October is Disability Employment Awareness Month across Canada. More than 400 students and recent graduates from Humber, the University of Guelph-Humber (UGH) and Seneca registered for this morning’s Transition to Work symposium to learn about disability employment issues.

Keynote speaker, Pina D’Intinio of Aequum Global Access, stressed the importance of being your own advocate, at school and in the workplace, and encouraged everyone with a disability to learn about both their rights and responsibilities as well as those of employers.

Four industry experts made-up a panel that talked about issues in the workplace for people with disabilities. Sandi Gauder, Lizz Noble, Aiann Oishi, and Rosanne Barlias each provided their individual insights and answered audience questions.

In addition, staff from Humber, UGH and Seneca outlined the resources available to help students prepare for their move into the workplace.

The event provided a lot of information and a lot of inspiration for learners.

Transition to Work events will be held throughout the school year and all students with disabilities are encouraged to attend.

To learn more about other events offered by Advising & Career Services, or to visit the Transition to Work page, please visit Humber's Advising & Career Services webpage.

A reminder that registration is now open for the Anthology-hosted, Academic Innovation Summit at Humber College happening on Tuesday, October 3, 2023.

Faculty (full-time and non-full-time), staff, and admin are invited to register at no cost. 

This event is open to attendees from any post-secondary institution, so be sure to sign up early to secure your seat. Anthology is Blackboard's parent company.

View the website for more information on the sessions.

We are less than three weeks away from Humber@TIFA 2023, our annual interdisciplinary conference. Just a reminder that this year's theme is Displacement and Diaspora; we are thrilled by the diversity and depth of the panel sessions that we'll be hosting.

We have not been able to host a face-to-face conference since 2019. To make our return to the Harbourfront Centre downtown a success, we would love to welcome you to the conference for free. View our program.

Our Plenary Panel and keynote on Friday, September 29 are particularly exciting:

• 2 p.m: Plenary Panel: Diasporic Palimpsests and Outernationalist Dub in the Work of Angela Aujla and Indigenous Resistance: Angela Aujla, MA ; Prasad Bidaye, PhD
  Location: Studio Theatre
• 4 p.m.: Keynote featuring Dr. Billy-Ray Belcourt, Indigenous scholar and writer
  Location: Studio Theatre

Both events will be followed by a short reception at the Boxcar Social at Harbourfront.

We will also be hosting a fascinating day of panels on Saturday, September 30. Breakfast and lunch are included.

https://humber.ca/tifa/2023-conference-program

Conference registration is now open. You can access registration via Eventbrite. The registration fee has been waived for Humber faculty, staff, and students.

Simply use the code 2023HUMBERTIFA when you register. 

Registration will be open until September 26. 

Our Eventbrite can be found here: http://bit.ly/47Ym1GA

Thank you for your support,

Jennifer Marotta and David Miller

Researchers: Join us to learn more about NSERC’s Applied Research and Development (ARD) grants to support research and development (R&D) projects led by college researchers in partnership with private sector, public sector or not-for-profit organizations based in Canada while encouraging collaboration with universities and/or other colleges.

This opportunity allows the development and strengthening of research links and collaborations between different institutions and/or partners that have a common goal of creating economic, social and/or environmental benefits while contributing to the research ecosystem continuum.

ARD Session Overview:

• ARD overview
• Completing an application
• ORI Support
• Additional information

Register now

If you have questions, please contact Raeshelle Morris-Griffith at raeshelle.morris@humber.ca.

Facilitator Bios:

Raeshelle Morris-Griffith is an Innovation Program Manager for the Office of Research & Innovation at Humber College. She holds a Masters in Leadership from the University of Guelph, a double major honours Bachelor’s Degree in Management and Organizational Studies from the University of Western Ontario and is also a certified project manager (PMP). She is trained in Creative Problem Solving, Values-Based Innovation through Values- Perspectives, Design Thinking, Change Management and Human-Centred Design. She has also obtained her Black Belt in Innovation Strategy Management through Innovation 360, which has equipped her to facilitate organizational design and transformation.

Juan Felipe Garcia An engineer by education, Felipe attained his bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Los Andes, Colombia, in 2018. His desire to pursue Project Management and his enthusiasm to explore the world beyond Colombia landed him in Canada in December 2019. He then acquired his post-graduate certificate in Project Management from Centennial College School of Business, Ontario, in 2020. Juan joined the ORI team as a Project Analyst, NSERC in 2022.