When:
December 20, 2018
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Humber Global wishes you happy holidays and all the best for 2019!
Click here to see the special holiday issue of the newsletter and watch the fantastic video we made for you.
Announcements
When:
December 20, 2018
Contact:
Leigh Gavarkovs
Tel:
x2108
Email:
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The student personal training program is a component of the educational preparation for students enrolled in the University of Guelph-Humber Kinesiology program. Students provide personal training to members of the Humber and Guelph-Humber community, as well as members from our on-going partnership with Longo’s.
Registation is filling up fast for Winter 2019!
Personal Training Program and Participation Requirements
This program is open to Humber students, faculty and staff, as well as industry partners and takes place in the Humber College Fitness Centre (North Campus). The fee is $75.00 for the program. Information is below:
| Personal Training | Winter 2019 |
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Kinesiology |
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**Commitment to all outlined sessions required for all programs as students need to complete all sessions to pass their course.****If clients or trainers need to cancel, provide 24 hours notice***
Do you have used children's outerwear that your family no longer needs but is still in good condition? Sometimes children arrive for school programs or nature camps at the Humber Arboretum under-dressed for the weather and need to borrow outerwear to be able to fully participate. We will happily take the following outerwear for kids and young teens:
- winter hats, mitts, gloves, scarves, earmuffs
- winter jackets
- snow pants
- winter boots
- rain jackets
- splash pants
- rain boots
Bring your donation to the Centre for Urban Ecology during regular hours: Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
(Please note the Centre is closed during the same holidays as the rest of Humber College)
Thank you for your support!
Connect with the Humber Arboretum online: Website | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | Newsletter
When:
December 20, 2018
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Want to learn more about Humber’s new online video streaming platform?
On the latest episode of the NEXTcast podcast, available free on Soundcloud and iTunes, we speak with Darren Richards from Creative Studio about Panopto, the educational video platform used by hundreds of academic institutions, organizations and corporations across North America.
“Part of what makes [Panopto] so valuable is the ability to use your mobile phone—something that all of us have already—and use that phone to create and share videos with your students. All with a couple clicks of a button.” – Darren Richards
Listen to the episode or read the transcript here.
NEXTcast is a podcast about teaching and learning at Humber College, created by Humber Press and The Centre for Teaching & Learning. New episodes go up on Soundcloud and iTunes every second week.
To suggest a future guest or topic, email Humber Press at humberpress@humber.ca.
Nathan Whitlock
Humber Press
When:
December 19, 2018
Contact:
Humber Panopto Team
Email:
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Humber has acquired a new video streaming and delivery service called Panopto (“Panopto”), which is designed to support instructors and students with the creation, sharing, and viewing of video content (“Content”).
Panopto will soon be made available to all Humber staff and students, and all staff will have the ability to record and upload Content. If you provided Humber with consent to appear in a video that was created with Humber any time on or after September 1, 2014, we would like to inform you that your video may be uploaded onto Panopto, which utilizes servers located in the United States.
What content is Humber migrating?
- Any Content recorded between September 1, 2014 and December 21, 2018 may be a part of this migration.
- Content will only be migrated under the terms of our existing agreements with you as an individual who appears in Humber video (for example, as a student or actor).
- Content migrated into Panopto will not be made publicly available, unless we have had your previous consent to do so.
- Content migrated into Panopto may be viewed by any current or future Humber student or staff member.
Why are you informing us?
- Humber has a new video streaming and delivery platform (“Panopto”) that is available to any member of the College. We would like to inform you about of this change and provide you with the opportunity to learn more or to opt-out of having Content that you appear in uploaded to Panopto.
What do I have to do?
- If you are comfortable with Content you appear in being migrated into Panopto, then there is no action required.
- If you do not wish for Content you appear in to be migrated into Panopto, please send an email to panopto@humber.ca by January 7, 2019, with the subject "Panopto Migration Opt-Out" and following information:
- Your Full Name:
- Relevant Contact at Humber in which you have created Content with:
- Approximate date and year in which the Content was created:
- Title of Content:
Thank you, and we look forward to providing you with further updates surrounding the upcoming Panopto launch!
When:
December 19, 2018
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On behalf of the Department of Public Safety, we would like to thank the Humber community for generously supporting our third annual Santa911 Cops for Kids Toy Drive (#Santa9114Kids). Because of your generous support, children from the local area will receive a toy this Christmas morning when they otherwise may not have. Toys collected at the North Campus were delivered to Toronto Police's 23 Division, and toys collected at the Lakeshore Campus were delivered to 22 Division, who will ensure that they get distributed to children in need in time for Christmas.
Special thanks to Public Safety Coordinators David Yen, Adnan Salam (North) and Keith Pua (Lakeshore) for organizing the drive at each campus. Thanks also to our friends in Campus Services, ITS and Marketing and Communications for their generous support in helping collect heaps of toys to add to the donation bins.
We look forward to doing it all again next year!
The Department of Public Safety wishes everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year for 2019.
Sincerely,
Rob Kilfoyle, CPP
Director, Public Safety and Emergency Management
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Daryl Culp, who teaches Liberal Studies electives at Humber, has just published a new book, Deus in Machina: Does God Work Through Technology?
Has technology replaced religion? Many think that it is better to live according to nature. This book explores ways that religious thinkers have sometimes challenged technology and occasionally embraced it. Religious beliefs can actually illuminate how technology can be seen in a positive light.
ISBN 978-0-9953081-2-1 (available on Amazon.ca)
When:
December 18, 2018
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Get the latest news and stories happening here on Humber Today.
Check out the recent #MyHumberStory about Sophia Yeh here or watch the video below.
