The Humber International Centre would like to take this opportunity to thank the faculty and staff who took the time to nominate international students for the 2014 City of Toronto International Student Excellence Awards.
These awards offer the opportunity to celebrate our students in front of a broad regional audience of institutions, corporate sponsors, partners, faculty, staff, and international students from across southern Ontario. More detail on the award categories and nomination process is available here.
Four Humber international students were nominated in three categories:
Academic Excellence – Jeff Ong Boon Keat
Arts & Culture – Gavin Lu
Community Services – Ramona Robinson
Community Services – Vinh Quang Tran
We’ll keep you updated on the results – please keep your fingers crossed for our Humber nominees!
Announcements
Notice Of Hydro Service Interruption
North Campus
Service shutdown has been scheduled for:
Saturday, August 9th 11:59 p.m. to Sunday, August 10th 1 a.m.
Location: North Campus buildings E, F, FX, JF, D, C, G and DX.
A short power shut down is required beginning at 11:59 p.m. on Saturday, August 9, 2014, with power returning at 1 a.m. on Sunday, August 10th. Emergency power will be available.
If you have any questions, please contact Larry Rinaldo, Manager Plant Services at 416.675.6622 EXT 4454
Integrated Accessibility Standards Regulation & Ontario Human Rights Code Training
Under the Information and Communications Standard of the AODA (2005), Humber College is required to provide all employees with Integrated Accessibility Standards Regulation and Ontario Human Rights Code Training (IASR/OHRC Training).
All Humber employees who are full-time, part-time, sessional, contract and work-study students are required to complete the IASR/OHRC Training, as legislated by the AODA (2005). Please note that the IASR/OHRC Training is the third and final training requirement under the AODA (2005). It is required to be completed in addition to the Accessibility Awareness Training for Educators and the Accessible Customer Service Standard Training.
To access the 30-minute online Integrated Accessibility Standards Regulation & Ontario Human Rights Code training module:
Step 1: Go to hrs.humber.ca/human-rights-equity-diversity.html
Step 2: Scroll down to “Training Programs” and click on the tab: “IASR & Human Rights Training
Step 3: On completion of training:
I. Log in using your Humber log-in information
II. Fill in the date of completion on the certificate, if necessary; and
III. Email the certificate to humanrights@humber.ca
Thank you for ensuring Humber’s compliance with the AODA (2005).
For assistance, please contact Kathy Provost, AODA Coordinator at kathleen.provost@humber.ca or at 416.675.6622 ext. 5647.
The Business School participated at the 155th Anniversary of the Queen’s Plate on Sunday, July 6th, 2014 at Woodbine Entertainment where fashion, food, music, fun, and horses all come together. The Hats & Horseshoes event attracts approximately 35, 000 people annually and is the largest continuously run stakes in Canada and the United States. With the help of The Placement Centre, Humber College was represented in a fabulously and whimsically decorated tent where attendees had the opportunity to learn about the programs offered at Humber College. It was a great opportunity to support our community partner, Woodbine Entertainment, and a wonderful opportunity for Humber College students to network.
A special thanks to the enthusiastic and energetic team at The Placement Centre, including Antoniette DiMarco (Manager), Laurie Bradford and Mary Cantisano (Business Degree Placement Advisors); and another special thanks to the Humber College students who assisted and attended the Queen’s Plate.
After a 43 year association with Humber College, Bob Botham will be retiring from Humber at the end of this month as a Director within the Information Technology Services department. Over this time, Bob has had a unique opportunity to see the growth and evolution of Humber. In addition to noting how Humber has grown in terms of students and programs, Bob recalls how the institution has evolved from “a couple of buildings and a barn” in a rural setting to two modern urban campuses.
Bob’s personal association with Humber started as a student. After graduating, Bob became an employee of Humber and held numerous positions with the college. During this time, Bob was involved with and led many initiatives that introduced technology and computing to support administration and the delivery of academic curriculum.
Over the years, Bob has had the opportunity to serve on many of the college committees including Academic Council. Bob also had the opportunity to represent Humber on external committees. Over the last twelve years, Bob has been a member of the board of directors of GTAnet, a regional network in the Greater Toronto Area that supports education, research, health and the public sector community.
On behalf of the Humber community, please join me in wishing Bob all the best in his retirement.
Scott R. Briggs, MMSc
Chief Information Officer
An AODA audit is currently being implemented at Humber College, and all employees who are full-time, part-time, sessional, contract and work-study students are encouraged to complete the IASR/OHRC Training, as legislated by the AODA (2005).
To access the IASR online training module, please visit the Human Rights, Equity & Diversity website at hrs.humber.ca/training-modules/iasr-aoda-training.html
Thank you for ensuring Humber’s compliance with the AODA (2005).
For assistance, please contact Kathy Provost, AODA Coordinator at kathleen.provost@humber.ca or at 416.675.6622 ext. 5647.
Facilities and Capital Development is pleased to announce Tracey Bickford as the successful candidate for the Business Manager position. Tracey will provide leadership and expertise to ensure facilities business services and financial reporting operate smoothly. She will aid in the formulation and implementation of processes and practices that support the department, as well as the Humber Community.
Tracey comes to us from York University where she spent 17 years in several progressive roles. Most recently, Tracey was the Finance and Administrative Officer within the Office of the Dean for Graduate Studies. In this role, Tracey oversaw administration, forecasting and modeling of graduate student funding, as well as annual budget submissions and five year rolling budgets for the department. In addition to responsibilities in finance, Tracey also brings great experience in team leadership, change management and process modernization.
Tracey has her Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Guelph and will be working towards her Certified Professional Accountant (CPA) designation.
Please join me in welcoming Tracey to Humber and the Facilities and Capital Development team.
Thanks,
Nick Heibein
Associate Director of Facilities Business Intelligence
Facilities and Capital Development
The Principal’s Office and everyone at Lakeshore Campus would like to bid a very fond farewell to Cheryl DeRooy who has decided to take an early retirement as of August 29, 2014. Cheryl began at Humber in 1997 as the part-time receptionist at the Lakeshore Campus. During this time, she also completed a one day a week secondment in the School of Creative and Performing Arts. In 2000, she became full-time working as the Lakeshore Campus Receptionist. In 2001, she started providing the support to Pat Ferbyack (retiring 2001), Ian Smith (retiring in 2009) and then Pamela Hanft (retiring in 2012) and presently Wanda Buote in their role as Principal.
Over the years, Cheryl has established meaningful relationships with everyone who has worked with her. She is a very special woman and will be greatly missed at Humber, especially in the Principal’s Office. We wish to thank Cheryl for her many contributions to the Humber community and wish her all the best in her retirement.
Please join us in celebrating Cheryl’s retirement on August 28th at 3 p.m. in A170 (the formerly known as the Blue Room).
Wanda Buote
Purchasing, along with Marketing & Communications are pleased to announce that through a competitive bid process including the technical and pricing evaluation, we have just awarded the new contract for Writing Services. You can obtain your requirements from any of the eight newly awarded vendors.
An excel spreadsheet has been posted on the finance website humber.ca/finance/resources or here will show you fixed prices for hourly, daily, half day, overtime and holiday rates and their contact information on the Vendors of Record excel spreadsheet.
Please note that when it is time to put through a requisition, a new commodity code has been added for Writing Services 802 which should be used for any Writing projects.