REGISTRATION OPEN!
Student Personal Training Program
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.
For further information and to register online, please visit:
hrt.humber.ca/experiential-learning/centre-for-healthy-living/student-personal-training-program-fall-2015.html
HUMBER INTERFAITH CALENDAR
MULTIFAITH HOLY DAYS & FESTIVALS
DECEMBER 2016: CALENDAR & DESCRIPTIONS
In the spirit of diversity and inclusion, we provide the following Multifaith Holy Days & Festivals realizing that it is not exhaustive. Should you wish your faith’s days to be included, please contact the Chaplain at x 4427 or chaplain@humber.ca for due consideration.
01 Thursday
Mnidoo-Giisoons (Aboriginal-Ojibwe)
Little Spirit Moon.
06 Tuesday
St. Nicholas Day (Christianity-Eastern)
Celebrates St. Nicholas (from 3rd century Asia Minor) as the protector children and the bringer of gifts. Children leave shoes before a chimney or outside the front door of the home in the hope of obtaining Christmas treats.
08 Thursday
Bodhi Day(Buddhism)
Celebrates the day when Prince Siddharta Gautama) sat under the Bodhi tree vowing to remain there until he attained enlightenment.
Feast of the Immaculate Conception(Christianity-Catholicism)
Celebrates the birth of Mary, the Mother of Jesus, as being conceived without sin.
11 Sunday
Eid-Maulad-Un-Nabi (Islam)
The anniversary of the death of Prophet Mohammad (also used to celebrate his birth, date unknown) is celebrated by different observances in various countries for 9 days with colourful fairs, parades and feasts.
12 Monday
Masa’il (Baha’i)
Masa’il, meaning Questions, is the fifteenth month of the Baha’i year.
13 Tuesday
Aga Khan’s birthday (Islam-Ismaili)
The Aga Khan is the spiritual leader of the Ismaili sect of Islam.
14 Wednesday
Full Moon The moon is at its greatest visibility.
21 Wednesday
December (Winter) Solstice
The time when the Winter season begins.
Tohji-Tasai (Shinto)
Celebrates the end of the sun’s period of decline (Yin) and its forthcoming renewal of strength (Yang).
Yule (Wicca)
Celebrates the new year, in the Anglo-Saxon and northern traditions of Wicca, with the birth of the God as the Winter-born King symbolized by the rebirth of the life-giving and life-sustaining sun; a time for ritually shedding the dross of the past year to contemplate spiritual development for the year ahead.
23 Friday
Birth of Joseph Smith (Mormonism)
Celebrates the birth of the founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, also known as Mormons.
25 Sunday
Christmas (Christianity-Western)
Celebrates the birth of Jesus, whom Christians worship as the Christ and Saviour of the world.
Hanukkah (Judaism) to Jan 01, 2016
The Festival of Lights and Feast of Dedication)
Commemorates the victory of Judah the Maccabee for religious freedom plus the rededication of the temple in 165 BCE. Hannukkah begins at sundown the prior day.
26 Monday
Death of Zarathustra (Zoroastrianism)
Celebrates Zarathustra (Zoroaster), founder of the Zoroastrian faith (dates uncertain).
Kwanzaa to Jan 01/2015(West African / North American)
Celebrated by North Americans of West African descent in recognition of their African and family heritage.
St. Stephen’s Day (Christianity-Western)
Commemorates Stephen who died as the first Christian martyr.
Boxing Day (Christianity-Western)
Collections of gifts are given to those in need.
29 Thursday
New Moon The moon is at its least visibility.
31 Saturday
Sharaf(Baha’i)
Sharaf, meaning Honour, is the sixteenth month if the Baha’i year.
Ghambar Maidyarem to Jan 04(Zoroastrianism)
Celebrates the creation of the animals and is the time for equitable food sharing.
Omisoka (Shinto)
To celebrate the new year, Shinto temples ring bells 108 times to remove the worldly desires of persons seeking a long life.
The final exam period is upon us, and as a result, Testing Services will be operating at maximum capacity over the next two weeks.
In order to ensure that students can complete final assessments over the next few weeks, we request that faculty submit the exams a few days in advance to ensure a seamless check in process. Please ensure the referral form is completed with all permitted materials and accommodation details for each student, as we will only provide students to test with materials and details outlined on this form.
