In support of Humber College's Strategic Plan priority of promoting a healthy and inclusive community, the Humber Arboretum is pleased to offer an eight-part series of Nature Rx sessions in our outdoor classroom. Bring your lunch and enjoy the benefits of taking time to reconnect with nature this fall.

Each session will begin in the Arboretum’s outdoor classroom with Harold St. George (aka Monarch) from Project Soul, who will guide participants through techniques in natural mindfulness. Afterwards, take a short walk with Humber Arboretum Nature Interpreter Sunflower to discover a different area of the Arboretum each week.

Cost: $40 (plus tax & eventbrite fee) for all eight sessions

When: 12 p.m. to 12:45 p.m. on:

• Tuesday, September 25
• Thursday, September 27
• Tuesday, October 2
• Thursday, October 4
• Tuesday, October 9
• Thursday, October 11
• Tuesday, October 16
• Thursday, October 18

Where: Meet at the Centre for Urban Ecology (the glass building with the red door), Humber Arboretum, North Campus

How: Please register and pay in advance through the Arboretum website

Join us on Thursday, October 18 to experience the power of networking through the Humber Café, an online platform for the Humber community powered by Ten Thousand Coffees. Faculty and students are invited to visit Humber’s Alumni team at Gratitude Hall in the LRC building for a cup of coffee on us while learning about the value of mentorship, guidance, professional development, and new connections!

Register early at humber.tenthousandcoffees.com.

Members of the Alumni team will also be assisting with sign-ups for the platform at the event, with one lucky student taking home a $100 Campus Food Card.

Spread the word! We hope to see you there.

Contract cheating happens when a third party (essay mill, friend, classmate, family member) completes work for a student that they then submit for a mark or grade (QAA, 2017). It is a form of academic dishonesty that threatens a student's learning, gives an unfair advantage, tarnishes a program or school's reputation, and can come with financial and emotional costs.

You can take part in an online pledge speaking out against contract cheating: turnitin.com/partners/day-of-action-2018

AND on October 17, be part of an international effort to raise awareness against contract cheating. You can participate in the Whiteboard Declaration taking place at all three campuses between 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on October 17. A whiteboard declaration asks you to write a message on a whiteboard against contract cheating and for integrity in learning. We'll take a picture and post it to Humber's social media platforms (Twitter/Facebook/Instagram). 

Whiteboard messages will be tweeted with the hashtags #defeatthecheat #excelwithintegrity. You will find teams of volunteers at Orangeville (2nd floor), North Campus (LRC), and Lakeshore (Display Area L Building) ready and willing to help you with your whiteboard declaration. 

You can also learn more about some of the many services we offer at Humber that will help to support integrity in learning and teaching. Come out and be part of this international effort that boasts higher educational organizations participating from across North America, UK and Europe, the Middle East, Australia, and Africa. 

For more information about contract cheating and the day of action please contact Jennie Miron at x4480 or go to academicintegrity.org/day-against-contract-cheating. 

If you can't visit one of the three campuses on October 17, try writing your own whiteboard declaration, take a picture, and post it to your social media sites. Remember if you are tweeting to include the hashtags #defeatthecheat #excelwithintegrity so we can get it to trend and increase awareness against contract cheating practices. Our work and integrity matters and shines at Humber!

Eat, learn, and be inspired by faculty SoTL (Scholarship of Teaching and Learning) research projects.

Mark Stoiko (TBS), with support from the Teaching Innovation Fund (TIF), set out to investigate which of the following learning experiences is more meaningful: assignments that provide breadth or depth? Join us to learn what he has discrovered so far.