Announcements

When:
December 5, 2013
December 5, 2013

The Business School is very pleased to announce the facilitators for the four-month SEDS winter workshop opportunity in Indonesia. The workshops will continue to focus on applied entrepreneurship development, and this round will include an emphasis on gender, governance, and environment. The successful candidates are:

  • Sandie Heirwegh
  • Dr. Rose Ann MacGillivray
  • Ianinta Sembiring
  • Melanie Shulman

Sandie Heirwegh, APEC-CBC, CITP. Sandie is a certified Business counselor through the Asia Pacific Economic Corporation (APEC) and has received certified International Trade Professional designation through the Forum for International Trade Training. She brings a wealth of experience in the design, delivery, and management of entrepreneurial development supports and activities that service economically disadvantaged individuals locally, nationally, and globally. Sandie has previously been involved with development projects with Humber in Tanzania and Zimbabwe and has hosted delegations here in Canada. She has worked with the Hamilton and District Chamber of Commerce and received the 2008 Woman of Distinction Award in Business, Industry & Entrepreneurship.

Dr. Rose Ann MacGillivray, J.S.D. Rose Ann holds a Doctor of Juridical Science and a Master of Laws both from the University of Toronto with a focus in international trade law, and a Bachelor of Arts from St. Francis Xavier University in Economics and Mathematics. Rose Ann has been a Professor at Humber with The Business School since 2010 and previously worked as the Chair of the School of Financial Services at George Brown, and Course Director at the Schulich School of Business. Rose Ann was a visiting fellow at the Nanyang Business School, Nanyang University in Singapore. She brings extensive entrepreneurship experience both in the public and private sectors, as well as curriculum development and gender equality experience to the project.

Ianinta Sembiring, LL.M. Ianinta holds a Master of Laws in International Economics and Business Law from Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Atma Jaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia and is a member of AIESEC Indonesia. Ianinta has worked as a Coordinator for the Social Entrepreneurship Program at the Universitas Ciputra in Surabaya, Indonesia and a Mentoring Program Coordinator with The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) in New Delhi, India. She has experience creating and managing curriculum, facilitating workshops with university lecturers, and managing community development projects and building relationships with local stakeholders related to entrepreneurship. Ianinta is fluent in Bahasa Indonesia and native to Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Melanie Shulman, LL.M, B.Ed. Melanie holds a Master of Laws in International and European Protection of Human Rights from Utrecht University, The Netherlands, and a Bachelor of Education from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto, with a focus in Business and Politics. Melanie has been working as an Instructor at Humber since 2010 and has been the Program Coordinator of the Law Clerk program since 2012. Melanie has previously facilitated “Opening Your Practice” with the Law Society of Upper Canada – a course focused on business planning for lawyers, and has worked with the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General, the Ontario Human Rights Commission, and completed an internship with the Legal Resources Foundation in Zambia.

We are thrilled to have the facilitators on board, and believe the skill-sets and background they bring will complement each other nicely and will benefit both the project and the partners’ interests greatly.

Please join me in welcoming them to the SEDS project!

For information on upcoming facilitation opportunities with the project, please email idihiring@humber.ca.

Thank you,

Lisa
Lisa Anketell, M.Ed.
Manager, International Development Institute
The Business School 

When:
December 5, 2013
December 5, 2013

 

For more information, please contact: Barbara Annecchiarico
Email: barbara.annecchiarico@humber.ca

When:
December 4, 2013
December 4, 2013

Your feedback is important to us. Humber Libraries has a trial for the Ipsos News & Polls eResource.

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When:
December 3, 2013
December 3, 2013
 WE ARE WISHING YOU JOY THIS HOLIDAY SEASON
 
Send Humber’s eco-friendly holiday greeting.
 
Enjoy our holiday e-card and share best wishes of the season with your associates, business partners and community.
 
 Humber wishes all faculty and staff a happy, healthy holiday season. 
 
 
http://www.humber.ca/happyholidays/
 
We encourage you to share this Humber holiday image and e-card link, along with your own personal holiday wishes, with your associates, business partners and community contacts – it’s a green alternative to holiday greetings.  Just copy and paste the image and link above to your email message.
When:
December 2, 2013
December 2, 2013

We are pleased to present a celebration of contemporary & classic Canadian children's book illustration in tandem with The Canadian Society for Children's Authors, Illustrators & Performers' (CANSCAIP's) 29th annual PYI conference. The exhibition showcases a range of seasoned professionals & emerging artists with the goal of increasing awareness of the importance of the Canadian children's book industry.

