Wondering about how to be an effective ally/accomplice? In this session, participants will be prompted to intentionally reflect on their own lived experiences as they consider how to shape their allyship practice.

Facilitators, Christine Hsu (they/them) and Jessie Florio (she/her + they/them), will explore what it means to effectively practice allyship and introduce critical concepts of accompliceship. This includes the need to unpack the allyship industrial complex and share their own personal practices across the Canadian and global landscape. They will share their experiences in regards to showing up in solidarity for people and communities that they aspire to be allies for, including the times they have failed and how they moved through the experience with their own accountability practice. 

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In early December 2021, Humber officially launched a group for employees who identify as white and/or as having white skin privilege to examine how they have been conditioned by their whiteness and how it shows up in their thoughts, feelings, and experiences, and within their institutions (home, work, educational, religious, etc.), and to build an anti-racist practice. 
 
Interested in joining the circle or have questions about it? For more information email theunlearningcircle@humber.ca, or visit our webpage to learn more and access past meeting materials. 

Next session: The Circle will hold its eleventh session virtually on Thursday, October 26 from 12:05 p.m. to 1:25 p.m. 

Researchers! Join us to learn more about NSERC’s Applied Research and Development (ARD) grants to support research and development (R&D) projects led by college researchers in partnership with private sector, public sector or not-for-profit organizations based in Canada while encouraging collaboration with universities and/or other colleges. This opportunity allows the development and strengthening of research links and collaborations between different institutions and/or partners that have a common goal of creating economic, social and/or environmental benefits while contributing to the research ecosystem continuum.

ARD Session Overview:

• ARD overview 
• Completing an application 
• ORI Support 
• Additional information

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Facilitator Bio:

Raeshelle Morris-Griffith is an Innovation Program Manager for the Office of Research & Innovation at Humber College. She holds a Masters in Leadership from the University of Guelph, a double major honours Bachelor’s Degree in Management and Organizational Studies from the University of Western Ontario and is also a certified project manager (PMP). She is trained in Creative Problem Solving, Values-Based Innovation through Values-Perspectives, Design Thinking, Change Management and Human-Centred Design. She has also obtained her Black Belt in Innovation Strategy Management through Innovation 360, which has equipped her to facilitate organizational design and transformation.

Juan Felipe Garcia is an engineer by education. Felipe attained his bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Los Andes, Colombia, in 2018. His desire to pursue Project Management and his enthusiasm to explore the world beyond Colombia landed him in Canada in December 2019. He then acquired his post-graduate certificate in Project Management from Centennial College School of Business, Ontario, in 2020. Juan joined the ORI team as a Project Analyst, NSERC in 2022.

If you have any questions please contact Raeshelle Morris-Griffith at raeshelle.morris@humber.ca.

Innovative Learning is excited to welcome guest speaker, Dr. Eric Moore, as he delivers a keynote address that addresses how instructors can support their learners through flexibility without reducing high expectations and standards for student success. 

Keynote Address: Rigor and UDL: Oil and Water?  

Higher education is changing. Some bemoan the “loss of rigor” as schools pivot away from structures that put the onus of learning squarely on students and shift toward emphasis on higher quality teaching intended to make learning easier for more learners. Others profess the importance of these changes, arguing that change is overdue: “archaic practices” have been unnecessarily exclusionary for far too long. These views appear mutually exclusive. We can’t have rigorous, challenging learning experiences and also provide flexibility and learner support that enables everyone to learn and succeed. These are oil and water. Right?   
  
In this interactive keynote, we will explore these assumptions and questions. What do we mean by rigor? Is it the same as challenge? Is it possible that flexible methods actually lead to higher standards and outcomes for our learners? What do neuroscience and cognitive science researchers have to say about it, and what’s it all to do with Universal Design for Learning? Join us for an engaging keynote of inquiry and dialogue you won’t want to miss!  

To register for this virtual event, please complete the UDL Primer - Fall 2023 Registration form.