Announcements

When:
February 27, 2018

Do you want to give that extra help to Humber students throughout the year? Sign up for payroll giving today and each time you get paid, you can make an impact on our students’ lives. It’s easy to join Nate Tysdal and the many other employees who choose to make their giving simple through payroll deduction.

Until March 9th, our partner TD Insurance Meloche Monnex will match new gifts supporting Humber student awards and scholarships.

See why our colleagues across Humber choose to donate to Humber Gives. Watch this year’s campaign video.

When:
February 27, 2018

The February 23rd issue of Humber Et Cetera is out.

You can view the digital edition on ISSUU or online at humberetc.com.

Follow us on Twitter and Facebook for all the latest news from Humber's journalism students.

When:
February 27, 2018
Contact:
Jem Cain
Tel:
x4044

Change the world... one textbook at a time. Support two great causes.

Students from the School of Social and Community Services are partnering with Textbooks for Change to fund raise for a humanitarian trip to Peru with Cross-Cultural Solutions.

This week we will be visiting the North and Lakeshore campus to pick-up used textbooks. We will visit every school.

  • North Campus - Wednesday, February 28
  • Lakeshore Campus - Thursday, March 1

Your old textbooks will help our SSCS students raise funds to travel to Peru, and provide affordable accessible educational material to university students in East Africa.

Each used textbook you donate will help twice! 

Please go through your old textbooks and set aside any you aren't using for us to pick-up. Please e-mail jem.cain@humber.ca and let me know if we should stop by your desk. We accept all post-secondary textbooks less than 15 years old.

Thank you for your support.

#bookbybook
Textbooks for Change website: textbooksforchange.ca
Textbooks for Change is a Certified B Corp: bcorporation.net

When:
February 26, 2018

Whenever you involve human participants in your research project, you need approval for your activities from the Humber Research Ethics Board. The Humber Research Ethics Board (REB) reviews all research involving human participants that takes place within the Humber community. The REB ensures that all research involving human participants aligns with the standards set by the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (TCPS). If your research involves human participants in any capacity, you need to apply to the REB for ethics approval. All applications must be reviewed and approved by the REB before research begins. 

The submission deadline for the month of March is fast approaching. Please see below for the upcoming submission deadlines.

Submission Deadline REB Meeting Date
March 5, 2018 March 22, 2018
April 2, 2018 April 19, 2018
May 7, 2018 May 24, 2018
June 4, 2018 June 21, 2018

REB meetings are held on Thursdays, two weeks following the submission deadlines.  The REB does not meet in July or August.

If you have any questions, please contact reb@humber.ca.

When:
February 26, 2018

College Council Highlights: February 8, 2018

Humber College Council (HCC) held its fifth meeting of the 2017-18 academic year on Thursday, February 8, 2018 at the North Campus. To ensure 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 the highlights, please contact denise.rooney@humber.ca or bhupinder.malhotra@humber.ca.

Government Relations Overview

Alister Mathieson, Vice-President, Advancement and External Affairs, introduced Kelly Jackson, Associate Vice-President, Government Relations and Communications, who discussed the development of a Government Relations Strategy for Humber College.

Kelly’s responsibilities include overseeing the communications team, developing a coordinated government relations strategy for the college, and bringing a strategic approach to communications and polytechnic positioning.

Kelly stressed the importance for Humber to have a coordinated Government Relations Strategy to ensure our key messaging is consistent across the Humber community. Moreover, applying a strategic lens to communications is important to support short and long term advocacy objectives for the college.

Humber works closely with the three levels of government. Currently Humber is finalizing a “Memorandum of Understanding” with the City of Toronto that confirms our institutional objectives and areas of engagement. At the provincial level, Humber is waiting for the three major political parties to unveil their platforms with a special interest on the impact that election platforms will have on post-secondary institutions. It was noted that at the federal level, the Minister of Science, Kirstie Duncan is the MP for the North Campus riding and has a strong relationship with Humber.

As part of the Government Relations Strategy, and as an effort to coordinate messaging, Kelly will prepare a “briefing note” for anyone requiring this prior to any key meetings with government officials.

Liberal Arts and Sciences “Education you can take with you”

Paula Gouveia, Dean, School of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS), Dawn Mccaulay, Associate Dean, LAS, and Mona Nouroozifar, Associate Dean, Math and Research Skills & Analytics, LAS, gave College Council an overview of LAS operations.

What we do

  • Serve 1,100 students registered in LAS including: Academic Upgrading, English for Academic Purposes, General Arts and Sciences, Graduate Certificates as well as electives for the broader Humber student population.
  • Operate the Math and Writing Centres at both campuses.
  • Run Continuing Education and Professional studies including languages, ESL workshops and The International English Language Testing System (IELTS).

Moving Forward

  • Expand pathways, transition programs and hybrid options.
  • Expand corporate training.
  • Focus on mentoring, services and advising students.

Strategic Plan

Gina Antonacci, Associate Vice President, Academic, and Corrine Johnston, Director, Strategic Planning and Institutional Analysis, provided an update on the development and final stages of the Strategic Plan for 2018-2023.

The Strategic Plan is currently in the final of three phases of development, vetting, approval and implementation. The timeline is as follows: meet with key Humber stakeholders during February and March, present to the Board of Governors in March, with final approval expected in May.

