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- [Narrator] Action, adventure, and hot hot stuff.
This is where things happen at Humber.
The history of this school goes back to
the early union of three pillar areas within the college.
Hospitality, recreation, and tourism.
Now known as HRT,
this school is the heart of action, adventure,
and hot hot stuff in Humber.
At the helm of the school, is Susan Somerville,
a dean with over 20 years of industry experience
in both the public and private sectors.
She was recently named dietician of the year
by Dieticians of Canada Business and Industry Network.
- We came up with action and adventure and hot hot stuff
to kind of cluster the different programs,
so we have a big group of action programs, sport and fitness
and then we have the whole adventure, the tourism,
the hospitality, where students work
and travel all around the world
and then hot hot stuff, that's our culinary spin
on what goes on in our labs
but that includes baking and culinary and nutrition
and food service management.
- [Narrator] The year 1982 marked the opening of
the Humber Room, a centrepiece for the school.
It is a learning mecca for several program areas
and has evolved many times to align with
the same industry trends and demands
you would find in the restaurant business.
Students learn real world techniques, right here on campus.
- The Humber Room was created as a live lab,
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 when they're ready for their internship or for a job,
they already have that confidence to excel in the industry.
- [Narrator] 2005 was the year
the first Study Abroad Excursion was launched.
Since that time, students have been benefiting
from cross-cultural experiences all over the world.
HRT now runs three semesters abroad
and five short duration trips each academic year.
- We have three Semester Abroad opportunities,
so they can travel all around France,
they can go to Florence, Italy
if they're in culinary or baking
and study in the heart of Florence
and then we also have students that go all the way to Taiwan
and study in Taiwan.
So those are amazing opportunities for our students,
to go and learn what's going on in the world
and grow and develop as global citizens.
- [Narrator] In 2012, the school launched
the Humber Centre for Healthy Living.
A unique concept among post-secondary institutions,
drawing on the expertise of faculty and student learning,
the centre offers high quality nutrition
and culinary instruction, massage therapy treatment,
and personal training in world class facilities.
- The Centre for Healthy Living is an amazing way
to engage Humber faculty and staff
with our student learning.
We actually have a fitness client, right here on campus
and that's faculty or staff.
If you're a nutrition student,
you're counselling faculty and staff right here on campus
and if you're a culinary student,
you can be doing healthy cooking workshops.
It brings to life, the learning in the classroom.
- [Narrator] Applied learning is
the focus of many programs in HRT.
Programs such as Recreation and Leisure Services
provide the specific skill sets needed to launch careers.
To truly benefit from hands-on experience,
you must have expert guidance.
A seasoned chef, pro fitness instructor,
or registered dietician could pass on a world of knowledge,
never found in a textbook.
At some point in the school's history, a phenomenon began.
Graduates started coming back.
Their love for the school compelled them to reconnect,
to share, and eventually, to teach in their program areas.
- Our faculty in HRT are incredible.
They are so dedicated and so passionate about
what they teach, and they bring in current stuff,
what's happening right now, today,
right into the classrooms.
My fourth year as dean of the school
and you get to know students throughout their time here,
and it's just so wonderful
when you see them crossing that stage at graduation.
Happy 50th anniversary, Humber.