HUMBER COLLEGE COMMUNITY UPDATE Building local businesses Humber College’s entrepreneurial students and alumni just got a boost from the Bank of Montreal (BMO) through a donation of $750,000. The contribution to the college supports the BMO Launch Me Competition, where students develop and pitch business ideas with the potential to receive start-up funding. The bank’s gift will also expand the competition to include three new pitch streams geared toward women, innovators and new graduates. Humber will also be able to offer BMO Entrepreneurship Workshops, skillsbased training programs at the Centre for Entrepreneurship, located on our Lakeshore campus. The Centre, one of Humber’s Centres for Innovation, works with students, alumni and community members who want to explore the world of entrepreneurship. With various facilities, including focus group and control rooms, boardrooms, a production lab with 3D printers and a media lab, the CfE is a hub of entrepreneurial activity.
December is an important and exciting month for many of our students at Humber College. Humber’s Fall 2021 graduates just joined a community of alumni 278,000 strong, and current students are wrapping up their term before the holidays. When they return to school in January, the campus will be busier than it has been since the beginning of the pandemic almost two years ago. There’s a lot to look forward to in 2022. 24
Student success Recent graduate Xana Mills is one of the many students to take advantage of the CfE’s programming and supports, which helped her win Humber’s latest Launch Me Competition. Mills, a Bachelor of Digital Communications student at the time, is the founder and creator of Glowvine Candles. The brand sells ecofriendly candles in vessels that can be reused as planters after the candle burns out. Mills developed Glowvine’s business plan as part of her Digital Communications
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