Join us on Saturday, November 2 for UP 2019, when we’ll climb 1,776 steps to the top of the CN Tower and help communities rise from poverty to possibility. Choosing to climb with us is your way of taking positive action and showing your local love.

If you are unable to climb, you can also show your support by sponsoring a climber or team.

• Join or support the Lakeshore Campus team with a donation here.
• Join or support the North Campus team with a donation here.
• Support the Humber Paramedic Program team with a donation here.

Event Details

• Date: Saturday, November 2, 2019 (Public and Student Climb)
• Check-in time: 5 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.
• Climb Time: 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. (participants can climb anytime between 6 a.m. to 10 a.m., but they will not be permitted to climb after 10 a.m.)
• Check-in location: All climbers must have their wristband stamped at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, North Building, Hall A, 255 Front Street West, before proceeding to the CN Tower. Day of registration, coat check, as well as wristband with timing-chip and T-shirt pick-up, are all located in Hall A.

Yola Grant has practiced human rights, labour and employment law for 30 years and spent the last decade as an adjudicator, mediator and neutral investigator. Yola has a range of experience with occupational safety, employment standards, workers compensation and pay equity. She has presented cases before grievance arbitrators, the labour relations board, human rights tribunals and all levels of courts, including the Supreme Court of
Canada.

Yola Grant recently served as the adjudicative lead (Associate Chair) at the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) and as a FSCO arbitrator for statutory accident benefits. As a full-time adjudicator at the HRTO since 2014, she decided significant age and citizenship discrimination cases.

Yola Grant holds an LL.B from Osgoode Hall Law School and a M.Sc. (Physical Chemistry) from the University of Toronto and is a regular speaker on human rights and equality in the workplace. She was called to the Ontario Bar in 1989.

To register: hrs.humber.ca/register (please see attached aid)

For help please contact Zareena Khan, Human Rights, Equity & Diversity Coordinator, at zareena.khan@humber.ca.

The Connect Buddy Program provides a support team for new international students by creating an opportunity for students to connect with a faculty, staff or admin person (who will be their faculty/staff mentor) and a returning student (who will be their Senior Student Buddy) to ensure our first semester students are welcomed and well-adjusted to life at Humber.

Pumpkin Carving

Join us in Halloween Spirit as we carve out pumpkins and celebrate Halloween.

Gingerbread Decoration

Student's come together to decorate gingerbread houses - a Canadian tradition to gear up for the holiday season. We have prizes for the best decorated gingerbread house!

If interested, please contact Dileeni Weerasinghe at dileeni.weerasinghe@humber.ca.

Connect Buddy Program is co-sponsored by the Teaching & Learning and International offices.

In preparation for Remembrance Day on Monday, November 11 and Indigenous Veterans Day on Friday, November 8, we are hosting a Poppy Beading Workshop at each campus.

This workshop is available for students, staff and alumni with a limit of 20 individuals per session, with the main instruction happening on the October 29 and November 5. If you do not finish your poppy or would like additional instruction drop in hours are also available on October 30 and November 6.

Please RSVP by emailing indigenous@humber.ca or lorralene.whiteye@humber.ca.

Why are we hosting this?

National Aboriginal Veterans Day began in Winnipeg in 1994 when Indigenous veterans were not recognized in Remembrance Day activities, and is now celebrated in many communities across Canada. More than 12,000 Indigenous people are estimated to have volunteered in all three wars, including 7,000 First Nations members, and approximately 300 died during these conflicts.