When:
September 1, 2017
The Business School is pleased to share the Summer 2017 edition of the Dean's Newsletter with the college.
Announcements
When:
September 1, 2017
Posters/Attachments: Event Poster
Thank you to the Humber community for your overwhelming response to the Virgin Pulse Global Challenge.
Please be advised that all available team spots have been filled and registration is now closed.
For those who have registered, your team captains have been notified of when and where to collect your starter kits which will include your Pulse device.
Thanks to all teams that have registered and best of luck as you embark upon your 100 day journey!
If you have any questions about the program, please contact Michael Thompson at x5159 or michaelchris.thompson@humber.ca.
When:
September 1, 2017
The 2017.2018 Humber Faculty Handbook is now online. The handbook is an excellent resource for all things concerning Humber College including practical resources for the campus and classroom before, during and the end of each term.
Click here for your digital copy.
When:
September 1, 2017
Humber College’s United Way Committee is looking for new members. The committee meets approximately once per month from September until the end of the campaign in November. The committee organizes a series of fundraising initiatives over the fall semester and committee members assist in the planning and the execution of these initiatives. Please send an email to vinaya.gopaal@humber.ca if you’re interested in becoming a member of the United Way Committee.
When:
August 30, 2017
Contact:
Career Advancement Service (CAS)
Tel:
416.675.6622 x5030
Email:
Posters/Attachments: Event Poster
Career Advancement Service (CAS) is excited to present Career Development Sessions on resume writing and interviews for Continuing Education, Part-time students, and Humber Alumni.
Writing Effective Resumes & Cover Letters
Date: September 19, 2017 | Time: 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. | Location: North Campus, Room B101
By attending this session, you will learn how to customize your resume and cover letter based on your skills, experience and industry demands. You will be able to choose a resume style that will draw the employer’s attention and allows you to showcase your achievements. You will also be able to create a cover letter that is personalized and addresses the needs of employers. You will learn how to view your own experience and contributions in a way that will allow you to build an accomplishments-based resume, not just a list of your employment experience.
Register online: humber.ca/careeradvancement/career-development-sessions-registration
Effective Job Search Strategies
Date: October 24, 2017 | Time: 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. | Location: North Campus, Room B204
By attending this session, you will be able to expand your job search knowledge by learning new techniques and comparing various job search strategies including the traditional and non-traditional job search methods. Your will learn how to tap into the hidden job market and be successful in your job search.
Register online: humber.ca/careeradvancement/career-development-sessions-registration
Mastering the Employment Interview
Date: November 23, 2017 | Time: 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. | Location: North Campus, Room NX111
Learn how to effectively prepare for a job interview and get answers for those difficult interview questions for that employment interview. You will gain a good understanding of how to create first impression including dress code, body language and building rapport with the interview(s). You will be able to understand how to answer the most commonly asked interview questions, difficult interview questions, and behavioral interview questions.
Register online: humber.ca/careeradvancement/career-development-sessions-registration
Date: December 7, 2017 | Time: 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. | Location: North Campus, Room NX111
Get exposed to one of the largest leading professional networking social media site, LinkedIn! Learn how to build a professional profile and expand your network by connecting with professionals in your industry. You will also learn how to showcase your career accomplishments and industry related projects.
Register online: humber.ca/careeradvancement/career-development-sessions-registration
Humber Galleries is launching a fresh new vision with our fall show. We are declaring our earnest affection for creative people who help us see to the world and ourselves differently.
Into You is a group exhibition presented across our two locations, Fall in Deep at North Space and On the Edge at L Space. Crushes can be confusing, exciting, and all-consuming—like being on the edge of a great void and surrendering to an intense feeling. The desire to be accepted by someone else can amplify self-conscious feelings of difference. And yet, as revolutionary poet Sonia Sanchez has written, ‘you can’t have relationships with other people until you give birth to yourself.’ Into You highlights artmaking as a meditative act of self-discovery. Like any great infatuation, the deeper one goes, the more there is to discover.
Featuring works by Omar Badrin, Emily Vey Duke and Cooper Battersby, Francisco-Fernando Granados, Allyson Mitchell, Jagdeep Raina, and Xiaojing Yan, Into You dives deep into the compulsion to create variations of forms that are strangely attractive. They beg to be noticed. Through pastel drawings, crochet, sculpted paper, found textiles, video, and digital drawings on an iPhone, each artist tells a story about themselves, their communities, and how others see them. On the Edge at L Space explores visibility and invisibility at the margins. Who or what goes unnoticed, blends in, and stands out? Fall in Deep at the North Space houses cocoons and second skins. These are protective spaces for transformation, becoming, and turning inward in total surrender. Together, the exhibitions are about belonging on one’s own terms.
Into You: On the Edge
Omar Badrin, Francisco-Fernando Granados, Allyson Mitchell, Jagdeep Raina, and Xiaojing Yan
Curated by Alissa Firth-Eagland and Farah Yusuf
August 29 - November 24, 2017
Opening Reception: Tuesday September 5, 4 - 7 p.m.
