Announcements

When:
January 25, 2019

On the latest episode of the NEXTcast podcast, available free on Soundcloud and iTunes, we speak with professor Louise Zimanyi about the Forest and Nature Program she helped to create, and about research she has done into the impact of the program through the Teaching Innovation Fund.

The Forest and Nature Program (FNP) is a unique play and learning experience that offers children the opportunity to succeed and develop confidence and self-esteem through hands-on learning experiences in a natural outdoor setting.

“In the forest, it’s calming. And children who have more difficulty indoors, maybe attending or resolving conflict…it’s very different when they’re outside.” – Louise Zimanyi

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:
January 24, 2019

When Friday, January 25 at 10:30 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Location Lakeshore Commons (L Building only), Lakeshore Campus - East

There will be at temporary hydro shutdown due to electrical maintenance.

NO ACCESS - Students, staff and the community will not be allowed entry into the Lakeshore Commons (L Building), Lakeshore Campus - East.

When:
January 24, 2019
Contact:
Dawn Macaulay
Tel:
x74852

The Degree Breadth Committee is seeking proposals from Humber Faculty. 

Do you have an interesting idea about launching a new Degree Breadth course? New proposals are due to degree.breadth@humber.ca by February 8 for consideration this semeter. The full set of guidelines, supporting documents and proposal forms are available for you at humberdegreebreadth.com. You can see the currently approved  degree breadth courses to ensure that you aren't duplicating a class that already exists. Please be sure that you have met with your Associate Dean or Dean to secure departmental/school support before submitting any proposals to the committee. It is also recommended to meet with the Degree Breadth Committee member from your school for guidance

We look forward to hearing from you.

Dawn Macaulay
Associate Dean, Liberal Studies

When:
January 24, 2019

Get the latest news and stories happening here on Humber Today.

Check out the #MyHumberStory about Ninko Pangilinan here or watch the video below.

When:
January 22, 2019
Contact:
Rose Anthony
Tel:
x5678
Posters/Attachments: Event Poster

Counselling Services is excited to announce the return of the Healthy Minds for Stressful Times group for this winter semester.

This group will provide students with:

  • Tools and strategies to cope with stress, anxiety and feeling overwhelmed
  • Emotional support

Details:

Where North Campus, LRC 3rd floor, room 3058 (seminar room)
When Every Wednesday, 1:30 - 3 p.m., beginning February 6 and ending April 10
For Students who are feeling overwhelmed and/or experiencing stress and anxiety.

Please promote to your students:

  • Print and post the attached poster
  • Post about Healthy Minds for Stressful Times on Blackboard
  • Make an announcement about Healthy Minds for Stressful Times at the beginning of class

Students are not required to sign up in advance; students can attend as many sessions as they like.

Contact: Rose Anthony at rose.anthony@humber.ca

Healthy Minds for Stressful Times works from an anti-oppression framework. We recognize that students face systemic oppression on the basis sexual and gender orientation, race, body size, class, disability, immigration status, country of origin, culture, age and religion. We are committed to creating an environment that celebrates diversity, and challenges all forms of oppression.

When:
January 22, 2019

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

When:
January 22, 2019
Contact:
Devon Fernandes
Tel:
4166756622x4651

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

 

 

When:
January 21, 2019
Contact:
Ravneet Mann
Tel:
4767

We are happy to announce that we are still accepting participants for this round of Cutting EDge! 

Calling all innovative educators!

Ever wish the videos you use with your students could do more? Add questions to assess mastery? Inspire an online dialogue among students? In Cutting EDge 3.1, we're helping faculty learn and integrate PlayPosit with videos, to take their impact to the next level!

Interested? 

Contact Ravneet Mann at ravneet.mann@humber.ca 

When:
January 21, 2019
Contact:
Bharat Saini
Tel:
ext. 5160
Posters/Attachments: Event Poster

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:

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.

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