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- [Voiceover] The School of Liberal Arts and Sciences
is home to many Humber students
as they progress in their academic career.
Whether it's students in a liberal arts program,
or students in another program
fulfilling the English, mathematics,
or elective requirements of their programs,
one thing is certain.
While here, they will learn and acquire
universal, transferable skills
that will take them beyond their expertise
and training to become the best in their area.
1968, with pathway and preparatory programs,
we help students and community members
turn their dreams into reality,
and have been doing so for almost 50 years.
Through courses that upgrade their academic
or language skills, we help students get to
where they want to be in their education,
career, and personal life,
and it all began in 1968 at the Queensway campus
through the basic training and skills development program.
Today, this focus on pathways has expanded
to a variety of adult upgrading
and general arts and science pathways programs,
and second language programs
that even include the launch of our
English for academic purposes in China in October 2017.
- We think about what students are being asked
to decide so early one, "What do you want to be?"
So we have many different access points in the school
in order to be able to provide
people with that opportunity.
For adults, it's through academic upgrading
where they're looking at literacy and basic skills.
Then, for others, it's about coming to Canada.
Our EAP programming, which are academic purposes,
is another entree into making Humber
the destination of choice.
- [Voiceover] 1984, the written word is
a powerful, multifunctional tool.
In the department of English,
we teach students to harness the power of words,
and to use them for creative expression,
workplace communications,
persuasive, analytical writing, and much more.
We also allow them to share their work
through our League for Innovations literary competition
that has been in existence since 1984,
and engage directly with great Canadian authors
through our literary reading series
that has brought great authors like Timothy Findley,
Peter Robinson, Andre Alexis to our classrooms
for over 38 years.
- The Humber Literary Review
is a relatively new publication
run by a collective of volunteers
who are all English faculty at the college.
We aim to publish both established
and emerging authors and artists.
Students are actually encouraged to contribute.
We ran a emerging fiction writer contest.
A graduate of the Humber School for Writers,
Brittany Smith, won first place in that competition.
- I've been running a series of ongoing literary readings
by distinguished Canadian writers,
and the idea was to get the author to come
and meet the students.
1989, the floodgates opened up for Humber writers
'cause Joe Kertes won
the Leacock Medal for Humour for Winter Tulips.
Then, Wayson Choy followed about 1996
with The Jade Peony, so now,
we have a lot of Humber authors,
and for the students, that gives them
an extra sense of Humber pride
because these people are walking around the campus,
and they're writing great books.
- [Narrator] Occasionally, for a student
to fully grasp a concept,
they'll need more than in-class learning.
Places like the Math and Writing Centre provide
this extra dose of assistance to students,
and have been doing so since the early 1990s.
Annually, over 27,000 students walk
through the Math and Writing Centre's doors,
seeking to strengthen their math and writing skills
through workshops, tutoring, and tutorials.
2003, it is essential for students
to connect with industry experts
throughout their academic journey.
To facilitate this, the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences
organizes on-campus events,
like the President's Lecture Series,
that has brought notable figures like Stephen Lewis,
David Onley, Samantha Nutt,
and Geoff Pevere to our campuses.
In addition, the school also hosts two annual conferences,
the LAS Interdisciplinary Conference,
now in its seventh year,
and an annual symposium hosted jointly
with the International Festival of Authors,
now in its fourth year.
- The President's Lecture Series began in 2003,
but there was a kind of proto-lecture series
that existed before that.
That was called Brave New Worlds.
The point of the lecture series
is to create a forum at the college
where students have the opportunity
to meet public intellectuals from outside of Humber College
who engage in really important dialogue
about contemporary issues.
Then, when they graduate,
and they go out into the world,
they'll be more likely to feel comfortable
going to a public lecture.
- The Humber Liberal Arts at IFOA
is an interdisciplinary academic conference.
The conference brings in national
and international academics.
Last year, we had Chris Hedges,
who's a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist.
This year's keynote is Professor Susan N. Herman,
who is the president of the American Civil Liberties Union.
It's an exciting display of interdisciplinary
academic research in action.
- [Narrator] In 2014, Dr. Dan Andreae
donated $250,000 in support of
the Dr. Dan Andreae scholarships,
an endowment that will fund three awards
for students taking courses
in the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences,
where Dr. Andreae has taught for many years.
In return, Humber named it's north campus
math and writing center in his honor.
- Our math and our writing center was recognized
just a few years ago by Dr. Dan Andreae,
who has taught at Humber for over 20 years.
He's a contract faculty member.
He gifted Humber with $250,000,
and in turn, we recognized our math and writing center
here at the north campus.
Day after day after day,
I hear students talking about
the phenomenal experience that they had.
Whether it was for a semester, or for a year, or two,
that they've allowed us to be part of their story
is something that we're exceptionally proud of.
Happy 50th anniversary, Humber.
You're looking good for your age.