The Principal's Office at Lakeshore Campus is excited for the 6 in 6 Speaker Series.

Fall 2020 6 in 6 Speaker Series showcases six different Humber Student Services and the amazing projects and services these departments are offering to students as well as staff for collaborations. The panel is made up of staff from various areas that aim to create safe, collaborative, and supportive spaces to enrich the student experience at Humber.

The event hopes to create a space where staff can connect between all departments and Faculties, further encouraging the multi-disciplinary, collaborative focus that makes us a unique institution.

Register today: 6in6series.eventbrite.ca

Date: Wednesday, November 18, 2020
Time: 12 p.m. - 1 p.m.
Venue: Virtual on Microsoft Teams (link will be shared closer to the event date)

It will also include a Q&A session towards the end of the event.

We look forward to having you there!

Presenters include:

1. Ray Chateau - Humber Athletics

Ray Chateau recently completed his seventh year as Director of Athletics and Recreation at Humber College. Since taking the job in 2013, Ray has not only maintained Humber’s unparalleled athletics success, but also has placed an increased emphasis on the primary focus of Humber Athletics: to facilitate and augment the education and growth of its student-athletes through their participation in competitive OCAA and CCAA Athletics, to educate and prepare student-athletes to compete at the highest levels in life after graduation, and to accomplish both with honour and integrity.

2. Shaun Carson and Joanne Cerdan - First-Year Experience (FYE)

Shaun Carson is the Associate Director for Student Life and Learning. He has been at Humber for 12 years in the roles of Residence Life Manager, Student Conduct Manager, and Manager, Campus Life. He has worked in Student Services for his entire career, and has found it incredibly rewarding.

Joanne Cerdan (she/her/hers) is the Student Life Coordinator at Lakeshore Campus and oversees the First Year Experience mentoring program. She is part of a team that is invested in supporting the success of students and enhancing the student experience.

3. Christina Alcena - The BASE Humber and Humber LGBTQ+ Resource Centre

Christina is the Manager of Equity & Student Life within Student Success and Engagement. She oversees and supports The BASE (Black Academic Success and Engagement), LGBTQ+ Resource Centre, First-Year Experience (FYE), and Orientation portfolios, bringing creativity, leadership, and a passion for equity, student development, and engagement. Christina completed her Masters of Education (Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning – Arts in Education Emphasis), and is currently an EdD student, Doctor of Education (Social Justice Education) at the University of Toronto (OISE).

4. Sieu Moi Ly - IGNITE Student Union

Sieu Moi Ly is the Director, Student Success at IGNITE Student Union (IGNITE), an organization that represents 37,000 F/T Humber and Guelph-Humber students. Her career in student services started 20 years ago at the University of Toronto but she continues to live her passion for helping and supporting students to be their best both academically and personally.

5. Jacqueline Anderson, Desta McCalla, and Jeff Szmyr - Student Wellness and Accessibility Centre (SWAC) - Accessible Learning Services, Health and Counselling

Jacqueline Anderson - Bio coming soon.

Desta McCalla is the Associate Director, Accessible Learning Services, and a Registered Nurse with over 20 years experience as a specialized disability professional. She enjoys being at the helm of a diverse team of advocates within Accessible Learning Services for the last several years dedicated to ensuring equitable access to the learning environment and supporting the success and experience for our community of learners with disabilities.

Jeff Szmyr - Accessibility Consultant – Student Success and Engagement

Jeff Szmyr joined Humber as an Accessibility Consultant in 2010 after years of working as a special education teacher in the UK. In addition to being passionate about inclusive education and social justice, Jeff has participated at the provincial level in moving initiatives forward and volunteered on international development projects in Vietnam and Peru. He enjoys travelling and is a strong advocate for environmental protection and animal rights. His favourite quote is, “An unexamined life is not worth living” by Socrates.

Get ready for the annual Humber Holiday Party, bringing an entirely new experience! We will be hosting the 12 Days of Holidays.

