The Centre for Human Rights, Equity & Diversity would like to thank the Humber community for participating in the Knowledge Cafés and for providing input on the revised definitions of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at Humber College. The Centre will review the definitions annually as human rights terms are constantly evolving.  

Provided below (and attached) are the revised definitions for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at Humber College.

Definitions

Equity
The principle of equity recognizes historically and currently under-represented and under-served individuals who experience unfair treatment in services, programs and employment. At Humber, equity means applying specific measures and practices to achieve equality of opportunities and outcomes for all.

Diversity
Diversity refers to the intersectionality of social and political identities that embody different worldviews, knowledges, and experiences. Humber embraces the diversity that exists in the identities of students and employees from local and global communities.

Inclusion
The principle of inclusion refers to the active and intentional engagement of people in all their intersecting social and political identities. At Humber, this engagement is grounded in respect, and all members of the college community are recognized as valued contributors. Inclusion enriches innovation, sustainability and excellence in curricula, research, programs and services.

On Saturday, March 24, to kick start Humber Earth Week, six of our students participated in the World Wildlife Fund’s first ever Designing Change for a Living Planet 2018 Competition. 14 other Ontario universities and colleges participated and our Humber College students took home the grand prize!

The following post-secondary schools participated in the challenge:

• Algonquin College
• Centennial College
• Fleming College
• George Brown College
• Wilfried Laurier University 
• Mohawk College
• Niagara College
• Seneca College
• University of Toronto
• University of Windsor
• University of Waterloo

Humber College is a pilot member of the WWF Living Planet @ Campus for post-secondary schools in Ontario. The Office of Sustainability also served on the competition’s steering committee over the last four months and helped develop the program that included support of over 10 industry partners and subject matter experts.

The goal of the competition was to develop a develop a disruptive innovation idea solving a day-to-day sustainability issue. Student participants were provided two hours to develop the idea and present the idea to over 80 audience members and three judges within five minutes. Our students presented a concept that involved an app with an algorithm, connecting tenants, landlords, and roommates to encourage lower footprint co-living (even taking into consideration childcare, meal sharing, transportation, and food gardens to mitigate emissions caused by distribution). The students won the grand cash prize of $1,200 and an opportunity for each of the students to meet with an industry leader of their choice.

A huge congratulations to the following students:

• Ankit Joshi – Civil Engineering Technology, SAT
• Avita Ragnauth – Tourism – Travel Services, HRT
• Ezgi Cokuysal – User Experience Design, Media Studies
• Graham Budgeon – International Development, Business School
• Jasmine Wong – Sustainable Engineering and Building Technology, SAT

The Humber team members were selected from the IGNITE Sustainability Club and based on recommendations from our faculty members. We are already receiving an increase in interest in our Sustainability Club and we hope to see more interest from our students to participate in competition in the future! 

Photo credit to Kathy Nguyen, WWF

Celebrate and recognize the great work that your colleagues are doing by nominating them for the Innovation of the Year Awards 2018.

ELIGIBILITY:
The purpose of the Innovation of the Year Awards is to recognize College employees who have designed and implemented a significant innovation that positively impacts the learning of students in the College. Employees from all employee groups (full and part-time faculty, administrators and support staff) are eligible for nomination.

CRITERIA:
The major criterion for nomination is that the innovation has: A Positive Impact On Students’ Learning. Additional criteria to be used for judging the merit of an innovation and its impact on students’ learning are:
1. Creativity
2. Effectiveness
3. Replication
4. Timeliness
5. Currency
6. Collaboration
7. Quality

Click on attached flyer for more information and the nomination form.

Digital copy to be sent to CTL@Humber.ca by April 20, 2018.

HUMBER COLLEGE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP FUND - REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS NOW OPEN!

Is there a community project that your School or Department is interested in developing with a local community organization? Humber College Schools/Departments are invited to develop and submit proposals that can benefit local children, youth, Aboriginal Peoples and newcomers. If you have identified a need in the community, that your school or department has expertise in addressing, you can submit a proposal for funding through this initiative. Assistance is provided to develop your project concept and connect you with a relevant community agency (if you do not have one) to support you in the writing of your proposal.

The focus of your project concept should be to contribute, in some manner, to increased knowledge/training, exposure and/or access to post-secondary educational possibilities for the target groups listed above. These might include pathways into education, training and/or employment and/or building the organizational capacity of
community agencies who share this same focus. Humber student participation in projects is encouraged as this is an opportunity for them to build their co-curricular record. Their involvement would be an opportunity to deepen and apply theoretical knowledge. However it cannot be tied to grades for their academic program. Students could, for example, be involved as a mentor, volunteer or in a paid position.

E-mail: lynn.vanlieshout@humber.ca to receive funding applications & guidelines, and to discuss possible funding ideas, links to community partners and to refine concepts

SUBMISSIONS DUE: MAY 18, 2018 BY 5:00 P.M.