In honour of the United Nations International Day of Persons with Disabilities on December 3, 2020, Humber College and University of Guelph Humber present Transition to Work: Employment Preparation Webinars for Persons with Disabilities.

Take part in our one-day event with employment preparation webinars and networking opportunities with community organizations that provide employment services for persons with disabilities. Community Partners include Specialisterne, Coalition for Persons With Disabilities and JVS.

• Session 1 (9:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.)
  Welcoming and Workshop 1: Why and How Employers are Diversifying Their Teams and Hiring More People with Disabilities
• Session 2 (11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.)
  Disability, Stigma and the Workplace
• Session 3 (1:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.)
  Disclosing in the Workplace and Closing Remarks

These sessions are free for all students, all community members and practitioners, but are targeted to equip job-seekers living with a disability. Registration is strongly encouraged prior to November 27, 2020. 

Live event links will also be posted on the day of the event on this website.

To register for these virtual webinars, visit ttw2020.eventbrite.ca.

Counselling Services is excited to announce that they will be running the Mindfulness 101 workshop for the second time virtually on Wednesday, December 2 from 2:30 p.m.to 4 p.m.

This workshop is for students and they will learn:

• What mindfulness is
• The benefits and challenges of mindfulness
• How to practice and integrate mindfulness into your daily life

Details:

• Where: Zoom (email rose.anthony@humber.ca for the link)
• When: Wedneday, December 2 from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Important information to know:

• This will be an interactive and experiential workshop.
• The Zoom meeting room will be locked at 2:45 p.m. sharp
• Students can use this workshop toward their Co-curricular record.

So how can you help?

• Tell students (you think would benefit) about the workshop and send them the attached poster.

Thanks so much for supporting this workshop. We are looking forward to it! 

For more information, please contact: Rose Anthony at rose.anthony@humber.ca.

We’re excited to announce that Humber is participating in the Map The System 2021 Competition!

Map the System is a global competition that challenges us to think differently about social and environmental change. Rather than jumping straight into a solution, business plan or an idea to fix problems, Map the System asks us to use ‘systems thinking’ to understand complex social and environmental challenges. 

We invite you to learn more on Wednesday, December 2 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. To register for this virtual information session, please click here.

Starbucks and Uber Eats gift cards will be raffled off during the session! 

What happens in Map the System? 

Students will: 

• Develop systems level thinking 
• Formulate ways to visually map a complex system 
• Build research and presentation skills 
• Forge new connections with innovators and changemakers 
• Compete to be the winning Humber team that will present at the Canadian virtual finals 
• Compete to present at the University of Oxford virtual finals and win cash prizes 

Faculty can:  

• Embed the competition in a course you are teaching - join us!  
• Share information about the competition to interested students 
• Support student groups who register as independent Humber teams  

Have questions? Email us!  

Contact Elinor at elinor.bray-collins@humber.ca or Sara at sara.hassan@humber.ca.

As part of the HROE Wellness Series, we encourage you to attend the Ergonomics at Home webinar that has been coordinated for Humber employees. It will be held on Wednesday, December 2 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

This live webinar presented by PROergonomics is designed to increase ergonomic awareness for staff working at home by providing education on the principles of home office ergonomics with specific focus on using what is available to you at home to improve overall set-up. Topics include:

• creating an ergonomic set-up with your laptop
• selecting the right chair
• determining the ideal work surface
• including movement in your work day
• and more!

If you or a colleague are interested in joining on December 2, please register here. 

HROE Wellness Series– Pause, Re-charge, Re-centre