Black Student Success & Engagment (BSSE)
The BSSE (Black Student Support and Engagement) Program seeks to provide students who identify as Black, African, and Caribbean with community, resources and support to help them fully maximize on their campus experience. Our programming is open to students within Humber College and the University of Guelph-Humber.
- Support starts at BSSEWe want to see you succeed! BSSE hosts a number of workshops centered around academic supports in collaboration with Peer Assisted Learning Services and Tutoring. Not looking for academic supports? BSSE also offers programming that focuses on personal growth and development just as the King’s Gathering, Circle of Queens or Level Up Series.
Black/African Employee Resource Group (BAERG)
The BAERG is a community of Part-Time, Full-Time and, contract Faculty, Administrative, and Support staff who identify as Black People. The group was established on September 2, 2020. We foster an environment of belonging, great camaraderie, and positive energy. We also create a brave and safe space for our members to have easy and difficult conversations, share experiences, increase awareness, adapt new skills for personal and professional development, be their authentic selves and "shine bright like a diamond" to quote Rihanna.
LGBTQ+ Resource Centre and The BlaQ Collective
A partnership between the LGBTQ+ Resource Centre and the BSSE, The BlaQ Collective is focused on holding space for Black, African, and Caribbean LGBTQ+ individuals. Join us for conversations, connection, games, movies, and more. We talk about topics related to our community and provide resources for further discussion and exploration. This program is in collaboration with the BSSE. Events run biweekly on Thursdays: Events Calendar.
- Learn all about 2SLGBTQ+ Resources on CampusIgnite with Pride: An article written by Ojasvini Parashar, 2023.
- Providing safe spaces for Humber College’s LGBTQ+ communityCampus News, Carolyn Burgos Cando, 2023.
- Queer Joy: Celebrating the Artwork of Queer & Trans folksThrough a collaboration with the LGBTQ+ Resource Centre and the 2SLGBTQ+ Employee Resource Group (ERG) at Humber, we honour the identities and self-expression of two-spirited, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex members of our community, students, staff, and faculty.
Afro-Indigenous Engagement (IE&E)
Indigenous Education & Engagement works in partnership with regional Indigenous communities to ensure Indigenous students are supported and connected to their learning environment- academically, culturally and socially.
We assist Indigenous students in making the transition and adjustment to the challenges of college life while creating an awareness and appreciation of Indigenous culture and history in the greater campus community.
In the News:
- Black And Indigenous Solidarity: Visions Of Abundance by Chief Lady BirdThis piece was inspired by the continuous, ongoing, and cyclical community work initiated by Black and Indigenous folks. It is a visual love letter to our matriarchs and queer fam who envision radical futures, which are inclusive and safe for racialized and gender diverse people. Specifically, I chose not to include any urbanized landscapes within the composition because the futures we envision and work towards are focussed on Land Back and ensuring all our relations have access to their homelands and teachings. I have embedded the piece with Woodland Style imagery and my own use of this visual language to include concepts of reciprocity, food sovereignty, futurisms, land stewardship, activism and leadership.
- Humber College celebrates Earth Month to remember Black, Indigenous PeoplesIt has been 11 years since Isaac Crosby, a Black Ojibwa Humber College graduate, last stepped foot onto the North campus. Crosby, a professional urban agriculturist, was invited to teach a workshop on gardening and Indigenous agricultural techniques at an Earth Month event hosted by Humber’s Office of Sustainability, the Black Student Support and Engagement (BSSE) Program, and Indigenous Education & Engagement (IE&E) on March 21, 2023.