The new Strategic Plan will align Humber’s new Vision, Mission and Values. Below are the draft vision, mission and values.

Vision

  • Transform postsecondary education as a leading global polytechnic institution.

Mission

  • Humber engages with industry and community to develop global citizens with the knowledge and skills to become leaders responsive to emerging world challenges.

Values

  • Courage; Innovation; Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, Health & Wellbeing; Sustainability.

Draft Strategic Priorities:

  • Humber creates a differentiated PSE experience.
  • Industry and community turn to Humber for innovation.
  • Working and studying at Humber means you join a community.
  • Humber’s strong foundations contribute to a sustainable future.

Next Steps:

Cross-institutional working groups for each strategic priority to identify the metrics by which we will assess our success and identify the short/medium term goals and strategies for achieving the priority.

Cloud Strategy

Scott Briggs, Chief Information Officer, discussed Humber’s Cloud Strategy going forward.

As background, Scott discussed how the institution looked at what is happening in the technology industry to base decisions for a new strategy. It was determined that Cloud-based platforms are an increasingly viable solution worldwide, and Humber took the same position.

The benefits of using Cloud-based platforms in our business model include:

  • Rapid deployment and business agility, along with a modern user experience.
  • Efficient use of resources at a reduced total cost. Some initiatives such as the migration to Microsoft Office 365 did not cost the college anything for the licensing.
  • Humber is already using the Cloud for several products: BlackBoard, MyHumber (mobile app), Turnitin, Co-Curricular Records, Chrome River, and Raiser’s Edge.

Future Plans include:

  • Implementation of the new Human Resources Management System.
  • Real Estate (RECO) flexible learning portal.
  • “Digital way finding” app at the North Campus.
  • New features being released from Office 365 in the near future.

Leave for Change

Nancey Adamson, Manager, Employee Engagement, discussed the opportunity and requirements for staff to participate in the Leave for Change program.

The guest speakers and Humber faculty, Ionela Bacain (The Business School) and Karen Young (School of Media Studies & Information Technology), presented their experiences from last summer with the Leave for Change program.  This program is sponsored by Humber College in partnership with Uniterra. The program gives Humber full-time employees who feel they have the skills to offer and the passion for helping those in need the opportunity to volunteer for several international positions during their vacation for approximately 3-4 weeks. Prior to leaving, the employee participates in two days of pre-departure training. This volunteer opportunity gives participants a chance to build cross-cultural competency, gain a global perspective and to make a difference.

Leave for Change operates in 14 countries and strongly believes in helping stimulate economic growth and empowering others with the tools to continue working self-sufficiently. Fifty-seven Humber employees have participated over the past 10 years. Each year Humber sponsors six employees and covers all costs.

Apply by March 2, 2018 humber.ca/careers

The next meeting of College Council will be held Thursday, March 8, 2018 at the North Campus. For meeting highlights, supporting materials, or opportunities to provide feedback please visit the College Council website at: humber.ca/wearehumber/staff/committees/college-council

When:
February 26, 2018

The newest episode of the NEXTcast podcast will go live tomorrow. Starting this week, NEXTcast will release a new episode every second Tuesday, instead of every second Monday.

In the meantime, please listen to our most recent episode, with recent Humber graduate Sarah Nieman, who currently works on the Institutional Learning Outcomes project: soundcloud.com/humbernextcast

NEXTcast is a podcast about teaching and learning at Humber College, produced by Humber Press and The Centre for Teaching & Learning. You can find it on Soundcloud and iTunes.

When:
February 26, 2018
Contact:
Kevin Smith
Posters/Attachments: Event Poster

The faculty of the Travel Services Management program in the School of HRT have confirmed a keynote address by The Honourable Daiene Vernile, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport. The minister will be speaking about how Ontario continues to be a leader in attracting and retaining both domestic and international inbound travellers and the strategies that the province employs to both retain and increase its market position.

The event will take place on Wednesday, March 7 at the North Campus in E135 from 6-8 p.m.

To register, please click here: bit.ly/2EwYmTF 

We look forward to hosting the Minster Vernile at Humber and invite you to be part of this special opportunity.

When:
February 26, 2018
Contact:
Janice Laberge
Tel:
x4025

New service for all staff and students at Lakeshore Campus. Janice Laberge, our certified pedorthist, is available every other Thursday.

Starting Thursday, March 1, 2018 by appointment only.

Available for all your orthotic, bracing and compression sock needs. Please contact the Humber Athletic Therapy Clinic to book your appointment. 

 

When:
February 26, 2018

Fair Dealing Week in Canada - February 26 through March 2

Fair Dealing is a user’s right granted by the Copyright Act allowing an individual to distribute a short excerpt from a copyright-protected work for a purpose stated in the Act, such as education. Other purposes include research, private study, criticism, review, news reporting, satire or parody. A short excerpt can either be a single chapter or article, or up to 10% of a print work.  

Faculty can find out more about Fair Dealing when they complete the online copyright training in Blackboard. After completion, the content remains available to you as a reference.

Please contact copyright@humber.ca if you have questions about Fair Dealing or other copyright topics.

When:
February 26, 2018
Posters/Attachments: Event Poster

Save the Date

Tuesday, April 10, 2018
Lakeshore Campus - 6:30 p.m.

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