Our Humber FAST faculty, Carl Oliver and Dr. Shaun Ghafari (who took one for the team!) are co-chairs of the Humber College United Way Greater Toronto Campaign! Each year, Humber employees are asked to support United Way of Greater Toronto, through regular payroll deductions, one-time donations or by participating in fundraising activities. While the pies are all gone, please consider donating via payroll!

Sponsored by Diamond Schmitt architects, this competition engaged students to imagine the indigenous classroom in Humber’s Cultural Hub at Lakeshore campus. Feedback sessions were conducted with Diamond Schmitt project architects and designers as well as input from Jason Seright and Nahannee Shuitemaker from Humber Indigenous Education and Engagement. We look forward to seeing the winning projects!

to co-deliver the Bachelor of Engineering - Mechatronics degree.

We are pleased to announce the addition of Optional Co-op streams in the following programs:

• Building Construction Technician
• Computer and Network Support Technician
• Computer Engineering Technology
• Construction Engineering Technology
• Electrical Engineering Technology – Control Systems
• Electromechanical Engineering Technology
• Electronics Engineering Technology
• Mechanical Engineering Technology
• Sustainable Energy and Building Technology

Starting with the Fall 2019 intake, students will have the option to participate in co-op at various points in their academic program. The co-op work terms will alternate between periods of academic study and are sequenced to best address the needs of industry and demand. Information about the co-op option will be available on program webpages and the Work Placement Services website.

The Skills Ontario Competition is Canada's largest skilled trade and technology competition, which offers a unique opportunity for top students to demonstrate their talents and skills. Over two and a half days, they capture the attention of their educators, family, friends and prospective employers. Winners are awarded with Gold, Silver or Bronze medals, including monetary awards and the opportunity to compete in the Skills Canada National Competition after which they have a chance to move on to World Skills Competition.

Numerous Humber students, from different fields, gave their best in the competitions, and brought home medals.

Congratulations to all competitors and winners for making Humber proud. We can't wait to see what the future holds for all of you!

Automation & Controls
Everest Bezati - Bronze

Electronics
Brendan Woo - Gold
Nicholas Roos - Silver

Heating Systems
Wylie Gallant - Bronze

Horticulture & Landscape Design Team of Two
Patrick Misko & Taylor Schottroff - Bronze

Landscape Design
Thales Leonardo DaSilva - Gold
Raymond Ho - Silver

Mechanical CADD
Keiran O'Neil - Bronze

Mechatronics Team of Two
Hartej Tapia & Marko Gunja - Gold
Sunhail Mohammed & Alex Mosor - Silver

Students participated in a variety of competitions, including culinary, cabinetmaking and mechatronics. Humber did extremely well this year, winning three gold, two silver and two bronze medals.

Congratulations to all our winners:

• Derick Cheaney won gold in the Mechanical CAD competition.
• Spencer Brown won gold in the Cabinetmaking competition.
• Mateusz Cwalinski and Bogdan Malynovskyy won gold in the Mechatronics competition.
• David Anselmo and Zachary Goodman won silver in the Mechatronics competition.
• Divya Manivannan won bronze for the IT Software Solutions for Business competition.
• Andrew Vassallo won bronze for the Automation and Control competition.
• Brie Girdler won silver in the Landscape Design competition.

The theme of the event was “know before you fly,” a message supported by Transport Canada, the Model Aeronautics Association of Canada and Unmanned Systems Canada.

With only one other woman in Shelly's small shop, which is home to several Humber graduates, her gender has never been an issue. “It’s a very team-oriented environment and everyone feels equal in our shop. Humber brings up cabinetmakers that are respectful,” she says. “I would encourage young women in high school to take woodworking and other trades courses. The sooner you figure out doing what you love, the longer you can enjoy doing it.”

This wall will be built by Visual Elements and showcased at Globalshop 2017 in Vegas. There are 8 teams of 4th-year students that will be competing within Humber BID for this project.  

Students were invited to meet Andy Thaemert of NIKE (Senior Creative Director of Global Retail Design) at Visual Elements who gave the students feedback on their preliminary proposals. They were then given a tour of the impressive manufacturing facilities of Visual Elements by Robert Turk, John Simmen and Randy Simmen.

A video conference feedback session was held recently with Andy Thaemert, Randy Simmen and Neal Claassen from So Showcases (PAVE representative) to allow each of the 8 student teams 15 minutes for feedback on their proposals sent to NIKE.

The winning team will be chosen by NIKE and Visual Elements. The scheme will be built in Toronto by Visual Elements to be showcased at Globalshop in Las Vegas on March 2017.

The winning team will have the opportunity to travel to Vegas for Globalshop and for the construction of the proposal for the NIKE wall. Final presentations are tentatively scheduled for Dec.1

The Post-Secondary Institutions Strategic Investment Fund (SIF) will help Canadian colleges and universities improve the quality of facilities dedicated to innovation, training, research and environmental sustainability. Colleges were requested to submit projects that met funding criteria and a substantial completion requirement of April 2018. 

We are very excited to announce that the School of Applied technology has applied for the funding of the Centre for Technology and Innovation (North Campus). 

Preliminary planning is underway with the School of Applied Technology, the School of Media Studies and Information Technology and Humber Research to develop a state-of-the-art idea accelerator, with programs focused on sustainable building practices, automated manufacturing and human-centered, technology-enabled solutions. Planning is in progress for the construction of a 70,000-square-foot building that will be located in the area that is currently parking lot 3A, between the LRC and the University of Guelph-Humber building.