Are you a new part-time, partial load or sessional faculty this semester?

Join Innovative Learning to learn how we support teaching excellence and digital learning at Humber. 

Our sessions are an opportunity to meet with members of the Innovative Learning team. You will become familiar with the services we have to offer to support the enhancement of your teaching experience.  

Session: Introduction to Humber’s LMS, Blackboard Ultra
Transform your teaching experience with Blackboard Ultra! Simplify course management with easy profile setup, seamless course copying, and intuitive tools for adding content and gradable items. Plus, streamline assessments with a customizable Gradebook. Supercharge collaboration and engagement by integrating Microsoft Teams for real-time teaching and interaction. Upgrade your classroom today!

Session: Getting Ready to Teach at Humber
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. This session will share tips, tools, and templates to help you bring these goals to life and focus on getting you ready for your first week of teaching. 

Date: Friday, January 3, 2025  
Location: Virtual, MS Teams 

Date: Monday, January 6, 2025  
Location: Virtual, MS Teams 

Date: Thursday, January 9, 2025 
Location: Virtual, MS Teams 

Registration is now open

Visit the Innovative Learning website for a complete list of workshops, certificates and micro-credentials available for faculty: Innovative Learning, Programs and Event Calendar. Check back as new offerings are added throughout the semester.

Join the Etobicoke Philharmonic Orchestra (EPO) as it makes its Humber Cultural Hub debut with an afternoon of seasonal classics, a clarinet concerto, and a festive singalong!

This is a special encore presentation of the EPO’s Winter Celebrations evening, tailored to a matinee audience and family-friendly pricing: The program is shorter and intermission free, and tickets are just $20 for adults and seniors and $10 for children.

Tickets are limited. Buy yours now!

Please join us for the annual executive team Holiday Open House on Wednesday, December 11 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. on the first floor of the Barrett CTI.

This year, we encourage attendees to bring a non-perishable food item, which will be donated to Humber Polytechnic’s Grab ‘n Go Food Banks. Your support of the Grab ‘n Go Food Banks will help those in the Humber community dealing with food insecurity over the holiday season and throughout the school year. 

We look forward to celebrating the season with you!

Join the next RAP Speaker Series - Entertainment in Numbers: The Role of Insights in Sports and Media.

Date: Friday, December 6
Time: 3:15 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Free online event on MS Teams: bit.ly/dec-rapspeakerseries

Guest Speakers: 

• Nafees Ahsan, Senior Manager, Strategic Insights | Business Intelligence
• Mark Fifield, Senior Manager, Strategic Insights | Business Intelligence

About the Guest Speakers

Nafees Ahsan
Senior Manager, Strategic Insights | Business Intelligence

With over a decade of marketing analytics experience in the sports & entertainment industry,  Nafees has a passion for leveraging data to craft compelling stories and build brands. Currently in her role, she mines through numerous data sources in order to help advertisers develop and execute impactful marketing campaigns that maximize return on their investments.

Mark Fifield
Senior Manager, Strategic Insights | Business Intelligence

Mark has spent over 10 years in Canadian media across a variety of roles. Since graduating from the Humber RAP program in 2018 he has specialized in uncovering consumer insights that inspire real world impact. His approach to actionable insights transforms numbers into narratives, enabling his clients and stakeholders to make data-driven decisions with confidence.

About the RAP Speaker Series

The Research Analyst program (RAP) is pleased to host a virtual speakers' series, featuring corporate, social, community, and academic speakers from their respective research sectors. Students benefit by networking with the speakers, and learning about the following topics: technological, regulatory, policy, and employment trends in the industry, key employment skills, the type of opportunities open in research, and the types of tasks and duties that comprise different roles within the sector. 

The series is of interest to current and prospective RAP students, current Humber students who are considering post-grad studies at Humber, and want to learn more about careers in research, and individuals within the Humber community curious about the research sector.