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- The 50th anniversary is a tremendous celebration
of Humber's success, by celebrating 50 years,
it gives us an opportunity to reflect on the journey
from when we started in 1967.
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- We were here to participate in a 50th anniversary
of Humber college celebration, focused on a new book
that I have out about Bill Davis,
who was the Minister of education
for the Province of Ontario,
who created the whole college system.
They presented me with a framed picture of Bill Davis
as education minister and along side that a letter
that he wrote 50 years ago, establishing Humber college
and talking about his hopes
and aspirations for this place.
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- We have always been storytellers,
Humber media studies was the first school
to move into a digital platform
and you can see so many examples
from journalism to radio, to film,
to game, to interactive design, all the opportunities
that that creates for students for strong storytelling
and multi platform storytelling is really incredible.
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- Every single program is associated with a lab,
one of these great, culinary labs or baking labs
but we have amazing fitness labs
and we have great computer labs for our tourism students.
Some of our labs are the Humber room restaurant,
all our culinary students are cooking in the back
of house and our event management
and our hospitality students are serving
and learning how to run a restaurant in the front of house.
So that makes us popular on campus.
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- What you did at Humber college,
what you did in the Business School, you can take with you,
it's more than just getting an education.
It's also making a difference, we want to educate
the whole person, we want them to be successful,
we want them to be citizens that contribute outside
of their world of work as well.
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- The School of Health Sciences has partners
in every single one of our programs
from early childhood education right
through funeral services education.
We rely on our partners to help support our students,
our students get jobs and are employed
because they have hands on experiences
throughout all of their curriculum.
Our graduates are practice ready,
our graduates are career focused,
and our graduates are the preferred employees.
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- On October the 11th, 2005, we were able
to launch Humber Orangeville at
the Alder Street Recreation Complex
with three programs, police foundations,
business management, and business administration.
I consider ourselves to be Humber's boutique campus
because we are really only steps away
from any service that the student may need
and our theme at Humber Orangeville is,
you don't need to go far to get far
and that really is embedded with our faculty,
our staff, our students and administration.
- Humber started recruiting international students
in late 1990s.
Right from the get go when our recruiters go out on the road
and they're connecting with students,
we really believe in value and making that connection.
- We provide a really comprehensive suite of services
for every student, unique to international students as well.
We provide support to assist them with their stay
in the country, we celebrate international education week,
the second week of November and
that's where real focus is put on international education,
on our students, where our students are coming from
but also what they've brought to campus.
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- As a student athlete you feel a greater connection
to the institution as a member of the team
and just the academic program alone.
We have outstanding opportunities,
in my opinion the best coaching available in the OCAA
and then the support that allows you
to achieve your absolute potential.
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- I think the theme of, we're changing lives, is meant
to touch on all of our programs in the School
of Social and Community services.
We have this hall and alumni distinction plaques are up
on the walls and sometimes I'll pause and look
and always amazed at the depth
of change that's happening through our graduates.
Time and time again the ones that return talk
about it being a life changing event.
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- We provide by and large, the English and mathematics
and the electives that all of Humber students have
to take when they're in our diploma
or grant diploma certificate or in our degree programs.
We have many, many, many, hundreds of students
in our general arts and science program,
who are thinking about that next step.
They're starting here and they're gonna go anywhere.
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- The creative and performing arts have been a huge part
of Humber since the beginning.
I grew up in different Provinces in Canada knowing
about the Humber music program.
There's really an incredible group of dedicated people
that work across the college and people that are active
in the industry and they're the ones teaching our students
which is what makes this place so special.
- I want to say happy birthday
to everybody in the Humber community.
After 50 years, we've come a long way
and we have a lot to be proud of
and I can't wait to see what the next 50 years will bring
for us and our students.