This is a must-attend show for aspiring authors, illustrators & supporters of Canadian children's literature. The exhibition displays work from across the country and is a testament to the legacy and ongoing success of the industry. Illustrations Include work by Award-Winning Canadian Artists Barbara Reid (The Night Before Christmas), Michael Martchenko (Pigs, Moira's Birthday), Phoebe Gilman (Jillian Jiggs), Kevin Sylvester (Splinters), Suzanne Del Rizzo (Skink on the Brink) and more.

Exhibition Runs from November 15 to December 10, 2013.

Wondering what else we have been up to? Check out more gallery updates by viewing our newsletter!

For more information, please contact:
Tara Mazurk
Phone: 416.570.9547
Email: tara.mazurk@humber.ca

 

When:
November 29, 2013
November 29, 2013

In the spirit of diversity and inclusion, we provide the following Multifaith Holy Days & Festivals realizing that it is not exhaustive.

01 Sunday
Mnidoo-Giisoons (Aboriginal-Ojibwe)
Little Spirit Moon.
First Sunday of Advent (Christianity-Western)
Begins the four-week preparation for Christmas

03 Tuesday New Moon

05 Thursday
Hanukkah (Judaism) ends: Nov 28 to Dec 05
(The Festival of Lights and Feast of Dedication)
Commemorates the victory of Judah the Maccabee for religious freedom plus the rededication of the temple in 165 BCE. Hannukkah begins at sundown the prior day.

06 Friday
St. Nicholas Day (Christianity-Eastern)
Celebrates St. Nicholas (from third century Asia Minor) as the protector children and the bringer of gifts. Children leave shoes before a chimney or outside the front door of the home in the hope of obtaining Christmas treats.

08 Sunday
Bodhi Day(Buddhism)
Celebrates the day when Prince Siddharta Gautama) sat under the Bodhi tree vowing to remain there until he attained enlightenment.
Feast of the Immaculate Conception
(Christianity-Catholicism)
Celebrates the birth of Mary, the Mother of Jesus, as being conceived without sin.

12 Thursday
Masa’il (Baha’i)
Masa’il, meaning Questions, is the fifteenth month of the Baha’i year.

17 Tuesday
Full Moon

21 Saturday
December (Winter) Solstice
The time when the Winter season begins.
Yule (Wicca)
Celebrates the new year, in the Anglo-Saxon and northern traditions of Wicca, with the birth of the God as the Winter-born King symbolized by the rebirth of the life-giving and life-sustaining sun; a time for ritually shedding the dross of the past year to contemplate spiritual development for the year ahead.
Tohji-Tasai (Shinto)
Celebrates the end of the sun’s period of decline (Yin) and its forthcoming renewal of strength (Yang).

25 Wednesday
Christmas (Christianity-Western)
Celebrates the birth of Jesus, whom Christians worship as the Christ and Saviour of the world.

26 Thursday
Death of Zarathustra (Zoroastrianism)
Celebrates Zarathustra (Zoroaster), founder of the Zoroastrian faith (dates uncertain).
Kwanzaa to Jan 01/2013(West African / North American)
Celebrated by North Americans of West African descent in recognition of their African and family heritage.
St. Stephen’s Day (Christianity-Western)
Commemorates Stephen who died as the first Christian martyr.
Boxing Day (Christianity-Western)
Collections of gifts are given to those in need.

31 Monday
Sharaf(Baha’i)
Sharaf, meaning Honour, is the sixteenth month if the Baha’i year.
Ghambar Maidyarem to Jan 04(Zoroastrianism)
Celebrates the creation of the animals and is the time for equitable food sharing.
Omisoka (Shinto)
To celebrate the new year, Shinto temples ring bells 108 times to remove the worldly desires of persons seeking a long life.


Should you wish your faith’s days to be included, please contact the Chaplain for consideration.

Phone: 416.675.6622 ext.4427
Email: chaplain@humber.ca

 

When:
November 28, 2013
November 28, 2013

The Business School would like to congratulate this year’s Ontario Colleges Marketing Competition (OCMC) Team! The event was hosted by St. Clair College in Windsor on November 21 – 22, 2013.

