Peer Assisted Learning Support and the Math & Writing Centre are hosting Last Call for Fall taking place on November 24, 25, 29 and 30. The event will offer virtual and in-person academic support and wellness activities for all Humber and University of Guelph-Humber students as they reach the end of the fall semester. 

Join us for free games, prizes, 1:1 and group tutoring sessions, wellness activities and more! 

Support provided by Academic & Career Success Centre, Equity & Student Life, Peer Wellness Education and Programs, Math & Writing Centre, The BASE, and SWAC.  

View attached calendar

For more information please contact Sarah Musto (Coordinator, Peer Learning Programs) at sarah.musto@humber.ca or Nafeeza Kadir (Manager, Student Learning Services) at nafeeza.kadir@humber.ca.

Launching next week, we are pleased to be able to offer a new student-focussed wellness support resource hosted by Humber College post-graduate students enrolled in the Wellness Coaching Program in partnership with IGNITE and Student Wellness & Equitable Learning.

Peer-Led Wellness Groups will be running once a week from October 15 to December 14. Each week, a new topic will be addressed in a 40-minute group designed to generate peer-led discussion amongst students as it concerns various wellness topics.

Below is a list of topics, dates and times as well as the Eventbrite links for our first two groups. Please share with any students or student groups who might be interested in attending: 

Peer-Led Wellness Groups - Fall 2021 Schedule

Attend and students could win:

• A $10.00 gift card for attending at least two groups; students can choose from Walmart, Amazon, or Skip the Dishes.
• Students will be entered into our grand-prize draw for each group that they attend. More information to be announced.

If you have any questions, please reach out to Sean Connors at sean.connors@humber.ca.

Humber College is committed to providing a learning, working and living environment that respects and reflects the diversity within the student population and our local and global communities. In developing Humber’s Institutional Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Framework and Strategy, the Centre for Human Rights, Equity & Inclusion re-established Humber’s Employment Equity Program (EEP). One of the steps in the EEP is to conduct an Employment Systems Review (ESR). The ESR Project will be conducted under the direction of the Centre for Human Rights, Equity & Inclusion and Humber’s Human Rights, Equity & Inclusion Committee.

The ESR examines employment policies, practices and organizational culture to identify systemic barriers to inclusion faced by Indigenous Peoples and individuals from equity-deserving groups in the Humber workforce. The ESR findings will support Humber to develop evidence-based strategies to create, implement and sustain the organizational change process necessary to increase equity, diversity and inclusion throughout all levels of the College.

The key project activities are a review of Humber’s employment systems policies and programs, consultations with key stakeholders and the development of an Employment Equity Plan. This will be supported by a communication strategy to educate, inform and engage employees.

In these meetings, the consultants will ask about the organizational culture at Humber and how the human resources employment policies and procedures can be enhanced. They will seek your suggestions on possible changes to advance EDI at the College. Information provided to the consultants will be reported in aggregate form.

Thank you to all who attended the first ESR Focus Group Open Session.

Two additional ESR Focus Group Open Sessions have been scheduled with the consultants:

• Saturday, November 20, 2021 - 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
  Register for this session
• Wednesday, November 24, 2021 - 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
  Register for this session

Please note: Multiple ESR Focus Groups will be held with the consultants. To enable as many faculty and staff participation in these focus groups, kindly attend only one ESR Focus Group meeting.

The Centre for Human Rights, Equity & Inclusion thanks you for helping to build a more inclusive Humber.

Sincerely,
Nancy Simms M.A. ADR
Director, Human Rights, Equity & Inclusion and Lead, EDI Taskforce

Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) is an annual observance on November 20 that honors the memory of the transgender people whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence.

All Humber community members are welcome to join Student Success and Engagement for an ally-led observance of Transgender Day of Remembrance on Friday, November 19, from 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. (EST).

This will be time dedicated to pausing and reflecting on how we can strengthen our collective support of the Transgender community at Humber College. We encourage staff and faculty to join us in this important dialogue.

To attend this event please fill out the Eventbrite link and also please feel free to connect with chantal.joy@humber.ca should you have any questions or accommodation requests.

Please note that the LGBTQ+ Resource Centre will also be hosting a variety of student-centered events to honour and support the Transgender student community.