Past Events

  • When:
    October 17, 2023 12:00pm to 1:00pm
  • When:
    November 15, 2023 12:00pm to 1:00pm
  • When:
    November 21, 2023 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Where:
Online

A future you can count on: Your CAAT Pension Webinar 

Dive into the details of all the incredible benefits your CAAT pension provides. This session is great for new members who have been in the plan for 5 years or less or any members who want to know why their pension is a big deal!

Members will learn about: 

  • How the value of members’ pension will exceed the contributions they pay 
  • All their retirement options, including flexible early retirement options 
  • Other valuable features of the Plan, like survivor benefits, and inflation protection

Date: October 17, 2023
Time: 12 to 1 p.m.
Location: Virtual 

Register for the CAAT Pension Plan Overview Session.

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.


DBprime Service Purchases Webinar 

This webinar introduces this valuable option to increase your pension, including the types of purchases, the costs, and processes. 

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 may have an opportunity to make your CAAT Plan pension even more valuable by making a pension purchase. 

We have divided up the purchase sessions by plan design to give members of both DBprime and DBplus the most relevant information about making a purchase. 

Note: If you do not know which plan design you’re in, please check your annual statement. 

Date: November 15, 2023
Time: 12 to 1 p.m. 
Location: Virtual 

Register for the DBprime Service Purchases Webinar.

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.


DBplus Pension Purchases Webinar 

The DBplus Pension Purchases webinar introduces this valuable option to increase your pension, including the types of purchases, the costs, and processes. 

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 may have an opportunity to make your CAAT Plan pension even more valuable by making a pension purchase. 

We have divided up the purchase sessions by plan design to give members of both DBprime and DBplus the most relevant information about making a purchase. 

Note: If you do not know which plan design you’re in, please check your annual statement. 

Date: November 21, 2023
Time: 12 to 1 p.m. 
Location: Virtual 

Register for the DBplus Pension Purchases Webinar.

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. 

If you have any questions about the CAAT Pension Webinars, please reach out to oe@humber.ca

  • When:
    November 21, 2023 12:00pm to 2:00pm
Where:
Lakeshore Campus, G Commons

Are you a student, staff member, or faculty, thinking about starting your own business and want to build your network? 

Join the Office of Sustainability and the Longo Centre for Entrepreneurship for The Eco Founders Fireside Chat on November 21. This panel will highlight entrepreneurs that have successfully combined sustainability with their own passion for business to create a better future. Following the fireside chat there will be an opportunity to connect with the panelists, faculty, and fellow attendees. 

Stay tuned to hear more information about our panelists.

Register now

  • When:
    November 21, 2023 12:00pm to 2:00pm
Where:
Lakeshore Campus, G Commons

Are you a student, staff member, or faculty interested in learning what it takes to start your own business, or want to build your network?

Join the Office of Sustainability and the Longo Centre for Entrepreneurship for The Eco Founders Fireside Chat at Lakeshore G Commons on November 21 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. This panel will highlight three amazing female entrepreneurs; Ani Wells (founder of Simply Suzette), Jacquie Hutchings (co-founder of Friendlier), and Kaitlin Sylvester (founder of Three Inches High). These entrepreneurs have successfully combined sustainability with their own passion for business to create a better future.

Following the fireside chat, there will be an opportunity to connect with the panelists, faculty, and fellow attendees. Free coffee and snacks will be provided, don’t forget to bring your reuseable mug.

Register now

  • When:
    November 21, 2023 9:30am to 12:00pm
  • When:
    November 23, 2023 1:00pm to 3:30pm
  • When:
    November 29, 2023 9:30am to 12:00pm

Have you ever wondered what makes communication respectful? Or maybe you’ve experienced conflict in the workplace and you’ve wondered how you and/or maybe others involved in the conflict might have handled things differently? If so, this training session is for you.

In this session on Respectful Communication, we’ll be looking at how to engage in communications that respects the dignity of all involved, and we’ll also be learning a model that puts these principles into practice. You’ll have a chance to practice your new skills in the safety of the session and learn a bit about your role in maintaining and promoting respectful communication in the workplace. We’ll also be looking at what it means to be trauma-informed in our communications and interactions with others.

These are all tools that can be used with both your colleagues and the student populations you work with. This promises to be a practical, informative, and exciting session so we hope you can join us.

Select a session to register:

Space is limited.

  • When:
    November 21, 2023 9:30am to 12:00pm
  • When:
    November 23, 2023 1:00pm to 3:30pm
  • When:
    November 29, 2023 9:30am to 12:00pm
Where:
Online
Contact:
Office of Human Rights & Harassment

Have you ever wondered what makes communication respectful? Or maybe you’ve experienced conflict in the workplace and you’ve wondered how you and/or maybe others involved in the conflict might have handled things differently? If so, this training session is for you.

Join the Office of Human Rights & Harassment for a session on Respectful Communication. We’ll be looking at how to engage in communications that respects the dignity of all involved, and we’ll also be learning a model that puts these principles into practice. You’ll have a chance to practice your new skills in the safety of the session and learn a bit about your role in maintaining and promoting respectful communication in the workplace. We’ll also be looking at what it means to be trauma-informed in our communications and interactions with others.

