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Building on 18 years of outstanding service and dedication I am pleased to announce the appointment of Robert (Rob) Gray as Horticultural Technologist for the Humber Arboretum, effective May 18, 2015.

Rob first joined Humber in 1998 as a workstudy student in the Humber Arboretum while completing Humber’s Urban Arboriculture Certificate. Shortly thereafter, in 2002, Rob became an Instructor for the School of Applied Technology’s Horticulture Apprenticeship and Landscape Technician programs and later became the Program Co-ordinator. In Rob’s most recent position as a Horticulture Technician and Arborist at the Humber Arboretum he has played an instrumental role facilitating and coordinating experiential learning course components as well as applied research and capstone projects in the Arboretum from over seven different Humber programs. Rob will be building on this experience in his new role as the most senior member of the Arboretum’s landscape team.

One little known fact about Rob is that prior to working at Humber he was Captain of Canada’s Men’s Softball Team. His well-developed combination of leadership, organizational and teamwork skills are an ongoing asset to Humber’s team.

Rob holds a Horticulture Diploma from the University of Guelph and is an ISA Certified Arborist. Rob reports to Alexandra (Alix) Link, Director, Humber Arboretum & Centre for Urban Ecology. Please join me in congratulating Rob Gray on his new role!

Alix Link
Director, Humber Arboretum and Centre for Urban Ecology 
alexandra.link@humber.ca
416-675-6622 ext. 4700

Canada Day Closure

All staff,

This is a friendly reminder regarding the upcoming Canada Day Holiday on July 1.

Please remember our early closings during the summer of 2015, staff scheduled to work, will be allowed to leave one and a half hours (1.5) early on Friday, June 26, prior to Canada Day, subject to the operational requirements of the division/department.

Staff required to work full hours on any of the early closing days shall be given one and a half hours (1.5) off on another day during the summer, to be scheduled by the manager of the area.

If you have any questions, please discuss with your Manager.

Thank you,
HR Services

Appointment Notice

Theatre Performance – Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning:
Tatiana Jennings, Full-Time Faculty, Humber College Theatre Performance

The School of Creative and Performing Arts is pleased to announce the appointment of Tatiana Jennings to the full-time faculty of Humber College’s Theatre Performance program, where she will teach acting in all three years of the program.

“Tatiana has taught in our program for 16 years and has been fundamental in laying the foundation for our innovative curriculum in physical and devised theatre,” notes Paul de Jong, co-ordinator of the Theatre Performance program. “Tatiana will be responsible for propelling this curriculum to new heights: incorporating her profound knowledge of new technologies with her deep insight into cutting-edge performance practice. Her profound vision of training—one which gives voice to a diverse intercultural world—will be a tremendous asset to our program as we continue to assert ourselves as being on the leading edge of theatre training pedagogy.”

In 2012, Ms. Jennings directed and created And the King Dances, Versailles Variations for the graduating Theatre Performance class, and directed a critically acclaimed production of Ned Dickens’ Pentheus as part of the national City of Wine Festival. Among the many other productions Ms. Jennings has directed for Humber are Chekov’s Platonov, Marivaux's Triumph of Love, as well as original adaptations of The Tin Drum, Alice in Wonderland, and The Iliad. Ms. Jennings also choreographed two pieces for Danceries, an evening of dance and live music performed at the Toronto Centre for the Arts. 

Ms. Jennings is one of the founders of Kadozuke Kollektif, an experimental theatre company formed with Humber graduates to develop and produce large-scale original work. Her most recent production with Kadozuke Kollektif was inspired by Richard III. From 2008 to 2013, Ms. Jennings created a number of multimedia installations and performances for Toronto’s Nuit Blanche, including Dream Pandemic, The Desperate Tenderness of Hydraulic Displacement and The Fundamental Intransparency of LifeWorld. Prior to immigrating to Canada, Ms. Jennings’ solo performance piece Madame Marguerite played to sold-out Moscow audiences for three years, and she received an award for the best performance at the International Moscow Festival of Theatre Arts.

Ms. Jennings is currently completing her MFA in Digital Futures at the Ontario College of Art and Design in partnership with the Canadian Film Centre (CFC) Media Lab. She holds a degree in theatre and film from the Academy of Theatre Arts in Moscow, where she also studied dance. For two years, she attended classes in theatre directing under the renowned Russian director Anatoly Vasiliev, and appeared as a leading actor at the Tvorcheskie Masterskie (currently Meyerhold Centre for Experimental Theatre) where she participated in developing new training and rehearsal practices for actors. 
Humber College Theatre Performance is a three-year advanced diploma program running from September to May each year. Housed within Humber’s School of Creative and Performing Arts, the program offers rigorous training in devised and physical theatre with a special focus on intercultural and multidisciplinary work. Graduates of this program are eligible for the Consecutive Honours (Acting) Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) program at York University.