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President's Lecture Series: Marina Adshade

With the increasing independence of both men and women, the economic gains to marriage have diminished dramatically. But if the purpose of love is no longer to ensure our economic well-being, is modern love all consumption? The nature of love might seem like an unlikely topic for an economist, but it is useful to understand how treating love as a commodity is affecting our relationships. In this lecture, Dr.

CTL: Part One & Two - Creating Your Teaching and Learning Portfolio

Part One -- Come to this portfolio workshop. Get a head start on creating content for a professional portfolio, using your teaching and learning philosophy, your teaching strategies and methods, and descriptions of your courses developed and delivered. Part Two – eLearning follow-up session offered on Thurs., Apr. 6, 2017, Lake: D112, 1:30 to 3:15 p.m.  See eLearning Workshops – Part Two: Creating Your Teaching and Learning Portfolio - to register. Note: Register separately for Part One and Part Two. 

College Council Highlights: January 2017

Humber College Council (HCC) held its fifth meeting of the 2016-17 academic year on Thursday, January 12 at the North Campus. To ensure the Humber community is informed of upcoming events, new initiatives and important issues, College Council reports the highlights of its monthly meetings. For more information or to provide feedback on the highlights, please contact jean.o’donnell@humber.ca.

Program Planning, Development & Renewal

Lecture Series: The Meaning of Life and the Confrontation with Death

Academic Services invites you to attend the first of two Winter 2017 Lecture Series events, featuring Dr. Chris Lo from the Psychology program at the University of Guelph-Humber.

Cancer is more than an individual disease. It affects everyone—from families and loved ones to coworkers and institutional supports.  An advanced disease is a special circumstance in which one’s life is threatened, producing a confrontation with mortality that raises many questions about the meaning and value of one’s life.

Reminder: Deadline for Scholarly Writing Bootcamp is Approaching

A reminder that applications for the next Scholarly Writing Bootcamp are due this Monday, January 30 by 5:00. The retreat, located at the Millcroft Inn in Caledon, ON, takes place Feb. 22-24, 2017. The Boot Camp is a chance to make a commitment to get a piece of scholarly writing done, by dedicating a consolidated period of time to writing in a quiet group retreat context. Past attendees have completed scholarly journal articles for publication, book chapters, and literature reviews for dissertations. 

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