The School of Social and Community Services is pleased to announce that Jeanine Webber will assume the role of Associate Dean, effective August 11, 2014.

Jeanine brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to the Associate Dean role. She holds a Master of Social Work and a Ph.D. in Social Work, both from the University of Toronto. She began her career in the area of correctional services where she held numerous positions including Parole Supervisor, Case Management Officer, Program Development and Evaluation Officer and she was the Head of Correctional Programs for the Correctional Service of Canada (Ontario).

Jeanine joined Humber as a part-time faculty member in 2006 and became a full-time faculty member in 2008. She is the coordinator of the Criminal Justice degree program and she has led several research projects at Humber, including a current project evaluating the Toronto Police Service’s Neighbourhood Policing program. Jeanine is involved with numerous community agencies and is a member of the Board of Directors of the International Community Corrections Association.

Please join us in welcoming Jeanine to her new role.

Gina Antonacci
Dean, School of Social and Community Services

Humber faculty and staff now have the opportunity to nominate international students for the 2014 City of Toronto International Student Excellence Awards.

This is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate our students in front of a broad regional audience of institutions, corporate sponsors, and partners, as well as faculty, staff, and students from across southern Ontario. More detail on the award categories and nomination process is available here.

To date, a Humber student has never won one of these awards. In the past, the University of Toronto has taken home most of the awards, in large part because its faculty and staff have actively nominated many students.

This year, with your support, we’re hoping to see Humber students be acknowledged for awards in several categories.

Nominations can be submitted to Daniella Cross, Manager of International Marketing and Communications (daniella.cross@humber.ca) by July 11, 2014. The nominations will be reviewed, and Daniella will forward them to the City of Toronto for evaluation.

The Department of Liberal Studies would like to congratulate Professor Les Takahashi on his retirement. As a full-time faculty member since 1980, Les has taught a variety of courses – from Communications to Sociology to Humanities. His teaching was recognized in 2004 when he was awarded the Distinguished Faculty Award. Les has been a consummate professional throughout his Humber career and a valuable member of the department. He will be missed by faculty, staff and students alike. Please join us in wishing Les a long, happy and healthy retirement.

The Department of English would like to bid a fond farewell to David Wallace, who will be retiring from faculty this June.

David Wallace began teaching at Humber in 1993 as a part-time appointee and became a full-time faculty member in 2002. From 2008 to 2012, David served as program coordinator in the department, with responsibility for all COMM and degree elective English courses at the North campus. Over the course of his career, David has not only taught a wide variety of English courses but has also been instrumental in developing writing courses for Humber’s degree programs and a more reading-focused writing curriculum, particularly in COMM 200 and 213. David has also had an on-going interest in the changing concept of literacy and has written and presented on this topic frequently over the years.  David has every intention of continuing this interest during retirement.