Introducing the November edition of the First Year Experience North Campus Newsletter! If you know of a first year student who could use a peer mentor, please refer them to the First Year Experience program where they can register online at humber.ca/first-year-experience. The first edition can be found here.
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Humber's L Space Gallery offers a new line-up of exhibitions for Winter 2015. Annual favourites such as 'Pixel Perfect' and the 'Humber Art Show', with new additions such as 'Mother, Newborn & Child' and '100 Years of Fashion'.
Presented by 8 different programs and departments, there are many opportunities for students to learn about various subject matter through the arts. To schedule class visits and to discuss how exhibitions can be linked to curricula, contact Curator Tara Mazurk at tara.mazurk@humber.ca
humber.ca/lakeshorecampus/lspacegallery/exhibits/coming-soon
Download the order form here
The Call for Proposals for May 2015-May 2016 exhibitions at Humber’s Gallery is now open! In addition to the Lakeshore gallery, we’re excited to announce a new gallery space at the North Campus, scheduled to open in September 2015.
Since 2012, Humber's Gallery has acted as a learning lab for students, faculty & staff, and industry organizations. Through an arts-based approach, we can find new ways to educate, promote, and engage with various subject matter. With our focus on innovation at Humber College, the gallery is the public platform in which that creativity is encouraged and activated.
We hope that your school, program, or department will consider an exhibition for the 2015-16 academic year. You do not need to be an artist or curator - just bring a creative idea to your proposal and the gallery staff will help guide you through the exhibition process.
Please review the Application Form and Terms & Conditions (http://www.humber.ca/lakeshorecampus/lspacegallery/resources) or contact Curator, Tara Mazurk (tara.mazurk@humber.ca) to receive a proposal package.
PROPOSAL DEADLINES:
For Summer (May to August 2015) Exhibitions: January 20th, 2015 by 5pm.
For Fall/Winter (September 2015 to May 2016) Exhibitions: April 3rd, 2015 by 5pm
We can’t wait to see Humber’s creative ideas for the upcoming academic year!
The International Centre is currently collecting ice skates. If you have a pair that you are no longer using, you have grown out of, or simply do not want, please drop them off in the International Centre (Lake H100A or North D224) and we will put them to good use! Our International students are eager to try ice skating this winter and we need your donations to help make this winter activity a great success. Skates of any size are welcome.
Thank you!
Please join me in congratulating Professor Muhammad Sid-Ahmad from the Department of English in the School of Liberal Arts & Sciences, on the successful completion of his doctorate at the University of Toronto.
Muhammad’s thesis, titled, Hayy bin Yaqzan and His Influence on Early-Modern England was supervised by Dr. Mary Nyquist, who has been recognized on numerous occasions for her works on Milton and feminism. Other members of his committee included Professor Suzanne Akbari, noted author in the field of Medieval Literary History and Western Literature; Professor Paul Stevens, Canada Research Chair in Early Modern Literature and culture, and Nabil Matar, external examiner, whose work has changed the perception of Anglo-Muslim relations in the early modern period.
As noted by his external examiners, “this dissertation presents an innovative interpretation of the influence of Hayy ibn Yaqzan on three English writers: John Milton, John Locke, and Daniel Defoe.”
Please join me in congratulating Professor Prasad Bidaye from the Department of English in the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, on the successful completion of his doctorate at the University of Toronto in the Department of English and in collaboration with the Centre for South Asian Studies.
Prasad’s thesis, titled, Tropologies of Indianness in Anglophone Colonial and Postcolonial South Asian Fiction was supervised by Dr. Chelva Kanganayakam, Professor in the Department of English at the University of Toronto. Other members of his committee included Dr. Uzoma Esonwanne and Dr. Victor Li, and his external examiners were Professors Rahul Sapra (Associate Professor, Ryerson University) and Suzanne Conklin Akbari (English and Medieval Studies, University of Toronto).
As noted by his external examiners, “[b]y using the lens of Neo-Vedantic metaphysics to read the concept of Indianness in South Asian fiction, the thesis makes a significant contribution [to] Postcolonial studies”
Paula Gouveia
Dean, Liberal Arts and Sciences
The Business School recently hosted two visiting professors from Business Academy Aarhus in Denmark. While at Humber, they had the opportunity to audit courses, facilitate a lesson, exchange ideas with and learn from Humber colleagues and participate in other professional development opportunities with the Centre for Teaching and Learning.
In an evaluation of the two-week program, one Aarhus professor stated, “I very much enjoyed participating in the classroom lectures. The excellent [Humber] professors have a very high level of knowledge about what they teach. It is clear to me that they represent excellence in what they do. There is no doubt in my mind that Humber is a great place to both work and study. You are doing a great job!”
The First Year Experience (FYE) program is proud to host a Winter Clothing Drive this holiday season.
Staff and students are asked to bring new and/or gently used winter clothing items (jackets, scarfs, gloves, hats, etc.) to donate to local shelters in the GTA.
Every bit helps! Please drop off to H217 North (Peer Programs Office)
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Humber Employee Engagement Survey (November 17-28) – How do I participate?
The Employee Engagement Survey is an important institutional initiative that will help us to make Humber an even better place to work and learn. The online survey will be anonymous and take approximately 20 minutes to complete.
Watch your inbox for a personalized invitation from CCI Research – the external research firm that will administer the survey and conduct analysis on the responses – the email will contain a link to the secure website. The survey link will be live from November 17-28. You do not have to complete the survey in one session, and will be free to save your responses and return at a later date. We need your input and encourage you to respond to the survey as soon as possible.
Visit humber.ca/employeesurvey for more information about the survey.