The Lakeshore Campus Testing Centre will be extremely busy the week of December 5-9. We will see upwards of 150 students per day in the Lakeshore Test Centre
The North Campus Testing Centre will be extremely busy the week of December 12-16. We see upwards of 500 students per day at the North Test Centre
Information for Faculty:
Thank you in advance!
Testing Services
Humber is becoming a greener campus and everyone is participating! Humber Sustainability Highlights feature people and departments around the College integrating sustainable practices. This month’s focus is the Greenhouses and the Locavore Garden run by the Humber Arboretum and Centre for Urban Ecology.
It is the way of biology: all plants on Earth begin as little seedlings. Valeria Wuschnakowski, Humber’s Greenhouse Technician, and her team of work study students from the Landscape Technician program start gardening by planting seeds at the College’s Greenhouses. As the plants become bigger, some are transferred over to the Locavore Garden in the Arboretum.
Whether it’s the plants or the setting, the Locavore Garden has many purposes.
The Greenhouses and the garden are maintained using innovative sustainable practices.
On top of all the garden uses, the Humber Arboretum hosts two plant sales throughout the year: one in the winter and one in spring. However, this year we get a treat because the autumn semester will have the first ever plant sale!
Alexandra Link, Director of the Humber Arboretum and Centre for Urban Ecology, and Savio Colaco, Business Manager from the School of Hospitality, Recreation and Tourism, say there are talks about expanding the garden within the next three years to grow more food to support the College’s programs and local community.
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Herbs grown in the Greenhouses and Locavore Garden | Other plants grown in the Greenhouses |
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Once again The Department of Public Safety in partnership with The Toronto Police Service will be organizing and collecting toys for our annual #Santa9114Kids.
Last year was a huge success! A big thanks goes to the Humber College Community.
We were able to collect and donate hundreds of toys to several local hospitals, families, and single parents in the GTA that needed some help during the holiday season.
Please bring a new unwrapped toy to the Department of Public Safety in NX101 before Monday, December 12, 2016.
The toys will be delivered to the families and Humber River Hospital between December 15th and Wednesday December 21, 2015.
Once again thank you for the continued support!
As you are aware, Humber’s 2016-2021 Academic Plan is now finalized and available at humber.ca/about-humber/corporate-info/publications/files/humber-academic-plan-summary.pdf. As we now collectively focus our efforts on achieving the goals set out in the plan, I am pleased to announce that we will be initiating an Essential Skills strategy in support of Goal 7 of the Academic Plan. It is also my pleasure to announce that Vera Beletzan has been assigned to lead this special project beginning in the Winter 2017 semester.
Vera will be leading Humber’s Essential Skills strategy which will include the development of Humber’s Institutional Learning Outcomes framework for essential skills, as well as the development and implementation of an essential skills assessment process. Vera brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to this role. Her past experience in this area includes a leadership role in the development of the Competencies Framework for Humber’s Co-Curricular Record. She is also currently a member of Humber’s research team working within HEQCO’s Learning Outcomes Assessment Consortium. As the Associate Dean of English, Vera oversees the development and delivery of essential skills in communications across Humber’s schools and programs and represents the college on the Ontario Colleges Language and Communications Council.
I invite you to join me in welcoming Vera to this role and look forward to engaging the entire Humber team in this important work in the months to come.
Warmest regards,
Laurie Rancourt
Thanks for donating your e-waste! Together we diverted 450 gallons of electronics from landfill.
Our next collection week is March 27 to 31 during Earth Week.
With the holidays fast approaching, to ensure that payments due before the end of this calendar year are paid, all invoices, travel & expense claims etc., must be received by Accounts Payable no later than Friday, December 9, 2016, 4:30 p.m.
Please note the following cheques runs dates for the month of December:
The last payment run for the 2016 calendar year will be Tuesday, December 20th, 2016. Due to College closures, the next payment run will be Thursday, January 5th, 2017 which will lead into returning back to the regular weekly Thursday cheques run schedule.
If you have any questions, please contact Staci Lindsay at x4215.
The winner of the Toronto Raptors Box Seats Raffle Draw is Tony Branch, School of Applied Technology.
The Office of Sustainability is proud to announce the release of the 2015-2016 Humber Sustainability Report. This document summarizes the progress made in Year 2 of the targets and goals of the Humber Sustainability Plan 2014-2019.
Take a look at the report here
There are no print copies, please contact us if you would like to see it in a non-digital format.
