Lecture reflects on the horrors of Rwandan genocide

Posted on 14. Apr, 2010 by JoanaDraghici in News

Maggie Cameron
Senior Reporter

Humber marked the 16th anniversary of the 1994 Rwandan genocide by having Canadian theatre director Jennifer Capraru speak as part of the Robert Gordon lecture series on April 7.
Capraru began her speech not by talking, but by asking everyone to take a minute of silence to remember the victims and survivors of the Rwandan genocide.
Faculty, students and Capraru fell silent recalling over 800,000 Tutsi people killed by their Hutu neighbours in what has been called a tribal bloodbath that lasted 100 days in 1994, between April 7 and July 4.
Capraru described how… [Continue reading]

Cosmetics student video big on YouTube

Posted on 14. Apr, 2010 by JoanaDraghici in News

Meg Banks
News Reporter

Over 10 million viewers have visited a cosmetics-themed YouTube channel created by a Humber cosmetics management student.
“I just put the camera in the bathroom and just started showing the stuff I bought, doing some hair and makeup – I just did it for fun,” she said.
Surprised by her online popularity, the first-year student has nearly 60,000 fans on the channel.
“Every time I’d get a new subscriber I used to run to my mom,” she said. “It did shock me at first.”
She now has over 10 million combined views of her 159… [Continue reading]

College files claim for building damage

Posted on 14. Apr, 2010 by JoanaDraghici in News

Greg Burchell
News Reporter

Humber College has started legal action against the company that built the Guelph-Humber building on North Campus seven years ago, citing the deteriorating state of the building, said Rani Dhaliwal, vice-president of finance and administrative services.
“Clearly, the work that was done wasn’t complete to the quality that it should have been, and we’ll be in a legal recourse with them,” said Dhaliwal.
Humber issued a statement of claim against Ball Construction last July, seeking $1.5-million in damages.
Ball Construction president Jason Ball said a statement of defence will be submitted. He refused to comment… [Continue reading]

Admin works on plan to increase grad success rates

Posted on 14. Apr, 2010 by JoanaDraghici in News

Andrew Ardizzi
News Reporter

After promising to increase available post-secondary spaces for students, the province now faces the challenge of improving student success rates, said Humber’s VP of academics, Michael Hatton.
College presidents recently met to discuss the need for a long-term plan which would enable the province to both increase post-secondary spaces and ensure student success rates are on the rise.
Hatton said Humber already puts significant resources towards improving student success and retention rates, believing that the government’s long-term plan will likely supplement what colleges already do.
“There isn’t an institution that isn’t concerned with that,” he… [Continue reading]

Earth Week events focus on sustainability

Posted on 14. Apr, 2010 by JoanaDraghici in News

Romi Levine
News Reporter

Humber is gearing up for a week of on-campus events to celebrate and promote Earth Week, which kicks off this Monday.
The annual event, organized by HSF and the college’s sustainability committee, is meant to educate and inform students on environmental issues beyond what they already know, said HSF programming director Aaron Miller.
The week will feature two lectures, one by Bob Willard, an expert on the business of sustainability, and one by former astronaut Roberta Bondar who has written environmentally friendly school curriculums. Each lecture will take place in the student centre on April… [Continue reading]

More options in new HSF health and dental plan

Posted on 14. Apr, 2010 by JoanaDraghici in News

Jon Hembrey
News Reporter

The Humber Students Federation and its insurance provider are hammering out the details of a new health and dental plan that would give students coverage options, said president of ACL Student Benefits Inc., Kelly Morel.
“It’s revolutionary,” Morel said of the plan, which is set to launch in September 2011. “No other school has it.”
HSF executive director Ercole Perrone said possible options could include more dental and less health or vice versa, along with the standard package students currently receive.
Morel said specific details have yet to be finalized. He said all plans would… [Continue reading]

Banquet honours those who give back

Posted on 14. Apr, 2010 by JoanaDraghici in News

Jessica LaBerge Blakeley
Life Reporter

The Humber community gathered at North Campus Monday evening to honour the 42 nominees and 20 winners of this year’s Student Achievement Awards.
First-year police foundations student, Nathan Stevenson, 33, was nominated for his involvement at Orangeville Campus but said he was surprised when he found out he had been nominated.
“I received an email to confirm that I was coming here, which was quite a shock cause I hadn’t realized what I’d done to get nominated,” Stevenson said. “To be the first winner at the Orangeville campus, this is quite a big deal… [Continue reading]

Yip named OCAA athlete of the year

Posted on 14. Apr, 2010 by lwilks in News, Sports

MAGGIE CAMERON

SENIOR REPORTER

Humber badminton star Renee Yip has every right to brag. After an impressive season, the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association named Yip 2009-10 female athlete of the year. But the 18-year-old Markham native remains humble.

“I’m really happy. But I didn’t expect it.  I’m just a rookie,” said Yip.

“I think everyone has different skills that they can give out. I think it was just the timing at nationals that we played better than the other teams; it could go the other way on another day.”

During the 2009-10 OCAA… [Continue reading]

Students applaud OSAP changes

Posted on 07. Apr, 2010 by lwilks in News

TESSIE SANCI

NEWS REPORTER

Humber financial aid manager Holsee Sahid said she is pleased with many of the Ontario government’s changes to the Ontario Student Assistance Program, including a promise of less red tape for students who receive bursaries.

“It’s a win-win situation both for the students and us as well,” she said.

The changes will affect how students apply for student access guarantee bursaries, which are awarded by post-secondary insitiutions to those whose needs go beyond OSAP.

Sahid said the bursary’s application process will become simpler this August, although the eligibility criteria… [Continue reading]

No plans for energy efficient vehicle upgrade

Posted on 07. Apr, 2010 by JoanaDraghici in News

Romi Levine
News Reporter

Humber has no intentions of replacing the 28 vehicles it owns with energy efficient alternatives any time soon, said manager of purchasing services and sustainability, Emily Eyre.
“Sustainability is a big deal for us. We do lots of stuff, but not a lot in the vehicle arena,” she said.
Eyre said when the time does come to buy new modes of transportation, energy efficiency will be considered if it’s cost effective.
The vehicles owned by the college range from fire trucks to vans used to transport sports teams and the newest addition to the fleet… [Continue reading]