When:
December 17, 2018
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To the Humber College Community,
A task force of senior leaders from Ontario Colleges have worked together to develop a consistent policy statement on upholding free speech. The policy comes into effect on January 1, 2019 and applies to all Ontario college faculty, students, staff, management, guests and others who are present at all colleges.
Students and employees are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the policy.
If students have questions, require further information or wish to report a potential violation of the policy they should contact the Office of Student Conduct.
Employees who have questions, require further information or wish to report a potential violation of the policy should contact their manager or HR business partner.
Existing college mechanisms and processes will be used to investigate complaints and ensure compliance with the policy.
More information, including an FAQ is available at humber.ca/updates and in the government’s media release and backgrounder.
Please direct all related media inquiries to Andrew Leopold, Director of Communications, at andrew.leopold@humber.ca or ext. 4296.
Thank you.
| Jason Hunter Vice-President, Students and Institutional Planning |
Lori Diduch Vice-President, Human Resources and Organizational Effectiveness |
When:
December 17, 2018
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The Humber College Council (HCC) held its third meeting of the 2018/2019 academic year on Thursday, November 8, 2018 at the North Campus. To ensure that 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 these highlights, please contact marie.kyrinis@humber.ca. We apologize for the delay in posting the highlights.
ACADEMIC DIVISION UPDATE
Chris Whitaker, Humber President and CEO and Laurie Rancourt, Senior Vice President, Academic addressed the 2019 structural re-organization plans.
The structural changes were developed as part of the 2018/2023 Strategic Plan, considering input from staff across the college. Based on the extensive planning process with Humber stakeholders for the strategic plan, a decision was made to chart a new course for the academic schools.
L. Rancourt outlined many points for re-structuring the schools into faculty units that support the
Strategic Pillars #1 Career-Ready Citizens and #2 Accessible Education:
- Overall the academic division’s focus will shift to an interdisciplinary structure, leveraging key central support systems.
- Key support systems that Humber will continue to improve upon include the achievements of our Strategic Mandate Agreement, the Centres of Innovation and the increased integration of applied research activities within program curriculum.
- The faculties will continuously collaborate and improve the student experience and learning environment.
- Focused on future learning opportunities, the faculties will be a collection of subject matter experts and interests that are able and willing to work with and across all faculties.
- The re-organization is not intended to be a program or resource reduction but a re-alignment for greater fluidity of ideas and skills.
CANNABIS LEGALIZATION & SMOKE-FREE CAMPUS INITIATIVE
Jason Hunter, Vice-President, Student and Community Engagement and Lori Diduch, Vice-President, Human Resources and Organizational Effectiveness presented on what cannabis legalization means for Humber and Humber’s plans for a smoke-free environment.
Effective October 17, 2018, cannabis became legal in Canada, yet there are rules that apply in the workplace and at schools. Visit the Humber Student Life and Human Resources websites for frequently asked questions about the cannabis policy at Humber: humber.ca/student-life/potfacts or humanresources.humber.ca/cannabis.
As a result of adopting the Okanagan Charter, Humber College made the decision to ban smoking (of any type) on all campuses, effective January 1, 2019. This smoke-free campus initiative reflects Pillar #3 of the Strategic Plan: Healthy and Inclusive Community. The intent of this smoke-free initiative is to assist staff and students to make healthier choices; smoking cessation programs and education will be available. A college-wide smoke-free communication plan will launch before the winter holiday break.
UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH-HUMBER
John Walsh, Vice-Provost and Chief Academic Officer and Nikki Martyn, Program Head, EC/ECDC presented an-depth look at the University of Guelph-Humber (UGH).
UGH was one-of-a-kind when it launched in 2002 with 198 students. The concept of graduating with a double credential came from the increased demand being put on the postsecondary education system with the double-cohort influx of high school graduates (Ontario’s elimination of high school OAC grade).
The foundational pieces used to blend and build UGH and its programs are still in existence today. The curriculum is a balance of University of Guelph and Humber learning and experiences.
Today, there are 4,900 students and 7 Honours undergraduate programs. More than 1,600 work placements occur each year. UGH has a record of 9,734 alumni since opening its doors 16 years ago.
UGH looks for areas of established strength in both University of Guelph and Humber to build new programs and opportunities. It also recently underwent a review by Deloitte to help further define its strategic plan for the coming years. Learn more at guelphhumber.ca.
HUMBER COLLEGE COUNCIL FUNDRAISER - ERNESTINE’S WOMEN’S SHELTER
Amy Azzopardi, CECS-CICE Integration Facilitator provided an overview of Ernestine’s which provides shelter and support to women and their children. As in previous years, donations will be accepted at the December meeting where a raffle will also take place. All proceeds from the raffle will be donated directly to Ernestine’s. Last year, over 50 women and 22 children benefited from the funds raised at Council.
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS STRATEGY
Kelly Jackson, Associate Vice-President, Government Relations and Communications presented an overview of the government relations (GR) strategy.
Identified GR goals include: connecting Humber’s priorities to government needs; identifying funding and partnership opportunities; bringing strategic direction to Humber’s overall communications and advocate its polytechnic positioning to Humber stakeholders, including the current incumbents in government.
Electoral cycles at all levels of government brings opportunities and challenges. Humber is focused on communicating and liaising with political staff, and educating them on Humber’s operational and strategic initiatives. One example of Humber's commitment to strengthening GR was the recent appearance of Prime Minister Trudeau at the College. The Prime Minister chose Humber College to announce the government’s commitment to the environment and speak about the Carbon Tax. The news and social media coverage put Humber College in the National spotlight.
Next steps include formalizing a government relations framework that supports a college-wide strategy that will support the Humber Strategic Plan and Humber.
The next meeting of the College Council will be held on Thursday, December 6, 2018 at the North Campus. For highlights, supporting materials, and an online feedback forum, please visit: humber.ca/wearehumber/committees/college-council.