Your family and friends can enjoy 12 days of daily fun-filled games, activities, and crafts, from cookie baking to singalongs to storytelling, and of course a virtual visit with Santa.

The 12 Days of Holidays will be running online from November 17 to 28, with prizes available.

Visit humber.ca/lakeshorecampus/holidayparty

As part of the event this year we are encouraging you to donate to the Humber SOS fund.

Also, be sure to pre-register on Eventbrite for LIVE events:

• LIVE Story Time - November 26, 2020 - 12DaysofHolidaysStoryTime.eventbrite.com
• LIVE Dance Party and Mocktails - November 27, 2020 - 12DaysofHolidaysDanceParty.eventbrite.com
• LIVE Zoom Call with Santa - November 28, 2020 - 12daysofholidaysvisitwithsanta.eventbrite.com

Check the Holiday Party activity guide below to preview activities and gather what you will need to participate!

For more information and how to enter for activity prizes, please email 12DaysofHolidays@gmail.com.

Humber’s Office of Sustainability is hosting a virtual screening of the film 2040 on November 12.

About the film:

The 2040 journey began with award-winning director Damon Gameau (That Sugar Film). Motivated by concerns about the planet his 4-year-old daughter would inherit, Damon embarked on a global journey to meet innovators and changemakers in the areas of economics, technology, civil society, agriculture, education and sustainability. Drawing on their expertise, he sought to identify the best solutions, available to us now, that would help improve the health of our planet and the societies that operate within it. From marine permaculture to decentralised renewable energy projects, he discovered that people all over the world are taking matters into their own hands.

Click here to watch the official trailer.

When: November 12 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. ET

Where: Microsoft Teams

Register for the webinar on Eventbrite (limited space available)

Thursday, November 12, 2020
9 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Webinar
Register here: hrs.humber.ca/register

Participants: Students, Faculty, Administrative, Support

Workshop Objectives:

• Explore how race is socially constructed and the meaning and impact of anti-Brown racism
• Enhance attendees’ capacity to identify dominant manifestations of anti-Brown racism at both individual and organizational levels
• Strengthen attendees’ abilities to utilize a human rights framework to understand and constructively address anti-Brown racism

Facilitator: Raj Dhir, B.Sc., LL.B, J.D., LL.M

Raj Dhir is the Executive Director and Chief Legal Counsel at the Ontario Human Rights Commission. He was previously a Portfolio Director with the Ministry of the Attorney General Civil Law Division, where he was responsible for the coordination and provision of legal advice for the government across ten different Legal Services Branches and leading the development of an Anti-Racism Action Plan. He also served as the Legal Director at the Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation (as it was then) and as Deputy Legal Director in roles at Crown Law Office Civil and the Constitutional Law Branch within the Ministry of the Attorney General and in the Ministry of Labour (Litigation and Solicitor Practices). 

Mr. Dhir also spent more than 11 years as counsel at the Ontario Human Rights Commission where he litigated and advised on a variety of human rights matters and appeared before administrative tribunals and at all levels of court up to and including the Supreme Court of Canada.  As counsel, he appeared on several high profile cases such as Multani v. Commission Scholaire Marguerite Bourgeoys, which dealt with the right of a Khalsa Sikh student to wear his kirpan at school; Nassiah v. Peel Regional Police Services, the first Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario case to make a finding of racial profiling in policing; ADGA Group Consultants v. Lane, a case which dealt with mental health discrimination in employment; Ontario Human Rights Commission v. Christian Horizons, which looked at competing rights; the Commission initiated complaint against the Ministry of Education and the TDSB on the application of the Safe Schools Act; and the initial Jahn v. Ontario application which addresses the circumstances of prisoners with mental health disabilities who are being placed in segregation. 

Mr. Dhir has a B.Sc. from McGill University, an LL.B from the University of Windsor, a J.D. from the University of Detroit, and an LLM from York University (Osgoode Hall Law School).  He was also one of the founding members of the South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario.