The Humber Arboretum is excited to invite you to take part in the creation of our first five-year plan!

Join us in transforming the Humber Arboretum by contributing to our new vision for 2019-2024. Throughout the fall there will be opportunities for you to share your ideas and opinions about the activities that take place at the Humber Arboretum and to tell us what you'd like us to do in the future.

Registration is now open for in-person focus groups taking place at the Centre for Urban Ecology on October 3 and 4. Come out for a lively discussion and a complimentary pizza lunch!

Can’t make the in-person groups? We’ll also have virtual focus groups taking place in the evenings on those days.

And later in September, you’ll be able to take an online survey. This survey will be open to everyone and we’ll be encouraging focus group participants to fill it out as well.

Visit the Humber Arboretum website now to RSVP for the focus groups and to learn more about the process.

humber.ca/arboretum/strategicplan

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The Office of Sustainability has OFFICIALLY launched the 'Take Back the Tap' campaign which aims to educate the Humber community about the negative impacts of single-use plastic bottled water and help reduce the overall consumption of plastic bottled water on campus!

Join the movement and take the pledge at humber.ca/sustainability/take-back-the-tap. 

An exciting art installation is coming in front of Gourmet Express in the E-Concourse this upcoming Monday, September 10. Come and chat with us between 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. as we educate and encourage the Humber community to take the pledge! 

Are YOU going to #TakeBackTheTap today? 

The Office of Sustainability

In May 2018, Humber International’s student ambassador team launched a video series geared towards answering common questions asked by prospective international students.

So far, the videos series has covered topics such as ‘What is a SIN’, ‘How to open a bank account’ and ‘Weather in Toronto.’ The video on ‘How to upload your Study Permit’, the most watched video of the series, has had more than 2,600 views.

The video series has had a strong impact on Humber International’s YouTube presence. The series has led to an increase of 125 per cent in our subscriber base and total video views is up by about 50 per cent. Countries with the highest viewership are India, Canada (international students already in the country), Indonesia, Jamaica and Brazil.

With 2,356 YouTube channel subscribers, we now have the largest number of subscribers among other colleges in the GTA. Humber College’s main channel has 6,300 subscribers. To view, share or subscribe to our YouTube channel, please click here.

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Employment Equity at Humber College

"It is not that individuals in the designated groups are inherently unable to achieve equality on their own, it is that the obstacles in their way are so formidable and self-perpetuating that they cannot be overcome without intervention. It is both intolerable and insensitive if we simply wait and hope that the barriers will disappear with time. Equality in employment will not happen unless we make it happen."

- Judge Rosalie Silberman Abella Royal Commission on Equality in Employment, 1985

Humber College is committed to principles of equity, diversity and inclusion in the workplace. The Employment Equity Act was passed in 1986. Recognizing that "systemic discrimination" was responsible for most of the inequality found in employment, the Abella Royal Commission on Equality in Employment outlined a systemic response and chose the term "Employment Equity" to describe the process.

What is Employment Equity?

Employment Equity is an on-going planning process used by an employer to:

• identify and eliminate barriers in an organization's employment policies and procedures;
• put into place positive policies and practices to ensure the effects of systemic barriers are eliminated; and
• ensure appropriate representation of identified group members throughout their workforce.

What is the goal of Employment Equity?

• eliminate employment barriers for the designated groups: women, persons with disabilities, Aboriginal people, members of racialized groups. At Humber, we provide persons with the opportunity to identify their sexual and gender identity.
• remedy past discrimination in employment opportunities and prevent future barriers;
• improve access and distribution throughout all occupations and at all levels for members of the identified groups; and
• foster a climate of equity and inclusion in the organization.

Humber College complies voluntarily with the Employment Equity Act under the Federal Contractors Program.

Please visit the Centre website for more information about Humber’s Employment Equity Program or email humanrights@humber.ca.