Humber has identified as its Strategic Priority #7 under Pillar #3, Healthy and Inclusive Community, to continue to build a diverse and inclusive community of exceptional students, faculty and staff. The specific supporting action is to establish and implement an institutional framework and strategy for equity, diversity and inclusion that addresses the needs of both students and employees.

The Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Taskforce is pleased to invite the Humber Community to the upcoming virtual launch of the Black/African Employee Resource Group (ERG).

Date: Wednesday, September 2, 2020
Time: 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Location: Online

Opening Remarks: Christopher Whitaker, President and CEO
Greetings From: Lori Diduch and Jason Hunter, EDI Taskforce Executive Sponsors
Hosted By: Nancy Simms, Director, Human Rights, Equity & Diversity and Lead, EDI Taskforce

Please RSVP by visiting: https://humber-black-african-erg.eventbrite.ca

Humber employees who identify as Black/African and are interested in joining this ERG, can indicate during the RSVP process or by sending an email to Tola Olupona, Advisor, Human Rights, Equity and Diversity at humanrights@humber.ca.

You don't want to miss our Keynote Speaker, Dr. Sarah Eaton tomorrow on Friday, August 28 at 10 a.m.. 

Our keynote address by Dr. Sarah Eaton will discuss how to uphold and enact integrity in a sustainable way. She will share strategies with faculty on how they can speak with students about integrity through a strengths-based lens that focuses on positive and productive ways to live and learn, how faculty can integrate academic integrity into their teaching, and an integrated approach to teaching and learning that combines academic ethics with an ethic of care. You and your students are on this journey together!

Dr. Sarah Eaton is the Educational Leader in Residence for Academic Integrity and Associate Professor at the Werklund School of Education at the University of Calgary. She specializes in Educational Leadership, Policy and Governance, with a research focus on academic integrity including plagiarism, contract cheating, and academic misconduct policy.

Click here to visit our website where the link to join will be posted at 8 a.m. on Friday morning.

Welcome to all Full-Time and Part-Time Humber Faculty! We are excited to welcome you and hope you can join us for Orientation week. Please visit our website for all the Orientation week activities we have lined up for you Monday, August 24 to Friday, August 27. 

Monday, August 24: Welcome

Welcome to all new full-time and part-time faculty!

On Monday, August 24, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., we invite you to an online welcome session for all new faculty. During the session, you will meet members of Humber’s executive leadership team, learn about our institutional priorities and student-centered focus, and find out about the training and resources available to you as a faculty member.

Tuesday, August 25 and Wednesday, August 26: New Part-Time Faculty Orientation: Teaching and Learning at Humber College

This session will introduce you to Teaching and Learning at Humber College.  We look forward to including you in our conversations about facilitating learning in this newly online world.  As a polytechnic institute, our goal is to build career-ready citizens. We do this by developing deep levels of subject matter expertise through an active learning environment, with plenty of opportunities to apply new knowledge.  This session will share tips, tools and templates to help you bring these goals to life.  All are warmly welcome.

1. Who are we, and who are you? Introductions
2. Where does online learning take place? Understanding the “Community of Inquiry”
3. Who are our learners? Understanding learner variability
4. Four A’s of lesson planning
5. Launching your online course: What/when is “Day One?”
6. What do learners need to be engaged?
7. Being present in your online course
8. Questions and answers
9. Invitation to the Part Time Faculty Series: Monthly meetings forthcoming (survey on topics of interest)

Thursday, August 27 and Friday, August 28: ED-Venture Days

ED-Venture Days is a two-day online conference for all Humber faculty. It will take place on August 27 and 28.

Conference offerings include interactive sessions, panel discussions, and featured keynote speaker, Dr. Sarah Eaton. This conference aims to connect Humber colleagues with one another and to encourage interdisciplinary conversations focused on teaching and learning. You are welcome to attend as many of the sessions as you wish. Registration ahead of time is encouraged but not required. For each session you attend, your name will be entered into a draw to win one of five 1-year subscriptions to Padlet or Mentimeter (terrific online teaching tools — you choose which!).

This summer, Advising & Career Services will be offering our Career Steps Workshop Series virtually.

Please share with any students who are looking for support in:

• Writing Effective Resumes & Cover Letters
• Interview Skills
• Creating a Professional LinkedIn Profile

The schedule and link to the virtual sessions can be found at here. 

From May to August, the 3 Career Steps Workshops will be held during the following weeks and times:

• May 26, 27, 28 | 12 p.m. – 1 p.m.
• June 17, 18, 19 | 1 p.m. – 2 p.m.
• July 14, 15, 16 | 2 p.m. – 3 p.m.
• August 12, 13, 14 | 1 p.m. – 2 p.m.

As a reminder, Advising & Career Services are available and being delivered virtually during the COVID-19 campus closure: careers.humber.ca/updates-career-services.php