Past Events

FOTO25 - Humber Photography Outdoor Exhibition
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  • When:
    May 1, 2025 9:00am to August 31, 2025 9:00pm
Where:
19 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Dr, Toronto, ON M8V 4B6
Contact:
Lauren Cheong
Email:
lauren.cheong@humber.ca

Humber Photography and Humber Galleries are pleased to present FOTO25, an outdoor exhibition of images from the Humber Photography Diploma 2025 graduates and a part of the internationally renowned CONTACT photography festival.

Please join us for the opening reception, May 22 from 4 to 8 p.m. with remarks at 6 p.m., at Humber’s Lakeshore Campus in L1017.

This show explores a wide variety of genres in visual communications, with work created both in studio and on location. Students were encouraged to explore an outdoor theme, embracing elements of nature or landscape.

For those that can't attend the opening, the exhibition will be up until the end of August. For more information and a site map please visit the Humber Galleries website.

Humber Students & Alum Perform at International Jazz Day Event
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  • When:
    April 30, 2025 7:30pm
Where:
The Tranzac, 292 Brunswick Ave, Toronto
Contact:
Agneya Chikte
Email:
agneya.chikte@humber.ca
Poster for the Jazz Caravan on April 30, 2025 featuring various instruments.

On April 30, join Small World Music for a night of rhythmic explorations and experimental sounds as we celebrate International Jazz Day! The evening features Toronto-based bands MINT, The Uncharted Quartet and Saffron Tea with Saba Zameni. Humber students and alumni will be performing as well.

Mark your calendars.

Humber Student Special Promo

Applicable to all Humber students.
Code: STUDENT10
Promo value: $10 off each ticket, from $35 to $25.

Literary Celebration: Humber School for Writers Showcase
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  • When:
    April 25, 2025 7:00pm
Where:
Humber Lakeshore Campus, Building A, Recital Hall
Contact:
Alissa York
Email:
alissa.york@humber.ca
Poster for Literary Celebration on April 25, 2025 with QR code.

Join us on Friday, April 25 for a celebratory evening of readings by students in Humber's Creative Writing Graduate Certificate and Bachelor of Creative and Professional Writing programs.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Program begins at 7 p.m. 

Admission is free.

Register now 

 

 

Design Showcase 2025
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  • When:
    April 25, 2025 5:00pm to 8:00pm
Where:
Humber Downtown, 59 Hayden St. Unit 400, Toronto, ON M4Y 0E7
Contact:
Alexandra Burdzy
Email:
alexandra.burdzy@humber.ca
Poster for Humber Design Showcase on April 25, 2025 with QR code.

Please join us for the 2025 Design Showcase. 

TOGETHER is the 2025 Humber Design Showcase, featuring work by graduating designers, including:

  • Industrial
  • Interior
  • Graphic
  • and friends

Register now to attend the Design Showcase.

We look forward to seeing you there!
 

 

 

That's Crow Raven - Board Games and Books for Crow and Raven Appreciation Day
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  • When:
    April 25, 2025 12:30pm to 2:00pm
Where:
Centre for Urban Ecology, Humber Arboretum
Email:
arboretum@humber.ca
A corvid struts on the grass

Intelligent, charismatic, and favourites of the literary world and pop culture alike, ravens and crows are amazing birds from the corvid family. Join the Humber Arboretum and Humber and University of Guelph-Humber Library as we celebrate International Crow and Raven Appreciation Day with on-theme board games to play and books that can be signed out*.

When: Friday, April 25, 12:30 to 2 p.m. (drop-in)

Where: Inside the Centre for Urban Ecology at the Humber Arboretum.

The front entrance of the Humber Arboretum is found at the back of Humber Polytechnic North Campus. The Centre for Urban Ecology is the glass building with the red door on the Arboretum grounds. 

Who: All are welcome!

How: This is a drop-in event. No pre-registration is required. 

*Please note book sign-out is only available to Humber and U of GH students and staff.  

Gardening for Birds, Bees, and Butterflies - TRCA Workshop
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  • When:
    April 23, 2025 2:45pm to 4:15pm
Where:
Centre for Urban Ecology, Humber Arboretum
Email:
arboretum@humber.ca
A monarch butterfly on butterfly weed

Join the Gardening for Birds, Bees, and Butterflies workshop at the Humber Arboretum, led by the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA).

This workshop is for anyone looking to create a garden that attracts and supports native pollinators. Discussion topics include native plant selection, designing gardens for birds and pollinators, and maintenance through the different seasons.

Who: Open to all

When: Wednesday, April 23, 2:45 to 4:15 p.m.

Where: Inside the Centre for Urban Ecology at the Humber Arboretum. The Humber Arboretum is located at the back of Humber Polytechnic North Campus (View the location on Google Maps). The Centre for Urban Ecology is the glass building with the red door on the Arboretum grounds.   

How: This event is free but space is limited. Please register in advance to reserve your spot.

This workshop is made possible by CICan Living Lab funding and presented in partnership with Humber Sustainability.

Engineering Capstone Expo
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  • When:
    April 23, 2025 1:00pm to 4:00pm
Where:
North Campus, Barrett CTI
Poster for Engineering Capstone Expo on April 23, 2025 featuring image of student engineeer.

We are thrilled to invite you to our Engineering Student Capstone Showcase, where our students will be presenting their final projects. This event marks the culmination of months of hard work and dedication, and we’re excited to share the innovative and impactful solutions they’ve developed. You’ll have the opportunity to meet the students in person, interact with them, and learn more about their project.

The Capstone Showcase will take place on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Barrett Centre for Technology Innovation.

If you have any questions, please reach out at navpreet.kaur@humber.ca.

The Math & Writing Centre Presents Nature Conversation Circles in the Arboretum
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  • When:
    February 3, 2025 10:00am
  • When:
    February 13, 2025 2:00pm
  • When:
    March 3, 2025 10:00am
  • When:
    March 20, 2025 2:00pm
  • When:
    April 3, 2025 2:00pm
  • When:
    April 23, 2025 10:00am
Contact:
Franc Jamieson
Email:
franc.jamieson@humber.ca
Text poster with QR code

The Math & Writing Centre in partnership with the Centre for Urban Ecology invites English language learners from Humber and Guelph-Humber to engage in a conversation about nature inside the LEED Gold Certified CUE building in the heart of the Humber Arboretum. These Nature Conversation Circles will be co-hosted by one of our tutors and CUE staff.

NCC schedule for Winter 2025:

Groundhog Day – February 3 (10 to 11 a.m.) 

  • Talk about Groundhog Day - Science and squirrels!

Valentine’s Day – February 13 (2 to 3 p.m.) 

  • Birds and Bees; Pollination and when the birds come back for the spring.

World Wildlife Bird House Building – March 3 (10 a.m. to 12 p.m.)

  • Building Bird Boxes 

Spring Equinox – March 20 (2 to 3 p.m.)

  • Spring Equinox Walk (also, World Sparrow and Frog Day) 

National Dandelion Day – April 3 (2 to 3 p.m.)

  • Dandelion recipes PDF with QR code to access 

Earth Day Walk – April 23 (10 to 11 a.m.) 

  • Earth-day themed walk (with wildflower seeds giveaway)

Please note that attending students are asked to arrive at the North Campus Math & Writing Centre (LRC, 3rd floor) at least 30 minutes before the start of the session. Tutor and students will walk from there to the Arboretum as soon as everyone has gathered.

These events are immensely fun and engaging learning experiences, as well as a great way for students to practice listening and speaking in a natural environment.

To sign up, please fill out the short form.

Please share the poster and let English language learners know about this wonderful opportunity.

AWS DeepRacer Competition Zooms into Humber
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  • When:
    April 23, 2025 9:00am to 5:00pm
Student kneeling beside a 1/8th scale race car.

The annual AWS DeepRacer competition speeds into Humber on Wednesday, April 23, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at North Campus and this year’s event will be bigger than ever!

This year, teams from George Brown College, Seneca Polytechnic, Conestoga College, and Cambrian College will join Team Humber Polytechnic to compete in the Humber Gymnasium.

The AWS DeepRacer competition is the world’s fully autonomous racing league with a 1/18th scale race car driven by machine learning (ML) algorithm.

Humber’s partnership with AWS (Amazon Web Services) provides a unique opportunity to integrate curriculum in a fun, learning environment for our students where they can apply their critical thinking and advanced machine learning skills.

Start your engines!

Watch last year’s competition in action

 
An Intro to iNaturalist - Earth Day Walk
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  • When:
    April 22, 2025 1:30pm to 2:30pm
Where:
Centre for Urban Ecology, Humber Arboretum
Email:
arboretum@humber.ca
A person uses their phone to take photos of a leaf

In honour of Earth Day and April being Citizen Science Month, join staff from the Humber Arboretum to learn about iNaturalist, a citizen science platform that allows you to record and share your sightings of living organisms and add them to an international database of knowledge. You'll also learn about citizen science in general, and how to participate in the Canada-wide City Nature Challenge coming up on iNaturalist April 25 to 28.

We'll take a quick look at the website before heading out on a nature walk where we'll demonstrate how to use the app.

When: Tuesday, April 22, 1:30 - 2:30 p.m.

Where: Meet inside the Centre for Urban Ecology. The Centre for Urban Ecology is the glass building with the red door on the Arboretum grounds. The main entrance of the Humber Arboretum is at the back of Humber North Campus, beside the residence buildings.    

How: Free. No registration is required.

Optional: Participants may want to install the free iNaturalist app beforehand so they can try it out themselves during the walk, or wait and learn more about it first.

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