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Humber College Lakeshore sign
Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning (generally referred to as Humber College) is a college in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is one of many such colleges in the province.
It has two campuses in the city's west end, one in the Humber valley near Finch Avenue, and the other near Lake Ontario at the foot of Kipling Avenue on Lakeshore.
Academic schools
School of Applied Technology
- Bachelor of Applied Technology (Industrial Design)
- Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering Technician Co-op
- Architectural Technology Co-op
- Architectural Technology Co-op Facility Planning Profile
- Cabinet Making
- Chemical Engineering Technology Chemical and Microbial Analysis Co-op
- Civil Engineering Technology Co-op
- Computer Numerical Control (Mechanical Technician)
- Design Foundation
- Electrical Engineering Technology Control Systems Co-op
- Electromechanical Engineering Technology Automation and Robotics Profile Co-op
- Electronics Engineering Technology Co-op
- Environmental Systems Engineering Technology Energy Management
- Environmental Technology Co-op
- Fluid Power Technology Co-op
- Industrial Maintenance (Mechanical Technician)
- Industrial Woodworking Technician
- Injection Moulding Set-Up Technician
- Interior Decorating Co-op
- Interior Design Co-op
- Landscape Maintenance and Development
- Landscape Technician Co-op
- Mechanical Engineering Technology CAD/CAM Profile Co-op
- Mechanical Engineering Technology Design Profile Co-op
- Mechanical Technician - Computer Numerical Control (CNC)
- Mechanical Technician Industrial Maintenance
- Plastics Engineering Technician
- Product Innovation Technician
- Technology Foundation
- Urban Arboriculture - Tree Care
- Wireless and Telecommunications Technology
Canadian Plastics Training Centre
The Business School
School of Creative & Performing Arts
Comedy: Writing and Performance
The Humber School of Comedy was founded in 1999, and is the first and only post-secondary degree program in comedy, in the English-speaking world.
Merv Griffin Productions is getting set to create a reality show based on the course. According to course founder Joe Kertes, "We're very excited. This is a huge opportunity for students. If they end up on an American national show, 10 or 12 could catapult to international stardom overnight, like American Idol finalists."
However, the show has been met with criticism. Maureen Wall, the faculty union president, told school newspaper Humber EtCetera that "I really think it could potentially be affecting the quality of education and what we're supposed to be all about here as a college."
This show is setting a precedent, by giving individuals in the series control over the footage used in the show's final edit. Generally the genre of reality is known for airing the most controversial or embarrassing footage available.
Faculty
Yuk Yuk's founder Mark Breslin, SCTV's Joe Flaherty and Robin Duke, Canada's foremost comedy historian Andrew Clark, Emmy Award-winning writer Lorne Frohman, choreographer Jen Johnson, multiple Dora Award-nominee Melody A. Johnson, Dora Award winner Linda Kash, Andy Massingham, Paul OSullivan, CTV executive producer of drama Martin Lager, Allan Guttman, Cindy Block, Frank McAnulty, Shawn Campbell, Nick Johne, Larry Horowitz, Robert Trick Johnston, Mike Kennard, Mark Schoenberg, David Talbot.
Advisory Committee
Chaired by Mark Breslin, the committee consists of Joe Flaherty, Bruce Jay Friedman, Eugene Levy, Rick Moranis, Perry Rosemond, George Shapiro, Marlene Smith, and Dave Thomas.
School of Health Sciences
- Funeral Service Education
- Occupational Therapist Assistant
- Paramedic
- Personal Support Training Personal Attendant Profile
- Personal Support Training Personal Support Worker Profile
- Pharmacy Technician
- Physiotherapist Assistant
- Practical Nursing
School of Hospitality, Recreation & Tourism
Brewmaster Bill White, one of Canada's foremost beer experts, lead a Beers of the World course for Humber at the Labatt Training Institute on King Street in Toronto.
