Toronto, Ontario – February 16, 2011 – Humber College Broadcasting Television/Videography (BRTV) students were part of the crew broadcasting Canadian Chris del Bosco winning the Rockstar Ski Cross Grand Prix at Blue Mountain on February 11.
Del Bosco’s win will air in Canada on Rogers Sportsnet on Saturday, Feb. 19 at 4 p.m. Humber students participated as part of the Double Black Diamond Production (DBDP) broadcast crew.
“Students covered a major sporting event in challenging conditions,” said Michael Wright, a professor in the Humber BRTV department. “DBDP trusted our students to excel, which is why they invited Humber. When these students apply for jobs, they can say they worked on a program that aired on a major Canadian network. Not many students can say that.”
Students worked on the live broadcast and the sports production teams, in roles including producer, technical directors, camera operators, editors, and more. Humber students worked with SCORPIO, Humber’s new high-definition (HD) television mobile truck. SCORPIO is the most technically advanced mobile in any college in Ontario. The compact 35’ mobile television facility features the latest in state-of-the-art HD broadcast equipment, including top-of-the-line high-definition cameras, a video production switcher, a digital recording system, broadcast graphics software, edit facilities and more.
“I was totally psyched to be working at a ski cross event that had Canadian Olympians competing,” said second-year student Jessica Bria, who worked on video as part of the Blue Mountain Screen Presentation crew. “I remember watching the Olympics a year ago and it was the coolest event there. Now I got to be a part of it. This was the kind of experience I need as I look for a job.”
About Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning
Established in 1967, Humber is one of Canada’s leading postsecondary institutions. Committed to student success through excellence in teaching and learning, Humber serves more than 22,000 full-time students and 56,000 continuing education registrants. With an internationally recognized reputation for quality learning, Humber offers a wide-range of career-focused opportunities for students to personalize their educational path. Our 150 full-time programs include four-year bachelor’s degrees, two and three-year diplomas, one and two-year certificates, and apprenticeship training.~ As a founding member of Polytechnics Canada, Humber offers students the opportunity to participate in applied research projects that find solutions for issues confronting small and medium-sized enterprises. Humber is one of 12 Vanguard Learning Colleges as identified by the League for Innovation, and the League’s only Canadian board member. Humber finished first in its class in the highly regarded Community College Survey of Student Engagement in 2009 in each of four categories, including Active and Collaborative Learning, Student Effort, Academic Challenge and Student-Faculty Interaction. More than 85 per cent of Humber graduates are employed within six months of completing their studies.
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