Have You Completed The Three (3) AODA Mandatory Trainings?

According to the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA), Humber College is required to train all members of the organization on accessibility standards.

There are three AODA mandatory online training programs administered by the Centre for Human Rights, Equity & Diversity. All Humber employees are required to complete these three (3) trainings:

1. Customer Service Standards Training

The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) underwent recent changes as of July 1, 2016. As a result, Humber was required to update its training on the Customer Service Standards. 

All Humber employees must complete the revised AODA Customer Service Standards Online Training.

The online training module can be accessed here.

2. Accessibility Awareness Training for Educators (AATE)

The Accessibility Awareness Training for Educators requires Humber College to provide educators with accessibility awareness training. 

All Humber employees are required to complete the online Accessibility Awareness Training for Educators.

Please note: All employees within an educational institution are defined as educators.

The online training module can be accessed here.

3. Integrated Accessibility Standards Regulation/Ontario Human Rights Code Training (IASR/OHRC)

The IASR/OHRC training covers the established accessibility standards in information and communications, employment, transportation and the built environment. 

All Humber employees must complete the IASR/OHRC Training.

The online training module can be accessed here.

If you are unsure if you have completed the (3) AODA trainings, please let Zahra know. She can check your training records for you.

Please email your printed AODA certificates to zahra.brown@humber.ca.

Diwali is an important milestone for many staff and students within the Humber and UofGH community. One of the goals of our new strategic plan is to establish a supportive campus culture, rich in diversity of thought and identity. As such, it’s important that our student focused programming is supported by strong role models and mentors that reflect students’ diverse backgrounds and experiences. Both Diwali celebrations, held on November 6 and 7 at North and Lakeshore Campus respectively, were organized by Senior Peer Mentors who are part of the First Year Experience program in Student Success and Engagement. 

Earlier in November, the Life at Humber team partnered with the First Year Experience Program and International Centre to produce The Story of Diwali, a short documentary that showcases the Diwali experience from three unique perspectives; that of an international student celebrating Diwali away from home for the first time, and those of the planning committees at North and Lakeshore Campus. 

Watch the short documentary

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About Life at Humber
Life at Humber is the student communications team within Student Success and Engagement. We work with talented media students from Humber and UofGH, using their unique perspectives to develop media content that’s timely and relevant to the student experience – all while providing them with meaningful work-integrated learning opportunities. If you haven’t had the chance, check us out on any of the WeGotYou media channels below, or at wegotyou.humber.ca. 

Facebook / Twitter / YouTube

The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) is an international campaign which begins on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on November 25 and ends on International Human Rights Day on December 10. The campaign aims to increase awareness about the disproportionate levels of violence faced by women and girls, as well as diverse populations, including Indigenous peoples, LGBTQ2 community members, gender non-binary individuals, those living in northern, rural, and remote communities, people with disabilities, newcomers, children and youth, and seniors. GBV involves the use and abuse of power and control over another person and is perpetrated against someone based on their gender identity, gender expression or perceived gender. Violence against women and girls is one form of GBV. It also has a disproportionate impact on LGBTQ2 and gender non-binary individuals.

This year’s theme, #MYActionsMatter, carries on the message from last year’s successful campaign and is a call to action that asks everyone to take concrete steps to question, call out, and speak up against acts of GBV. 

Here at Humber College, and the University of Guelph-Humber, we have a dedicated team of students, known as the Consent Peer Educators (CPEs) who work effortlessly on consent education through various outlets. The Consent Peer Educator team would like invite all to attend/share the upcoming events and initiatives to demonstrate your commitment to the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. We encourage you to spread the message by using #MYActionsMatter, and/or stop by our next event to meet our team of students!

To learn more about our Consent Peer Education program, upcoming events, training and prevention efforts to end sexual and gender-based violence, please visit: humber.ca/sexualassault.

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.

Humber voluntarily complies with the Employment Equity Act.

The Centre for Human Rights, Equity & Diversity is re-establishing the Employment Equity Program at Humber.

As part of the Employment Equity Act, we must fulfill the following requirements:

• collect workforce information;
• complete a workforce analysis and an achievement report;
• establish short-term and long-term numerical goals; and
• make reasonable efforts to ensure that reasonable progress is made towards having full representation of the designated groups within its workforce.

Please visit the Centre website for Frequently Asked Questions pertaining to Humber’s Employment Equity Program.

If you have questions pertaining to Humber's Employment Equity Program, please contact: Bharat Saini at 416.665.6622 x5160 or bharat.saini@humber.ca.

The Centre for Human Rights, Equity & Diversity thanks you for helping to build a more inclusive Humber.