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Welcome back!

At Humber Lakeshore, September always brings a sense of excitement and renewal.

I look forward to seeing more students and staff on campus this term. This fall is one of transition and it feels different than last year.

The world has learned how to better cope with COVID-19 and vaccination rates are on the rise. This is uncharted territory and we’re navigating it together.

The campus is changing, too. One of my favourite art installations has moved on, but not before leaving a lasting impression on our community.

Since November 2019, Cover Up (The Reveal) has been an important part of our campus culture. You have probably seen it – a 9-ft bronze statue of a man reaching for his hood in front of C Cottage. It was created by British artist Thomas J Price, whose work explores social identity and challenges the underrepresentation and misconception of Black people.

Cover Up was part of a larger exhibit curated by the Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery that highlights Price’s art, on loan from the Rennie Collection in Vancouver.

When Price visited at the launch, he went to Humber’s Lakeshore campus and learned about its history. Then, he chose Cover Up’s exact location. The piece was deinstalled and transported back to Vancouver last month.

Humber College is fortunate to have partnered with the Power Plant to bring this thoughtprovoking piece to Lakeshore. Cover Up inspired many people to pause, reflect and engage in meaningful conversations about race, equity and privilege.

Cover Up was part of Humber’s Campus as a Canvas initiative. Humber Galleries is extending

Photo:Chiara Filicetti

its reach beyond the walls of our buildings and offering accessible and enriching art all over our campus in creative ways. Humber Galleries and the Faculty of Media & Creative Arts thought outside the box when they asked Krystal Moodie, a Humber graduate and current employee, to display her photography on the construction fence at the Humber Cultural Hub (HCH) site.

HCH is in the first phase of construction which includes a 250,200 sq. ft. building featuring a recital hall, specialty teaching spaces and a student residence addition.

Moodie is a self-taught photographer, originally from Jamaica. When she moved to Canada in 2014, she enrolled in Humber’s Photography program and found a passion for food photography. Now, her Cone Series has been scaled up for the entire community to see. The photo shows a series of waffle cones painted various colours, filled with and surrounded by foods of the same colour. Our faculty members are taking her art even further by incorporating it into the curriculum. Students are set to use Cone Series to practice their augmented reality (AR) skills. A work-study student is currently making 3D versions of Moodie’s work, which classes will use to create a new interpretation of the image.

One example of AR would allow community members to interact with the art, too. You could potentially hold up your phone to Cone Series at Lakeshore campus and see it animate with our phone to Cone Series at the Lakeshore campus and see blueberries flying out of a waffle cone, or watch it move around the screen.

Humber is also adding to its musical offerings. For the first time in 41 years, Humber’s Community Music School is offering vocal lessons for children and youth. Jazz singer and longtime voice teacher Laura Anglade

Photo: Courtesy of Humber Galleries

will be teaching private lessons. The classes are delivered fully online and open to all ages and experience levels.

The school is building on its existing expertise in jazz education and aims to reach youth who may not have access to music programming in school.

There are even more art installations and initiatives coming throughout 2021. We’ll keep you updated. In the meantime, let me know your thoughts on how we are bringing our campus as canvas to life, and ideas you might have to keep these connections to community thriving.

Sincerely, Derek Stockley Principal, Lakeshore Campus Associate Vice President, Academic

DEREK STOCKLEY

Principal, Lakeshore Campus Senior Dean, Faculty of Social and Community Services Follow on Twitter: @derek_stockley

“The Undertaker” by Bennett Chapple (1903)

The midnight hour, the darkest hour That human grief may know, Sends forth it’s hurried summonsAsk me to come—I go! I know not when the bell may toll, I know not where the blow may fall, I only know that I must go In answer to the call. Perhaps a friend—perhaps unknown‘Tis fate that turns the wheelThe tangled skein of human life Winds slowly on the reel. And I? – I’m the undertaker, “Cold-Blooded,” you’ll hear them say, “Trained to the shock and chill of death, With a heart that’s cold and grey.” Trained—that’s what they call it How little they know the restI’m human, and know the sorrow That throbs in the aching breast.

Courtesy of Brad Jones, Funeral Director Ridley Funeral Home