L Space
Lakeshore Campus
Room L1002
19 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Drive
Toronto, ON M8V 4B6
Into You: Fall in Deep
Omar Badrin, Emily Vey Duke and Cooper Battersby, Allyson Mitchell, and Xiaojing Yan
Curated by Alissa Firth-Eagland and Farah Yusuf
August 29 - October 20, 2017
Opening Reception: Thursday September 7, 4 - 7 p.m.
North Space
North Campus
LRC 1st Floor
205 Humber College Boulevard
Toronto, ON M9W 5L7
Hours: Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
For additional information please contact alissa.firth-eagland@humber.ca, visit humbergalleries.ca, or find HumberGalleries on social media.
Image credit: Omar Badrin, Cry Baby, soft polyurethane tubing, nylon industrial fishing twine and mason line, 2015
Image courtesy of the artist
When:
August 30, 2017
The following information is about our part-time TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) program leading to TESL Canada certification offered in the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Over the past few years faculty and staff from Math, Liberal Studies, French, English, GAS, Health Sciences, HRT and our Administration have taken the program and received TESL training qualifying for TESL Canada certification. With so many international students in our colleges and universities these days, TESL training is no longer just for ESL teachers. TESL training provides any instructor with a solid base in teaching methodology, foundations of the English language, and ways to work with and support ESL students in your classes, no matter the subject area.
There are five required courses in our part-time TESOL program: two in-class, two online and a 20 hour practicum which can be completed in one of our Humber ESL classes. Each class is 30 hours in length and runs over a period of five weeks. In-class courses run on Monday and Wednesday nights from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The courses are offered each semester, so you can complete the program at your own pace, in one, two, three or more semesters. Upon successful completion of all five courses, you can then apply to TESL Canada for certification. Being TESL certified also opens the door if you ever wish to teach overseas. For those instructors without any formal teacher training, this is also a great way to enhance your resume with a teaching credential. For Humber staff or instructors interested in the program, we will waive the $50 registration fee and cover the cost of the teaching practicum, the last course in the program. Unfortunately, as this is a non-funded CE program, the $20 tuition fee does not apply. Each course is $295.00. The link below will provide you with more information about the certificate and the individual courses.
liberalarts.humber.ca/programs/teaching-english-to-speakers-of-other-languages.html
Fall classes begin on September 18.
If you would like more information, or are interested in registering for the program, please contact me directly.
Thank you,
Paul Ward
Director, Professional and Continuing Education, Liberal Arts and Sciences
paul.ward@humber.ca, x75006
When:
August 28, 2017
Contact:
Heidi Marsh
Tel:
x5836
Email:
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The Centre for Teaching & Learning is pleased to announce the next call for applications for the Teaching Innovation Fund.
About the fund: The fund includes $1200 per investigator and support in developing and conducting a research project about teaching and learning. There are typically two types of projects: “Build” projects, in which you develop and build a new, evidence-based teaching tool or approach, and “Impact” projects, in which you measure the impact of an innovative teaching tool or approach with your students.
Timeline:
- Submit your application by Friday, September 15, 2017 (see attached form).
- Attend 2 Proposal Development Workshops in September and October. At these workshops, we will talk about methodological approaches for this type of research, and faculty will share and develop their research ideas together.
- From October to December, you will develop and write your full research proposal.
- January 2018: Research projects launch.
For more information and to access the application form, see the attached documents. The deadline for applications is Friday, September 15, 2017. Applications may be submitted to CTLResearch@humber.ca. If you have any questions, please contact: Heidi Marsh, 416.675.6622 x5836, heidi.marsh@humber.ca
The Office of Sustainability would like to announce the publication of our new Sustainability Toolguide for Meetings and Events. This guide will help faculty, staff, and students integrate more sustainable initiatives and facets into their meetings and events.
Our goal is to minimize the amount of materials and waste generated at events and to follow our Sustainability Value which is, to preserve our collective future by embracing the full impact of our decisions.
We have implemented tips and tricks that are fully applicable at Humber College. For more information and to download and share the toolguide with your students and colleagues, please visit humber.ca/sustainability/resources/sustainability-toolkit-meetings-and-events.
When:
August 28, 2017
It is my great pleasure to announce the appointment of Janet Bedard as Humber’s incoming Associate Dean, Built Environment. Since 2011, Janet has worked in the college system and has held leadership roles in applied research, degree development, community engagement and as a Professor in applied technology. Prior to this, she worked for 10 years in the industry in areas of supply chain management, manufacturing & quality engineering and new product introduction for large Canadian companies working on all phases of new product development, from introduction of design to release to market. Janet has led grassroots initiatives such as Brampton’s first Makerspace and founded a Women in Engineering Technology club to support student diversity. She believes in the power of collaboration and is passionate about student engagement in the community and in applied research. With a Master of Business Administration degree from York University’s Schulich School of Business and a Bachelor of Science in Engineering (Environmental) from the University of Guelph, Janet brings a wealth of experience and strong leadership skills to the development of key programs that support student success.
Please join me in welcoming Janet to the Humber team. She will take on this new role effective September 5th, 2017.
Sincerely,
Dr. Farzad Rayegani
Dean, School of Applied Technology