The University of Guelph-Humber's Kinesiology Program is looking for clients for Exercise & Lifestyle Counselling Sessions for the Winter 2024 semester!

The perks of being a client:

• Flexibility: In-person and virtual training available
• Individual training: One-on-one training from a Kinesiology Student Trainer
• Comprehensive approach: Focus not only on personal training, but on overall health and wellness
• Personalized advice: Your trainer can offer exercise programing, personal training, physical activity guidelines, healthy lifestyle suggestions, health and wellness counselling, general nutrition advice, accountability
• It’s completely free to participate

What we ask of you:

• A weekly time commitment of one hour per week to meet with your Kinesiology Student Trainer for the duration of the semester.
• Complete an evaluation of your trainer at the end of the semester.

This opportunity is open to all students and staff.

Learn more or sign up today

We’re excited to announce the Humber Map The System (MTS) 2024 Competition!

Registration for students in MTS 2024 is open now. This is the fifth year of the competition at Humber and this year’s winning team will receive a funded trip to the in-person Canadian Finals in Calgary.

What is Map the System?

Map the System is a unique global, systems thinking competition run by Oxford University that challenges students from any discipline to explore and map a complex social or environmental issue they care about. Rather than jumping straight into ‘innovation’ and ‘new’ solutions, Map the System asks students to understand issues at a deeper level and to investigate the scope of existing efforts to solve the problem before recommending their own points of intervention.

Who can participate?

Map the System is open to all Humber students from any faculty who want to learn more about a problem they are passionate about. Teams can be made up of individuals, or groups of up to five people. Students may take part in Map the System as part of a course project or independently.

What will students do? Students will: 

• Develop a systems thinking mindset
• Learn and apply system thinking tools
• Hone research, analytical, and presentation skills
• Have access to resources and workshops throughout the competition
• Build connections with other innovative, change-making students, faculty, and practitioners from within Humber and the wider community 
• Compete to win a fully funded trip to the Canadian Finals in Calgary

Faculty can:   

• Embed the competition in a course you are teaching – connect with us to learn more
• Give students an option to participate in the competition in lieu of another course assignment - ask us how this works
• Act as a judge (in April) in the Humber competition 
• Reap the support of experienced faculty, Systems Thinking resources, lesson plans, slides, activities, and much more
• Recruit students from your classes to participate on a global MTS team

What is a global team?

We are looking for students to join a MTS global team. Humber College is running the MTS competition internationally, as a COIL project where students and faculty from Via University (Denmark) Otago Polytechnique (New Zealand) and Humber College come together virtually to collaborate on a systems project. We offer students weekly (online) skill-building workshops, demonstrations, and mentorship to support them throughout the competition. Please consider making this unique opportunity known to your students and get in touch with us to learn more!

Have Questions? 

Email us: Elinor Bray-Collins: elinor.bray-collins@humber.ca, Sara Hassen: sara.hassan@humber.ca, Isabel Sousa: isabel.sousa@humber.ca.

Hearing voices and other sensory experiences carry stigma. This creates shame, isolation and lack of information. 

• According to CAMH, psychosis is used to describe conditions that affect the mind, in which people have trouble distinguishing between what is real and what is not. One in one hundred people will experience an episode of psychosis. Psychosis usually first appears in a person's late teens or early twenties. 

• Several mental illnesses can include psychosis as a symptom. 

• The Hearing Voices Network was founded in 1987 in the Netherlands to raise awareness and create spaces to talk openly about voice-hearing, visions and similar sensory experiences.

• “A growing body of testimonial, clinical and research evidence shows that hearing voices is a diverse experience that is not necessarily linked to illness. In fact, the majority of people who hear voices are not diagnosed with any illness at all. Some find voices and visions an important part of their life.” 

• Watch Eleanor’s personal journey. The site offers a wealth of information, videos and personal stories. 

References: 

https://www.camh.ca/en/health-info/mental-illness-and-addiction-index/psychosis 

https://www.hearing-voices.org/resources/films-radio

Please email us at accessible-learning@humber.ca with suggestions for key accessibility-related topics that you would like us to address through the Communiqué. 

Journal of Innovation in Polytechnic Education (JIPE), Humber Press, Office of Research & Innovation (ORI), is accepting new submissions for Vol. 6 on a rolling basis.

Have you participated in or conducted a research/innovation study? Do you have research you want to share? JIPE is here to help you share your research and innovation story!

JIPE publishes original research papers, review articles, brief reports, book reviews and our “micro-dissemination” options: innovation spotlights and essays. JIPE welcomes submissions from researchers and innovators, including but not limited to experienced researchers, emerging scholars, everyday innovators, staff members, research assistants and students.

Interested in learning more? Read the JIPE Submissions Handbook and visit JIPE.ca. Questions can be directed to humberpress@humber.ca.