The Centre for Innovation in Health and Wellness (CIHW), in collaboration with SWEL and HROE, is excited to continue the Mindfulness@Humber series. Studies show mindfulness helps to reduce stress and anxiety, and we are proud to offer this initiative to help support a healthy and inclusive community at Humber.

Mindfulness@Humber offers virtual and in-person guided mindfulness meditation sessions to all members of the Humber community (staff, faculty and students) throughout the semester. Participants can register into any session(s) and choose the format that works best for them.

Virtual sessions through Microsoft Teams (20 minutes)

• November 25 at 10 a.m. & 2 p.m.
• November 24 at 10 a.m. & 12 p.m.
• November 28 at 10:30 a.m.

In-Person sessions: (North Campus, LRC 2112 - 30 minutes)

• November 23 at 9 a.m. & 12:30 p.m.
• November 30 at 1:30 p.m.

For more information, please email CHL@humber.ca.

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Join us virtually for a session with Dr. Arlo Kempf on Wednesday, November 30.

This session is for all Humber staff and faculty.  

Session objectives include: 

• Unpacking our racial biographies to better understand the role of race in our professional and personal lives; 
• Exploring racial socialization with a focus on the ways white people learn race, racism and white supremacy culture; 
• Recognizing the relationship between racial identity politics, and the operations of race, racism, and white supremacy culture at the institutional, structural and systemic levels; and 
• Critically examining white investment in the status quo.

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An MS Teams link will be shared with attendees prior to the event date .

About Arlo Kempf 

Arlo Kempf is Assistant Professor in the Department of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, of the University of Toronto. Arlo was also a Banting Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at the University of California Los Angeles. His areas of research expertise include critical whiteness, antiracism, anticolonialism, inclusion, and equity in education, as well as neoliberalism in education. Arlo was Director of OISE’s Teacher Education Program from 2015-2020, and has been working in teacher education for the past 15 years. Arlo is the editor of the internationally renowned education journal, Curriculum Inquiry. His sixth and most recent book is entitled Troubling Truth and Reconciliation in Canadian Education: Critical Perspectives, co-edited with Sandra Styres (University of Alberta Press, 2022). Arlo’s research has been published in a variety of top tier journals, and he regularly speaks at Canadian and international education conferences. His Ted Ed Talk on standardized testing has been viewed nearly one million times. Before becoming a professor, Arlo was a high school teacher for seven years in Toronto. 

Brought to you by The Unlearning Circle with the support of the EDI Taskforce. For more information, contact The Unlearning Circle facilitators Sara Jouppi, Regan Mancini, or Lisa Salem-Wiseman.

Join our second year students in the Massage Therapy program for Massage Therapy Awareness Day. Learn about the benefits of massage therapy, how assessments are conducted, what to expect in treatment, and the effects of massage on different conditions.

Speak to Massage Therapy program students, participate in interactive booths, and have the chance to win a free assessment and treatment in our Massage Therapy Teaching & Learning Clinic.

How can you transform your office space or classroom into an environment where people never want to leave? The key is organizational ethnography. In this workshop, you will acquire an understanding of organizational ethnography, how you can implement it in everyday contexts, and how it will improve the productivity and well-being of those you work alongside.

Facilitator bio:

As an innovation researcher and an academic entrepreneur and activist, Ginger Grant's passion is innovation management - the design, development and implementation of innovation strategies that transform corporate culture and drive engagement and high-performance teams for competitive advantage. She has held senior leadership positions and consulted in various fields, including engineering, telecommunications, education, transportation, government, law, software development, gaming and the creative industries.

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