In January 2005, Humber opened its state-of-the-art Compass Group Canada Culinary Arts Demonstration Theatre and Kitchen Lab. Deemed the first of its kind in North America, as it features a European Vent Master ceiling. The facility includes a movable wall to create two soundproof rooms, allowing for theory and practical classes to be held simultaneously. An attached kitchen allows students to watch live broadcasts from the demonstration lab. [1] (http://www.humber.ca/releases/050118-backgrounder.htm)
School of Information Technology & Faculty of Accounting
Liberal Arts & Sciences
Margaret Atwood, Mordecai Richler, Jane Urquhart, and other respected Canadian writers have taught Humber's The Humber School for Writers Correspondence Program in Creative Writing. International authors, including Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Ford, have also been included throughout the years. There are dozens of Pulitzers, GGs, Bookers, Commonwealths, Hugos, Nebulas, Trilliums, Engels, IMPACs between the extensive list of acclaimed authors.
Other authors include David Adams Richards, Ann Beattie, John Bentley Mays, Constance Beresford-Howe, David Bergen, Michelle Berry, Sandra Birdsell, Neil Bissondath, H. S. Bhabra, Dionne Brand, Bonnie Burnard, Catherine Bush, Barry Callaghan, Stevie Cameron, Peter Carey, Hayden Carruth, Wayson Choy, Eliza Clark, Karen Connelly, Douglas Cooper, Carole Corbeil, Michael Coren, Alan Cumyn, Robyn Davidson, Erika de Vasconcelos, David Donnell, Roddy Doyle, Howard Engel, Timothy Findley, Cecil Foster, Bruce Jay Friedman, Mavis Gallant, Graeme Gibson, Elisabeth Harvor, Michael Helm, Isabel Huggan, Diane Keating, Joseph Kertes, Shaena Lambert, Mark Leyner, John Metcalf, Anne Michaels, Christopher Moore, Kim Moritsugu, Sylvia Mulholland, Howard Norman, Tim OBrien, Caryl Phillips, Bruce Powe, Paul Quarrington, Daniel Richler, Nino Ricci, Robert Sawyer, Richard Scrimger, Olive Senior, Sarah Sheard, Carol Shields, Antanas Sileika, Joseph Skibell, Linda Spalding, Josef Skvorecky, Susan Swan, D. M. Thomas, M. G. Vassanji, Marianne Wiggins, Eric Wright
The Humber Writer's Circle is often held by the department, to discuss and critique writing, and netwrok with other emerging authors. Susan Swan and Wayson Choy have both participated in the meetings. The circle is based on the Writers' Circle of Durham Region.
English Language Centre
School of Media Studies
- Advertising and Graphic Design
- Advertising - Media Sales
- Broadcasting - Radio
- Creative Photography
- Film and Television Production
- Graphic Design for Print and Web
- Journalism - Print and Broadcast - Broadcast Profile, Print Profile, Creative Writing Profile
- Journalism - Print and Broadcast - Aboriginal Profile
- Media Foundation
- Multimedia 3D Computer Animation
- Multimedia Design and Production Technician
- Package and Graphic Design
- Public Relations
- Web Design, Development and Maintenance
Digital Imaging Training Centre
The Ontario Post Production Training Centre
School of Social & Community Services
- Child and Youth Worker
- Developmental Services Worker
- Early Childhood Education
- Emergency Telecommunications
- Police Foundations
- Pre-Service Firefighter Education and Training
- Social Service Worker
Humber Etcetera newspaper
Recent winner of the presitigious 2004 Apple Award from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, Humber Etcetera is the College's school newspaper. As of 2004, the paper seems to take a more conservative stance on many issues.
The paper has a limited following at Lakeshore campus, with very few issues taken from any of the stands placed around the school. This possibly is influenced by the fact that the paper has little to no content in each issue about the southern location.
Miscellaneous
Humber has won the most Premier's Awards, since thiir inception. The award recognizes college graduates who achieve success in their field, and maintain a community presence. Humber's honourees include (course and graduation year in brackets) Gerry Lougheed (Funeral Services Education, 1977), Gwen Boniface (Law & Security Administration, 1977), Martin McNamara (Ambulance & Emergency Care, 1977), Michael Ruscigno (Electrical Control, 1974), and Anthony Longo (Business Administration, 1982).
Humber and its students are active the community, like most other institutions. In the 2005 CN Tower Stair Climb for the United Way, Humber was the Top Student Fundraising Team.
Canada's only Scouts Canada 22 Division Rover Crew was formed by some Humber College students in the Police Foundation course, in 2005.
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