A message from the Office of Advancement & Alumni Relations
November 15, 2012
National Philanthropy Day® recognizes and pays tribute to the great contributions that philanthropy - and the people active in the philanthropic community - have made to our lives, communities and our world.
Thank you to all our generous supporters
Office of Advancement & Alumni Relations
416.673.0152
Come make use of one of Ontario's first LEED certified buildings.
All Humber staff are welcome to use the centre for meetings of any size and length*.
Call to book your time and to ensure the center is not already in use.
Contact:
Phone: 416.675.5009
Email: arboretum@humber.ca
* A small fee applies to all day meetings
Current Students:
Log into SRS using the same username (example BCDF1234) and password you used to access on-campus computers, Blackboard, HMail, and most other Humber technical services. Please use the online tools at https://srs.humber.ca if you do not know your username and password.
Applicants/New Students:
Your username and password will be emailed to the personal email account we have for you on file. Please use the online tools at https://srs.humber.ca if you do not know your username and password.
Former Students/Former Applicants/Alumni:
Log into SRS using the same username (example BCDF1234) and password you used to access on-campus computers, Blackboard, HMail, and most other Humber technical services. Please use the online tools at https://srs.humber.ca if you do not know your username and password.
Help & Support:
Please contact the Support Centre at 416.675.6622 X8888 or 1.866.484.6622 for login assistance.
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Please note Canada Post will not be operating on Monday, November 12, 2012 in observation of Remembrance Day. As a result, Canada Post will not be any delivering or picking up mail on November 12, 2012. Humber will still maintain regular mail services as scheduled. All outgoing mail will be mailed on Tuesday, November 13, 2012.
For more information or inquiries, please contact: Ashfaque Khan
Phone: 416.675.6622 ext. 4363.
North Campus, Lecture Hall
11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Lakeshore CampusL Builidng, Second Floor
11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Events:
Come out and celebrate International Education Week with the International Centre student ambassadors as we help spread awareness of where our students are from by creating a uniquely immersive event where the audience can experience their culture through images, performances, food samples and much more.
International Education Week is a week-long event recognized worldwide beginning Monday, November 12, 2012 - Friday, November 16, 2012.
Join us next week as we showcase:
This list of land surveying equipment has been declared surplus, if you are interested in acquiring any item(s) on this list please submit a bid to purchasing@humber.ca by Tuesday November 6, 2012. To download the list, please click here.
North and Lakeshore Campuses continue to collect your old wireless devices and accessories until November 15!
Collection boxes are in the HSF offices at North and Lakeshore campuses. All Humber community can contribute!
Did you know?!
Check out this article about “The Environmental Costs (and benefits) of our Cell Phones” from Treehugger (2009)
Brought to you by Humber’s Sustainability Coordinating Committee
Contact: sustainability@humber.ca
Waste Reduction Week
Humber Sustainability Website
In the spirit of diversity and inclusion, we provide the following list of multifaith holy days & festivals realizing that it is not exhaustive.
Should you wish your faith’s days to be included, please contact the Chaplain for cosideration.
Phone: 416.675.6622 ext. 4427
Email: chaplain@humber.ca
01 Thursday
Bashkakodini-Giizis (Aboriginal-Ojibwe)
Water Freezing Moon; National Native Month (Canada); Aboriginal Education Month (Humber College).
All Saints’ Day (Christianity)
Honours known and unknown saints throughout the history of Christianity.
02 Friday
Karva Chauth or Karwachauth (Hinduism)
Celebrates the story of a newly-married queen’s care for her husband, the king, in which women fast for one day until moonrise for the long-life and health of their husbands, with the first such fast especially important. At moonrise, the husband feeds the first morsel of food to his wife.
All Souls Day (Christianity-Catholicism)
A day for prayers of intercession by the living faithful to help cleanse the souls of those departed.
04 Sunday
End of Daylight Savings Time (Canada)
Qudrat (Baha’i)
Qudrat, meaning Power, is the thirteenth month of the Baha’i year.
07 Wednesday
Take Your Kids to Work Day (Canada)
Parents take their children to their workplace; an educational, fun experience.
09 Friday
Remembrance Day Ceremonies (Humber College)
Ceremonies are held at each main campus to honour Canadian soldiers who fought in the two World Wars and other conflicts.
11 Sunday
Remembrance Day (Canada)
A day of remembrance to honour Canadian soldiers who died in The Great War and World War II and those who have given their lives in similar conflicts in service of their country and for freedom since then. Many wear a red poppy as a symbol of this commemoration.
12 Monday
Birth of Baha'u'llah (Baha'i)
The birth of the founder of the Baha’i faith; Baha’is suspend work on this day.
13 Tuesday
New Moon
Total Solar Eclipse (Equatorial)
Diwali or Festival of Lights (Sikhism, Hinduism)
A popular festival dedicated to the Goddess Kali in Bengal and Lakshmi, Goddess of Wealth, in the rest of India and is associated with stories about the destruction of evil by Vishnu in one of his many manifestations.
Mahavira Jayanti (Jainism)
The Festival of Lamps and celebrates the attainment by Lord Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara, of nirvana and release from the cycle of rebirth (moksha).
15 Thursday
Hijra or First of Muharram (Islam)
The start of a ten day festival to celebrate the Hijra (migration) of Mohammed and his followers from Mecca to Medina, where the first Islamic ummah (community) was established, in 622 CE.
Shichi-Go-San (Shinto)
Prayers are offered for the growth and long life of younger children. They dress up and their parents take them to a shrine to visit a guardian deity.
23 Friday
Qawl (Speech) (Baha’i)
Qawl, meaning Speech, if the fourteenth month of the Baha’i year.
24 Saturday
Ashura (Islam)
Commemorates the martyrdom of Husain (Prophet Mohammad’s grandson) observed by Shi’ites on the 10th day of Muharram.
Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji(Sikhism)
Commemorates the death of the ninth Guru who is remembered for his defence of the Sikh faith and also of Hinduism and religious liberty.
25 Sunday
St. Catherine's Day (Christianity)
Commemorates a Christian martyr of Alexandria in the fourth century A.D.
26 Monday
The Day of the Covenant (Baha’i)
Anniversary of the appointment of Abdul-Baha, the son of Baha’u’llah, as the Centre of the Covenant.
28 Wednesday
Full Moon
Lunar Eclipse (Equatorial)
The Ascension of ‘Abdul-Baha (Baha’i)
Commemorates the death of ‘Abdul-Baha who guarded the unity of the Baha’I faith.
Birth of Guru Nanak Dev Ji (Sikhism-Bikarami)
The founder of the Sikh faith and the first of the Ten Gurus, was born in 1469 CE. An accomplished poet, 974 of his hymns are in the Sikh scriptures, the Guru Granth Sahib.
Lokasha Jayanti (Jainism)
The full moon of the calendar’s first month is a time to celebrate the births of revered and scholarly persons, the most famous of whom is the 15th Century reformer Lonka Saha whose opposition to temple worship and the use of images led to the founding of the Sthanakavasi sect, which emphasizes scholarship.