Please note the following scheduled work that will impact Silver Bell Lane, Spruce Vista and public transit at North Campus.

Details:

• Enbridge and Bird Construction will be extending the natural gas line from Spruce Vista & Silver Bell Lane to the new CTI building.
• The contractors will be doing multiple excavations and using directional boring to extend the gas line.
• There will be temporary impacts to public transit buses and the driveway to Humber Receiving along Silver Bell Lane.
• The transit lay-by lane on Silver Bell Lane, primarily used by MiWay Express 107 will be temporarily impacted.
• One lane of Silver Bell Lane will be kept open at all times by the Contractor Bird.
• The Contractors will post flag persons to control and direct traffic.
• The vehicle lay-by on Spruce Vista Blvd will be used as a Laydown/Staging Area.
• See attached Notice of Work / Construction Logistics Sketch.

Addressing food insecurity and making transformative changes in our communities requires collaboration from multiple sectors and across disciplines. Learn more below about the impacts emerging from the work of Humber College, opportunities to participate in shaping new perspectives, and how we are sparking groundbreaking ideas.

Healthy Growing, Healthy Living in Etobicoke Lakeshore: Join us for a conversation about food insecurity issues in Etobicoke Lakeshore

On March 28^th, 2018, Humber College will host the non-profit, government and business sectors for dialogue with Humber students and faculty about food insecurity issues and opportunities for action. Click here to register for the event.

Generate, develop, and communicate solutions to food insecurity issues in our communities

Calling all change-makers: students, staff and faculty from all programs and departments are invited to participate in generating, developing, and communicating solutions to real-world food insecurity issues. Participants will learn about creative activities and techniques for ideation generation, as well as opportunities to learn with, from, and about a diverse array of perspectives. No experience necessary. Food will be provided. Click here to register for a workshop.

Healthy Growing, Healthy Living in Rexdale

On February 8^th, 2018, Humber College brought together the non-profit, government and business sectors for dialogue with Humber students and faculty about food insecurity issues and opportunities for action. Facilitated through design-thinking, and captured by a visual graphic recording, the event provided opportunities for networking, learning and sharing different perspectives. Click here to learn more.

The NEW Humber Food Learning Garden

Where does your food come from? Why does it matter? Opening in 2018, the Humber Food Learning Garden will encourage such questions and help provide answers for everyone from backyard gardeners to school children to Humber College students. Click here to learn more.

The GARDENS: Urban Farm pods in South Etobicoke

The GARDENS is an umbrella group of individuals and groups from Ward 6 committed to the provision and maintenance of community gardens and increasing food security in South Etobicoke. Humber is a proud partner in facilitating the Pod Project - a concept of a community garden where the pods tend to be smaller, mobile, raised beds that don’t need a lot of space and are spread throughout the community. Click here to learn more.

Humber College students develop innovative solutions to encourage kids to eat healthy food

The Healthy Kids Change-Maker Challenge united students and faculty from across Humber with a common goal: to design, develop and implement innovative solutions that promote and upkeep children's well-being through healthy and sustainable eating. Supported by the Rexdale Community Health Centre, Toronto Public Health, and Humber College, interdisciplinary teams of students and faculty designed and developed effective marketing and communication campaigns, culinary skill training workshops and food sharing programs for kids. Click here to learn more.

HRT students talk nutrition at Longo’s health fair

On Thursday, March 8th, 2018, students from the Nutrition and Healthy Lifestyle Promotion in the School of Hospitality, Recreation, and Tourism joined Longo’s for their Health Fair - a day dedicated to exploring various aspects of nutrition and partnerships that promote healthy living. Students attended and set up displays focusing on different topics and food groups to help Longo’s employees understand the importance of a well-balanced approach to nutrition. Click here to learn more.

Nutrition students donate time out of the classroom to Toronto charities

Students from the Nutrition Management and Nutrition & Healthy Lifestyle Promotion programs, on behalf of the Canadian Association of Foodservice Professionals (CAFP), have been getting together to pack and deliver lunches to homeless shelters across the city. They also organized a Winter Clothing Drive to collect warm clothing for those in need. Click here to learn more.

We need your thoughts and opinions!

Humber International is working with the college-wide Internationalization Committee to craft our second, five-year Internationalization Strategy. The first strategy (2013-2018) was accomplished with many milestones met and goals surpassed. As we prepare to write the new strategy, we’d like to hear from members of the Humber community as to the direction and focus this new strategy should take. 

Community consultations are underway this week. They are being led by a colleague from the Queens Executive Decision Centre, Smith School of Business at Queen’s University. 

There are virtual consultation sessions happening this week. This means that to participate, you need three things:  

1. An hour of your time
2. A way to connect to the Internet (for video portion of the consultation)
3. A telephone (to connect to the audio portion of the consultation)

This type of consultation is ideal for the size of a community like Humber’s – anyone who can commit an hour of time in one of the slots available can participate, regardless of where they are on campus (or even, where they are in the city, or in the world).

There are still spots available for the consultation sessions this week. They will be held on the following dates:

To participate, please send an email indicating which session you’d like to join, to:

internationalization@humber.ca

We look forward to hearing from as many people as possible!