Humber Placed in the following categories:

  • Sales Presentation 1st place - James Adams
  • International Marketing 1st Place - Jonathan Steinberg and Sonya Parolin
  • Direct Marketing 4th Place - Linh Nguyen and Richard Dragunowksi
  • Quiz Bowl 1st Place - Anastasiia Myronenko
  • Quiz Bowl 2nd Place - Luba Klochkova

Thanks to all of our faculty coaches for their tremendous dedication, to our industry employers and members of the Marketing Advisory Council for helping judge our practice sessions, an especially to our students whose hard work and dedication were awe-inspiring. We are very proud of our team.

 

When:
November 27, 2013
November 27, 2013

All tests and exams which are submitted to the Test Centre must be accompanied by a completed referral form.

This referral form provides us with crucial information about the test or exam to ensure that we are following the rules and guidelines of the test/exam as set out by the faculty member. These rules and regulations of the test/exam include:

  • The length of time the student is permitted to write the test/exam
  • The final date the student has to write the test/exam
  • Authorized materials which the student can use to write their test (calculators, open notes, exam booklet, etc.).

The lower half of the sheet allows instructors to fill out the testing accommodations which are relevant to the student, if they are registered with Disability Services and have a Memo to Faculty.

For your convenience, the Test Centre Referral Form can be found on our website at www.humber.ca/test-centre/faculty-guidelines-missed-test or hardcopies of the Referral Form are available in our Testing Centres or Divisional Offices. Gold Forms are for Humber exams, and green forms are for GH exams.

We appreciate all tests/exams being submitted to the Testing Centre at least 2 business days prior to the student test date. Please ensure all tests/exams you are submitting to the Test Centre have a completed Referral Form attached.

Should you have any questions regarding completing one of these forms, please contact us for more information.

Leah Barclay
Phone: 416.675.6622 ext. x4696
Email: leah.barclay@humber.ca

When:
November 27, 2013
November 27, 2013

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


THE HUMBER LITERARY REVIEW
TO DEBUT IN MAY 2014

Toronto, ON - Announcing the launch of THE HUMBER LITERARY REVIEW, a new literary and arts magazine established by the English Department of Humber College.  The journal's debut issue is scheduled to arrive in May 2014.

The HLR editorial collective boasts a diverse range of writers, academics, critics, visual artists, and linguists, united by a mission to publish the best fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from both prominent and emerging voices. Our ambition is to find and share work that is provocative, inspiring, entertaining, and exciting — writing that impels you to read more (and, we hope, contribute).

Submissions by genre can be sent to the following accounts:

fiction@humberliteraryreview.com poetry@humberliteraryreview.com 
essays@humberliteraryreview.com  art@humberliteraryreview.com

For submission details, and more information on THE HUMBER LITERARY REVIEW, please visit humberliteraryreview.com.

CONTACT:
Meaghan Strimas
meaghan@strimas@humber.ca

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When:
November 27, 2013


 

Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning is pleased to announce the appointment of Andrew Ainsworth as Director, Professional and Continuing Education for the School of Media Studies and Information Technology, effective November 25, 2013.

Andrew has over 20 years of experience in television and film production, including teaching and administering film and media programs in both the public and private sectors. Andrew first joined Humber in August 2009 as the Program Coordinator and Professor for the Post Production for Film and Television Graduate Certificate program. In his role, he has also taught in the Film and Media Production degree as well as developed curriculum and established industry partnerships.

Most recently, Andrew was on a faculty secondment to the Centre for Teaching and Learning where he was developing the Centre’s multi-media capacity and web channel. He trained faculty on the flipped classroom and media practice as well as writing a framework for MOOCs. In 2012 and 2013, Andrew delivered his presentation “Making Class the Best Movie Your Students Have Ever Seen” to conferences in Toronto, Philadelphia and Dallas.

In his new role, Andrew will provide academic, management, and administrative leadership in the development and implementation of both funded and fee-for-service Professional and Continuing Education activities. He will be responsible for implementing and shaping the vision for the School in Professional and Continuing Education and creating dynamic and innovative learning environments. Andrew is currently enrolled in the Leadership Cohort of the M. Ed. Program at OISE. He holds an MA in Film and Video Production (University of Texas at Austin), a Post Graduate Diploma in Communications Studies (Concordia University) and BSc. in Renewable Resource Development (McGill University).

Please join me in congratulating Andrew on his most recent success!

Guillermo Acosta
Dean, School of Media Studies and Information Technology

 

 

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