These are all tools that can be used with both your colleagues and the student populations you work with. This promises to be a practical, informative, and exciting session so we hope you can join us.

Select a session to register:

Space is limited.

  • When:
    November 16, 2023 1:30pm to 3:30pm
  • When:
    November 27, 2023 10:00am to 11:30am
  • When:
    November 13, 2023 10:00am to 11:30am
  • When:
    November 20, 2023 1:30pm to 3:00pm
  • When:
    November 28, 2023 10:00am to 11:30am
Where:
Online

Career Month is in full swing, and we have some fantastic opportunities for your students to explore their personalities and strengths! 

MBTI Workshops:

  • November 16: 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. - Register (virtual)
  • November 27: 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. - Register (virtual)

Discover your unique personality profile and gain valuable insights for academic and career success. Help your students understand themselves better, and guide them towards a brighter future. 

Clifton Strengths Workshops:

  • November 13: 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. - Register (virtual)
  • November 20: 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. - Register (virtual)
  • November 28: 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. - Register (virtual)

Unearth your top five strengths. Knowing your strengths is the key to confidently answering those tough interview questions. 

Plus, there's a chance to win a $15 e-gift card. 

Encourage your students to sign up for these workshops and unlock their potential. Share the opportunity and watch them flourish.

  • When:
    November 20, 2023 1:30pm to 3:00pm
  • When:
    November 27, 2023 1:30pm to 3:00pm
  • When:
    December 4, 2023 1:30pm to 3:00pm
  • When:
    December 10, 2023 1:30pm to 3:00pm
  • When:
    November 14, 2023 1:30pm to November 15, 2023 3:00pm
  • When:
    November 21, 2023 1:30pm to 3:00pm
  • When:
    November 28, 2023 1:30pm to 3:00pm
  • When:
    December 5, 2023 1:30pm to 3:00pm
  • When:
    December 11, 2023 1:30pm to 3:00pm
Where:
North Campus, E140 / Lakeshore Campus, WEL207

Join our Equity Workshop to gain valuable insights and practical strategies for fostering equality and diversity in your personal and professional life. This workshop is designed to be interactive and engaging, providing opportunities to share experiences, ask questions, and collaborate with like-minded individuals. Our experienced facilitators will guide you through thought-provoking discussions, practical exercises, and real-life case studies to deepen your understanding of equity, diversity, and inclusion.

Register now

North Campus

  • Anti-Black Racism: November 20, 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m., E140A
  • Islamophobia: November 27, 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m., E140A
  • Sustainability 101: December 4, 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m., E140A
  • Implementing Equity Diversity & Inclusion Strategies: December 10, 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m., E140A

Lakeshore Campus: 

  • Health, Wellness & Accessibility: November 14, 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m., WEL207
  • Anti-Black Racism: November 21, 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m., WEL207
  • Islamophobia: November 28, 1:30 p.m. to 3:p.m., WEL207
  • Sustainability 101: December 5, 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m., WEL207
  • Implementing Equity Diversity & Inclusion Strategies: December 11, 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m., WEL207
  • When:
    October 5, 2023 12:00pm
  • When:
    October 16, 2023 11:00am
  • When:
    October 31, 2023 12:00pm
  • When:
    November 2, 2023 12:00pm
  • When:
    November 20, 2023 11:00am
  • When:
    November 22, 2023 5:00pm
Where:
In-Person and online
Contact:
Ewnet Demisse
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Mental Health Training for Students, Student Leaders, and Student Staff 

Student Wellness and Equitable Learning is offering training for learners on how to understand mental health and recognize when a peer needs support. 

The Well-being at Humber: Be There for Yourself and Others is an interactive 90-minute training with case studies and strategies and part of the college's efforts to raise awareness of learner mental health. Learners will receive CCR recognition for completing the training. 

Fall 2023 Workshop Dates 

Online:

  • Thursday, October 5 - 12 p.m to 1:30 p.m. 
  • Wednesday, November 22 - 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. 

Lakeshore Campus:

  • Thursday, November 2 - 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. (B307) 
  • Monday, November 20 - 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (C108) 

North Campus:

  • Monday, October 16 - 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (D239) 
  • Tuesday, October 31 - 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. (H407) 

Register now

The workshop is also available on request. Departments, managers, and program coordinators supervising learners can submit a request for training.

Contact

Ewnet Demisse, Health Promotion Specialist, ewnet.demisse@humber.ca 
Estefania Toledo, Inclusive Curriculum and Well-being Specialist, estefania.toledo@humber.ca

  • When:
    November 15, 2023 3:00pm to 4:00pm
  • When:
    November 20, 2023 9:00am
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    November 22, 2023 1:00pm to 3:00pm
  • When:
    November 23, 2023 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Where:
Various

The LGBTQ+ Resource Center and The 2SLGBTQ+ Employee Resource Group will mark Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR) on Monday, November 20 and we invite the Humber community (staff, faculty and students) to join us.

About Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR)

Transgender Day of Remembrance (Monday, November 20) has been observed around the world since 1999. TDoR was created by trans advocate Gwendolyn Ann Smith to honour and memorialize Rita Hester, a Black trans woman who was killed and subsequently since, this day is a vigil to commemorate the trans, Two-Spirit, nonbinary and gender nonconforming people’s lives that were lost in acts of transphobia and anti-trans violence.

On Transgender Day of Remembrance, we come together as a community to raise awareness about transphobia and prejudice resulting in anti-trans hate crimes and multiple lost lives. We also carve out time and space to honor and commemorate the loss of trans lives, particularly those of trans women of colour, that are often dismissed by mainstream media despite many being at the forefront of queer and trans liberation justice movements. Finally, this is a specific day of significance to express our love and care for the victims of transphobic violence and trans antagonism through honoring their lives and personhood as a community.

Humber College and the University of Guelph-Humber will be recognizing Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 20 by lowering flags at our campuses to half-staff.

You can join in several events both in-person at the North and Lakeshore campuses.


TDoR Events at Humber

Transgressions
Date: Wednesday, November 15
Time: 3 to 4 p.m. at Lake and North LGBTQ+ Resource Centre

Transgressions is a peer led program that aims to build community, share stories, and co-create new and insightful strategies to challenge transphobia in the lives of folks who identify as trans, two-spirit, non-binary, gender non-conforming or those questioning their gender identity.  

This program is a closed program and is only open to students who identify as trans, Two-Spirit, non-binary, gender non-conforming or those questioning their gender identity.

TDOR Tree Dedication Ceremony
Date: Monday November 20
Time: 9 a.m. - North Campus, LRC First Floor

The Tree Dedication Ceremony will be a ceremony held on the morning of November 20 to honour the trans, Two-Spirit, nonbinary and gender nonconforming people’s lives that have been lost in acts of transphobia and anti-trans violence. The 2SLGBTQ+ ERG and Arboretum staff have selected a tree and will be installing a plaque in the Arboretum to honour these lives. If it sunny, or if it is raining a little, we will walk from the LRC to the Arboretum. We will then have the Tree Dedication Ceremony next to the selected tree. Outdoor footwear is encouraged. If the weather is too inclement, we will stay in the LRC for the short Tree Dedication Ceremony. All members of the community are invited to the Tree Dedication Ceremony.

Remembering Trans Lives
Date: Monday, November 20 to Friday, November 24
Location: North Campus, E Concourse and Lakeshore Campus, 2nd Floor Welcome Centre

Join the LGBTQ+ Resource Centre where we will honor and celebrate trans people’s lives by recognizing the names of the reported trans lives lost in 2023 and ask members of the Humber community to have a moment of reflection and leave words of support and love to the Trans community on a community banner.

TDoR QRAFTY
Date: Wednesday, November 22
Time: 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. - North and Lake LGBTQ+ Resource Centre

Join the LGBTQ+ Resource Centre in creating memorial paper bag lanterns honoring Trans Day of Remembrance. All supplies will be provided to participants and there is no need to register. This event is aimed at 2SLGBTQ+ students however aspiring allies, faculty, and staff are also welcome to attend but please be respectful of the community spaces and resources, and that this is a grieving time for the queer and trans communities.

TDoR Movie Screening
Date: Thursday, November 23
Time: 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. - North and Lake LGBTQ+ Resource Centre

Join the LGBTQ+ Resource Centre for a screening of Paris is Burning. Chronicling the world of fierce performance and competition at Harlem drag balls during the 1980s, Jennie Livingston's Paris is Burning is a groundbreaking exploration of race, class, gender, and sexuality. The documentary follows the lives of Dorian Corey, Will Ninja, Sol, Freddie and Kim Pedavis, Octavia St. Laurent, Angie and Venus Xtravaganza, and Pepper LaBeija as they perform and tell their respective stories. This event is aimed at 2SLGBTQ+ students however aspiring allies, faculty, and staff are also welcome to attend but please be respectful of the community spaces and resources, and that this is a grieving time for the queer and trans communities.


If you have any questions in regard to the LGBTQ+ Resource Centre events please email: lgbtq@humber.ca

On behalf of LGBTQ+ Resource Center & The 2SLGBTQ+ Employee Resource Group, we encourage you to attend an event, pause, and reflect on how you/we can strengthen our support and stand in solidarity with the trans, Two-Spirit, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming communities at Humber College and the University of Guelph-Humber.

  • When:
    November 18, 2023 10:00am
Where:
Online via Zoom
A variety of indoor plants sit on a windowsill

Join the Etobicoke Master Gardeners (EMG) and the Humber Arboretum for this free online workshop on indoor plants. 

Get started with indoor plant gardening and learn how to create your own indoor garden oasis! We'll talk about selecting indoor plants, the benefits of indoor plants, how to care for and grow them successfully, some of the challenges of indoor gardening, and we'll meet some of common and more unique and tropical indoor plants for your home.

This workshop is part of the Eco-Garden Community Workshop series hosted by the Etobicoke Master Gardeners and Humber Arboretum throughout the year.

This free event is open to anyone.

When: Saturday, November 18 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. (EST)

Where: Online via Zoom

How: Register in advance through Eventbrite to receive the link

 

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