Join us for our first Math and Research CoP session being held on Tuesday, October 19 from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. (EST).

Speaker:  Alexander Gurevich

Topic:  Learning about Nuclear Energy in the Mathematics, Physics, and Engineering Classroom 

Faculty are invited to attend a session on how to bring the subject of nuclear energy into the classroom for mathematics, physics, and engineering courses. This session will cover the basics of nuclear energy and its role in energy production strategy and reducing fossil fuel emissions. Examples of mathematics and physics questions relating to nuclear energy with various subjects will also be presented.  

Important: To attend the session, be sure to register to the Math & Research Community of Practice Microsoft Teams channel

This will add you to the Math and Research CoP channel within Microsoft Teams, and invitations to each session will be sent to everyone within this channel.

Sign up for the CAAT Pension Plan’s session on pension purchases! 

Did you know that you can purchase additional pension in the CAAT Plan to make your pension upon retirement bigger? 

If you have eligible periods to purchase, such as periods of employment before enrolling, breaks in employment, or if you earned a benefit from a previous employer’s pension plan, you have an opportunity to make your valuable benefit in the CAAT Plan even more valuable.  

The session will cover:

• What a pension purchase is
• The amount of pension you can expect to get from a purchase
• How to determine whether a pension purchase is right for you
• How to make a pension purchase

Our Plan expert will be available after the session to answer your personal questions. 

Date: Tuesday, October 19, 2021
Time: 12 to 1 p.m. 
Location: Virtual 

Register for the CAAT Pension Plan’s Pension Purchase Session on October 19, 2021. Once you register, click “Add to Calendar” to add the invite to your Outlook calendar. The link to join the session is in the calendar invite. 

Questions? Reach out to oe@humber.ca. 

The Math and Writing Centre is pleased to announce that we are running Academic Integrity Workshops starting on Monday, October 18.

Academic Integrity is an important key to the success of every student at Humber and Guelph-Humber, and it is crucial for students to fully appreciate what constitutes plagiarism and how to avoid it.

These free one-hour virtual workshops are available every week (except Reading Week) from October 18 to December 8. 

Please share the attached poster and encourage students to take advantage of this opportunity.

The workshops run Mondays at 4 p.m. and Wednesdays at 2 p.m.

Students can sign up by following these steps:

1. Register in our online booking system at https://humber.mywconline.com
2. Select the "Writing Support Fall 2021" schedule
3. Look for Academic Integrity Workshop in the left margin on either of the days listed above, and then click on the white box on that line.
4. Fill out the form
5. Click on Create Appointment

The Mindfulness Mondays series is back in an effort to have continued engagement and promote health and wellness activities. This concept is an eight-week virtual one-hour series starting from October 4 to November 29, 2021 (excluding Thanksgiving Day), where every Monday, a workshop will be hosted from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

These sessions will include mindfulness, yoga, meditation, and sound bath meditation activities consecutively. This series will be open to all employees, students, and the community.

Register for the sessions

Sessions include: