Toronto, Ontario – May 19, 2011 – Humber College is hosting the provincial Community Integration through Co-operative Education (CICE) conference for the second year in a row. The fourth annual conference is an opportunity for staff that work or will be working with developmentally disabled students to discuss best practices. On the last day of the conference, a number of students from the programs will be participating.
The theme of this year’s conference is “Building on Strengths,” which is significant as Humber, the province’s first CICE program, celebrates its 25th anniversary. Sessions at the conference will include an examination of accessibility legislation, team building strategies, and creative initiatives for classroom engagement.
Event: Fourth Annual CICE Conference
Date: Wed. May 25; Thurs. May 26; Fri. May 27
Time: Wednesday: 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. – Welcome / Opening sessions
Thursday: 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. – Presentations and sessions
Friday: 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. – Best practices / Student presentation
Location: Humber College – North Campus, 205 Humber College Blvd., Toronto
Interview/ Photo Op: CICE students (on Friday); Staff (all days)
About CICE
Currently, CICE programs are at four colleges (Humber, Sault, Lambton and Durham) in Ontario, with six other colleges beginning their own CICE programs in the near future.
The CICE program at Humber College provides adults with developmental disabilities the opportunity to experience college life and acquire skills they can use at college, work, home, and the community.
The goals of the program are to support students to:
– participate in college programs and activities
– test and develop skills for potential employment
– pursue personal areas of academic/vocational interest
– function more independently by attending classes in social, academic and life skills development
– strengthen skills and self-confidence to enrich the quality of their lives and actively participate in their community.
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 25,000 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. Visit humber.ca.
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For more information, please contact:
Andrew Leopold/ Kevin Gonsalves
Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning
Marketing and Communications
416.675.6622 ext. 4296/5778
Andrew cell: 416.518.8989
andrew.leopold@humber.ca / kevin.gonsalves@humber.ca
Rosanna To
Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning
CICE Faculty
School of Health Sciences
416.675.6622 ext. 4288
rosanna.to@humber.ca
