We’re excited to announce that Humber is participating in the Map The System 2022 Competition!

Please join us for a virtual information session on Thursday, December 2 from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. to learn more about this engaging experience. Register for the session.

What is Map the System?

Map the System is a global competition run by Oxford University that challenges students (from any discipline) to think differently about complex social or environmental problems using Systems Thinking. In Map the System, students explore, probe, and research an issue they care about and then present their work to a broader audience in a way that helps people understand and learn from it. This is the third year of Map the System at Humber College. Last year, Humber's top team placed in the top 8 in Canada. 

Who can participate?

Map the System is open to all Humber students and recent graduates from any faculty who want to learn more about a problem they are passionate about. Teams can be made up of individuals, or groups of up to five people. The only requirement is at least one team member must be a current student, or recent graduate (within 12 months). Teams can also include practitioners or industry-professionals. 

 What will students do? Students will: 

• Develop a Systems Thinking mindset
• Design a visual Systems map of their chosen problem using Systems Thinking tools
• Practice research and presentation skills  
• Build connections with other innovative, change-making students, faculty, and practitioners from within Humber and the wider community 
• Compete to be the winning Humber team that will present at the Canadian finals  
• Compete to win a (funded) trip to the University of Oxford to present their work in person at the Global Finals

Faculty can:   

• Embed the competition in a course you are teaching - join us to learn more
• Give students an option to participate in the competition in lieu of another course assignment - ask us how this works
• Support student groups who register as independent Humber teams - we need volunteers
• Act as a judge in the Humber competition 
• Reap the support of experienced faculty, Systems Thinking resources, lesson plans, slides, activities, and much more. 

Have other questions? 

Email us. Contact Elinor at elinor.bray-collins@humber.ca or Isabel at isabel.sousa@humber.ca. 

The Consent Peer Education Program is thrilled to bring back Cayla Meredith, founder of the Move to Heal Project and a trauma-sensitive yoga facilitator, for a series of bi-weekly virtual yoga sessions throughout the fall semester! Cayla's classes emphasize trauma awareness, non-coercion, and accessibility in language and action.

Register through Eventbrite to join in on these sessions:

As more employees are transitioning back to working on campus, hybrid working arrangements are being considered. For many, this will be their first time working in a hybrid working arrangement. A hybrid working arrangement means that on any given day, team members may be working on campus, remotely, and on different work schedules.  

To prepare managers and employees for hybrid working arrangements, detailed training sessions have been developed to support employees and managers in the transition to hybrid working arrangements. Training topics will include Humber’s Remote Working Policy and hybrid working, managing and contributing in a hybrid working arrangement, ensuring well-being while working in a hybrid working arrangement, workplace safety, and technology needs for hybrid working. 

The first modules available in the training series are as indicated below. There will be multiple dates for all training sessions from November 2021 until February 2022. 

Note: January and February training dates will be announced shortly. 

Each training session has a maximum of 60 participants, but additional sessions will be scheduled based on demand. 

Employee Training

Contributing in a Hybrid Work Environment (Employees) 

This training will provide employees with an understanding of how to manage their work schedule and performance, as well as how to maintain strong communication and collaboration with their team while working in a hybrid work environment.

• November 29, 2021:10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
  Register for the session

Well-being for Employees in a Hybrid Work Environment (Employees) 

This training will provide employees with an understanding of how to separate work life from home life (set boundaries), manage change, develop coping skills and understand resources available related to well-being. 

• Session #1: November 29, 2021: 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. 
  Register for the session 
• Session #2: November 30, 2021: 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. 
  Register for the session

Workplace Safety in a Hybrid Work Environment (Employees and Managers) 

This training will provide employees and managers with details on health and safety standards while working remotely and safety protocols when on campus. 

• Session #1: December 8, 2021: 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.
  Register for the session
• Session #2: December 9, 2021: 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
  Register for the session

Manager Training

Well-being for Managers in a Hybrid Work Environment (Managers) 

This training will provide managers with an understanding of how to respect boundaries set by their team, manage change, support their team with developing coping skills and understand resources available related to well-being. 

• November 30, 2021: 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
  Register for the session

Remote Working Policy and Hybrid Work (Managers) 

This training will provide managers with details on the application of the remote working policy and explain hybrid work at Humber. 

• Session #1: December 1, 2021: 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. 
  Register for the session
• Session #2: December 7, 2021: 9:00 a.m. to 10 a.m.
  Register for the session

If you have any questions about the training, please contact oe@humber.ca. 

Join us for the second session of the Math & Research CoP.

Our second Math and Research CoP session will be held on Tuesday, November 30, from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Speaker: Amir Tavangar

Topic: Behind the Scenes of our IDEAS platform

This session will introduce the IDEAS backend and how macro libraries are written and implemented. It will also review some of the recently added macros to IDEAS and show how they are used through examples. Furthermore, the session will discuss ways to create more accessible pages and questions. Finally, participants will have an opportunity to ask questions about the IDEAS frontend or backend.  

Please register to attend this session. If you have not already done so, please sign-up to join the Math & Research Community of Practice. You will added to the group's channel in Microsoft Teams. Invitations for each session are sent to everyone who has joined this channel.