The Humber College community generously donated gifts and swag for the College Council fundraiser. As a result, Council raised $715 for Ernestine’s Shelter. In addition, Council donated nonperishable items, clothing, toiletry products, and other useful items. 

INTERNATIONALIZATION STRATEGY 

Andrew Ness, Dean, International presented an overview of the Humber’s Internationalization strategy. 

There are 500,000 international students in Canada, from elementary to postsecondary schools. In 2018, Humber College had 6,000 international students. 

Internationalization plays a large part in meeting Humber’s enrolment goals. The department also has a supporting role in the current Strategic Plan. There is a commitment to creating a global-ready community of students, faculty and staff through provision of diverse, global perspectives and opportunities. After extensive consultation with the Humber community, stakeholders and students, the 2018-2023 Internationalization Strategy 2.0 was developed. This enhanced strategy builds upon Humber’s international history with a focus on engagement and providing leadership in international initiatives. 

The next meeting of the College Council was held on Thursday, January 10, 2019 at the Lakeshore Campus, Room A170. For highlights, supporting materials, and an online feedback forum, please visit: humber.ca/wearehumber/committees/college-council. 

Humber College’s North Campus opened 16 new Electric Vehicle (EV) charging stations in the Commuter Hub (the parking garage beside Guelph-Humber)!

All the EV chargers on campus are Level 2 charging stations – they provide up to an 80% charge after 4 hours. As a result, we ask that EV drivers move their vehicle within four hours of charging to a paid spot (either permit or paid visitor parking) so that another driver can charge their vehicle's battery. Charging stations at North Campus will be complimentary until the end of February 2019 to allow EV drivers to try the charging stations. Starting March 1, 2019, the first 4 hours of charging will be free and drivers will be billed $5.00/ hour (prorated to the minute) for any additional charging. More information here.

If you have any questions or concerns please contact Devon Fernandes: devon.fernandes@humber.ca , 4166756622x4651

Over the past year, the Centre for Human Rights, Equity & Diversity (the Centre) engaged the Humber College community in a participatory and consultative process to obtain feedback on Humber’s Human Rights Policy and Human Rights Complaint Resolution Procedure. Thank you all for your engagement and feedback.

The Centre is pleased to announce the official launch of the revised Human Rights Policy and Human Rights Complaint Resolution Procedure. You can access the documents at:

• Human Rights Policy - humber.ca/policies/human-rights-policy
• Human Rights Complaint Resolution Procedure - humber.ca/policies/procedures/human-rights-complaint-resolution-procedure

Humber is committed to fostering an equitable, diverse and inclusive culture in which all members of the College community study, work and live free from discrimination and harassment. The College has the legal and moral responsibility to ensure that it provides a learning, working and living environment free from discrimination and harassment. Humber’s Human Rights Policy applies to all members of the Humber and University of Guelph-Humber community.

Humber’s Human Rights Policy and Complaint Resolution Procedure are reviewed during the Pathways to Human Rights, Education and Action training session. Registration information for this training is included in the PDF below. Note: Full-time employees are required to participate in an in-person training session.

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.

To all members of the Humber and University of Guelph-Humber (Humber) community,

As we experience colder temperatures and snow in the coming weeks, we would like to remind the Humber community about travelling to campus during the winter and college operations during the season.

During the winter semester, we are planning to be open each day and to operate as normal. As we expect to have snow and inclement weather during the season, our facilities and campus operations teams are prepared to take actions such as clearing snow and melting ice.

On days with inclement weather, whether you drive to campus or take public transit, please give yourself extra time for your commute and travel according to road conditions.

For students, if you think the roadways near your home or the college are unsafe due to severe ice or snow, please call or email your professor or program coordinator if you decide not to come to class. For employees who think it is unsafe to travel to the college because of severe ice or snow, please call or email your supervisor.

In the event that a college/campus closure is required due to severe weather, an announcement will be posted on humber.ca, our main Facebook, Twitter and Instagram channels, and Humber Alert by 6 a.m. for morning classes, and 3:30 p.m. for evening classes, or as soon as possible. We will also inform GTA media of a college closure. You can sign up to receive notification of Humber campus activity, including closures here.

If a closure occurs, students scheduled to be at external organizations for an internship or placement, or for other college related activities, will follow the protocol of the external organization with respect to cancellation of college activities or closure of the facility. It is the student’s responsibility to advise their external placement advisor or supervisor of any situation that prevents them from attending their placement or work.

For Orangeville Campus students and employees, please note that separate announcements will be sent to you, as the weather in Orangeville and Etobicoke is not always the same.

For more information, please see the weather closure FAQ and Humber’s Unscheduled Closure of Campus Buildings policy (and Severe Weather Procedure).

We wish you a safe and warm winter season.