Archive for November, 2009
Humber’s first campus was a public school with child-sized toilets. Photo courtesy Peter Perko.

BY LANCE HOLDFORTH
IN FOCUS REPORTER

Long before the Lakeshore campus was acquired and North campus was built, Humber’s first classes were in a public elementary school.

In 1967, Humber began educating 89 students in the James S. Bell Junior …

 
ulieLyn Anderson, ecology office co-ordinator, holds a rabbit, one of many animals in the arb. Photo by Colton De Gooyer.

BY COLTON DE GOOYER
IN FOCUS REPORTER

Sitting on the top of a hill in the Humber Arboretum, the Centre for Urban Ecology has fur pelts, animal bones and an eco-friendly facility.

Barb Fox, co-ordinator for the  centre, said it …

 
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AMANDA GRAHAM
A&E REPORTER

Ashley Comeau was set on applying for the funeral services program  on the Ontario Colleges application site when she saw a comedy program on the list and changed her mind.
Now the Humber alumna will take …

 

Third-year student hopes his group’s success will complement his post-graduate lifestyle

MELANIE KERR
A&E REPORTER

Mississauga natives Adversary Number Seven will play a show at the Annex Wreck Room, Nov. 29.

Chris Tanti, a third-year package and graphic design student …

 
Survey results say interior decorating will a popular program.

TAI DUONG
NEWS REPORTER

Interior decorating will be taught at Orangeville campus starting in the fall of 2010, said Joe Andrews, Orangeville campus director.

The program, which is  four semesters over two years at North campus,  will be concentrated into …

 

TREVOR KOROLL
NEWS REPORTER

Ontario is one step closer to having a Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) after the bill was introduced to the legislature on Nov. 16.

The HST will combine Ontario’s eight per cent tax with the five per …

 
Chairperson Ana Gonzalez (front centre) and the World University Service of Canada committee, have arranged for guest speakers to address students at Lakeshore for World AIDS Day on Dec. 1.

Organizers say they hope a Dec. 1 Lakeshore campus visit from people living with AIDS will raise awareness

KHRISTOPHER  REARDON
NEWS REPORTER

Speakers from the People with AIDS Foundation (PWA) are coming to Lakeshore campus Dec. 1 for World AIDS …

 

Student directed drama entered into Missouri film fest

RICHARD HINKSON
A&E REPORTER

Life of Charlie, a small film made by former Humber students, is causing quite a stir on both sides of the border.

The film was recently selected as …

 

JUAN ANTONIO SISON
NEWS REPORTER

Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s expected absence at next month’s climate change conference in Copenhagen will stain Canada’s reputation, said Troy Dettwiler, vice-president of the Environmental Action and Awareness Group at North campus.

World leaders will …

 

JORDAN MAXWELL
NEWS REPORTER

Rod Spencer, a police foundations professor and retired Toronto police officer of 30 years, hasn’t forgotten what resources are needed when searching for a missing person after 11 years of experience in homicide and CSI.

“Neighbourhood …

 

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