Summer has arrived and the International Centre has been busy planning new events for international students, staff, and faculty! Upcoming events will take you to some popular destinations in Toronto and into the Canadian wilderness. Still not convinced? Drop by the International Centre and speak to our student ambassadors at the front desk; they will answer any questions you may have.

Any Day
Wonderland Tickets
Cost: $30/person
Location: Take Highway 400 North or South to Rutherford Road in Vaughan (Exit 33). Go north on Canada's Wonderland Drive and follow signs to Park entrance
Registration: Registration required in person at the International Centre

July 16, 2016
Niagara Falls - Horn Blower Cruise
Cost: $20/person (guests are welcome)
Location: Buses will leave from the North Campus at 8:30am and from the Lakeshore Campus at 9:00 a.m.
Registration: Registration required in person at the International Centre
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Wednesday, August 3, 2016
Workshop - Post-Graduation Work Permit (North)
Location: North Campus – Room B201 at 11:40 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
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Wednesday August 3, 2016
Workshop - Post-Graduation Work Permit (Lakeshore)
Location: Lakeshore Campus L3001 at 2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
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Tuesday, August 16 – Thursday, August 18, 2016
Algonquin Park - Overnight Camping Experience
Cost: $250/person, includes food and equipment, bus and 4 extremely well trained guides!
Location: Buses leave North Campus at 8:00 a.m. on Tues. Aug. 16
Registration: Registration required in person at the International Centre
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Friday, August 19, 2016
Wasaga Beach Trip
Location: Buses leave from the North Campus at 8:30 a.m. and from the Lakeshore Campus at 9:00 a.m.
Registration: Registration required in person at the International Centre
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We would appreciate your support promoting our upcoming events for international students and alumni. If you have any interest in attending, please contact one of our International Student Advisors: Matthew McDonald at Lakeshore and Matthew Keefe at North.

The gauntlet has been thrown! From Monday, July 11 to Sunday, July 17 staff, students and faculty members are invited to set their exercise goals, track their progress and log their active commute trips using the Active Switch Campus Program. For every active commute log, Humber becomes a step closer to earning the 2016 Active Switch Challenge Virtual Medal and Certificate.

So what are you waiting for? Sign-up and log your active commutes for a chance to WIN monthly prizes and a grand prize of two round trip tickets from Toronto to Europe!

Register: activeswitch.ca/campus

The School of Creative and Performing Arts is pleased to announce the appointment of Sharon B. Moore as a full-time instructor in the three-year Theatre Performance program.

An award-winning choreographer, director and movement coach for dance, theatre, film and circus, Sharon has created over 100 original works. She has extensive experience in dance and movement instruction, as well as curriculum design, and has created a vast body of directorial and choreographic work for professional training programs, including École Nationale de Cirque and her alma mater, The School of Toronto Dance Theatre, where she is a resident choreographer. In 2012 and 2013, Sharon was international guest faculty and Atelier resident artist at Princeton University where she co-created and co-taught a new syllabus with Susan Marshall, director of dance at the Lewis Centre for the Arts.

With director/producer Derek Aasland, Sharon runs Cinetic Creations, making immersive movement worlds for stage and screen. Their latest dance/circus show, The Thirst for Love and Water, premiered at the 2015 Pan Am Games and is nominated for a 2016 Dora Mavor Moore Award. Their recent dance/theatre work The Mystery of Mr. Leftovers is nominated for four 2016 Doras, including Outstanding Choreography and Outstanding Production. Their contemporary circus shows Le Livre des Souhait and La Vie En Swing, have played to sold out audiences at Montreal's LA TOHU. The Hunt, a dance film choreographed by Sharon and produced by Mouvement Perpétuel, was nominated for the Jury Prize at Lincoln Centre’s Dance on Camera Film Festival and screened in over 30 countries. She was the first Canadian awarded a Bessie Schönberg Choreographic residency at The Yard on Martha’s Vineyard.

Please join us in welcoming Sharon to her new position.

creativearts.humber.ca/home/sharon-b-moore

Dr. Robert A. Gordon Appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada
Humber President Emeritus renowned for his postsecondary leadership

Dr. Robert (Squee) Gordon, Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning’s longest serving president (1982-2007) has been appointed as an officer of the Order of Canada in recognition of his dedication and commitment to higher education in Canada. Gordon’s leadership was instrumental in transforming the college system from its community roots to today’s degree-granting, preparing students for their career role.

Dr. Gordon has spent more than 45 years in public postsecondary education. He was president of Dawson College in Montreal before serving as Humber’s president for 25 years.

“While it is humbling to be personally honoured, real credit should go to the many committed and professional staff at Humber, Dawson and other colleges across Canada who make excellent educational things happen. Considering its major impact upon the socio-economic well-being of so many Canadians, the college movement has always been underappreciated in Canada, and this award goes some distance in redressing that misconception,” said Gordon.

Among his many accolades and achievements, Dr. Gordon received the Commemorative Medal for the Golden and Diamond Jubilees of Queen Elizabeth II and the Order of Ontario.

He has taught at many colleges and universities, has consulted and been a policy advisor nationally and internationally on postsecondary education, is widely published, and held a variety of board and other appointments during his career. 

“We first and foremost congratulate Dr. Gordon on his well-deserved recognition and for his contributions to Humber and the overall college system in Canada,” said Chris Whitaker, Humber’s current president. “Squee led Humber through its formative years, always putting students’ interests first. His vision broadened access to education, added innovative programs and inspired all employees. Further, his focus on teaching and learning led to a model for Humber that enables our students to be ready to work when they graduate.”