Humber Supports Extension of Knowledge Infrastructure Program

Humber Supports Extension of Knowledge Infrastructure Program

Toronto, Ontario – December 10, 2010 – Humber College welcomes the Government of Canada’s announcement to extend the Knowledge Infrastructure Program (KIP) by seven months.

KIP is a component of Canada’s Economic Action Plan launched in 2009, developed in partnership with the provinces to renew the capital of the country’s post-secondary education system, providing upgraded facilities to meet the needs of students in undergraduate and training programs.

Projects funded through the program must now be completed by October 31, 2011, revised from the original deadline date of March 31, 2011.

As part of KIP, Humber has invested in new and renovated facilities, primarily at the Humber Lakeshore Campus, that help students to develop the skills and gain the experience they need to enter the work force, including:

• the Humber Centre for Justice Leadership, a “CSI” centre featuring a crime scene investigation studio and forensic evidence processing lab
• the Humber Arts and Media Studios, a dedicated facility for media and performing arts students, including a theatre, scene shop, stage combat lab and film studios
• a new learning and study complex providing facilities for Humber’s new Bachelor of Journalism and Bachelor of Commerce – Accounting degrees. The building will feature a student learning commons and a media centre, and is set to open in September 2011.

“The Government of Canada’s announcement allows for Humber, and all colleges, to complete the expansion and modernization of infrastructure in a fair and reasonable manner,” said John Davies, president of Humber. “Our dedicated faculty and administrators, along with our facilities staff, have worked tirelessly to ensure that the KIP funds meet their objectives. This announcement recognizes these efforts and ensures a realistic and achievable completion of the projects that are underway.”

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 graduate 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
416.675.6622 ext. 4296/
andrew.leopold@humber.ca / kevin.gonsalves@humber.ca