Winter 2023 Virtual Conference: Insights into the Digital Business World

The Winter 2023 Virtual Conference, hosted by students of the BUS 2504 Web Development class in collaboration with the Digital Business Student Association, was an excellent opportunity for students to gain insights into the latest trends and practices in the digital business world. The first session of the conference featured Candice Cristovao and Kathryn Keenan from Digital Main Street, a non-profit organization that supports entrepreneurs … Continue reading Winter 2023 Virtual Conference: Insights into the Digital Business World

Visits to Google & Microsoft

I have planned the following two visits to Google and Microsoft’s head offices in Toronto during the May, please note the following and use the links to register as space is limited: Google Microsoft Add this Visit to your Co-Curricular Record You may choose to add this site visit as a co-curricular experience upon submission of the following deliverable (TBC) Continue reading Visits to Google & Microsoft

Meet the Mango’s

Meet Thomas, Mackenzie, and Tabassum – three graduates from the Digital Business Management BComm program at the Longo Faculty of Business, Humber College. These talented individuals are now pursuing successful careers in the digital business industry, bringing their unique skills and perspectives to the table. Thomas Durham (LinkedIn) graduated from the Digital Business Management program in 2020 and founded Mango Digital, a digital marketing agency … Continue reading Meet the Mango’s

The Power of Mentors

Once again, I am looking forward to connecting current students with alumni through the Digital Portfolio assignment in our BUS 2504 Web Development Course. Thanks to the alumni for volunteering to support this assignment by mentoring our current students. These informal conversations are extremely valuable and I love reading them over the years. I am sharing below snippets from previous Mentoring Conversations as I truly … Continue reading The Power of Mentors

Cross-program Collaborative Blogging Experience

The Digital Business Management students worked with the Baking and Pastry Arts Management students during Fall 2022; a collaborative project designed by Chef Alastair Gray and Hanadi Alnawab on the development of a Café Reviews blogging website. Baking and Pastry Arts Management students were asked to visit a coffee or tea shop as part of their second year BAKE 204 course work, taught by Chef Alastair Gray, … Continue reading Cross-program Collaborative Blogging Experience

App Prototype Design for rxRecourse

We’re back in-person and totally loving the energy of in-class collaboration and brainstorming! Our semester five BUS 3003 students have been working on designing an App prototype for our industry partner  rxRecourse; a Canadian fitness business based in Toronto. The students worked in groups and used MethodKits as a brainstorming tool during the exploratory research stage of their project, starting with the MethodKit for App … Continue reading App Prototype Design for rxRecourse

Panel Discussion and Screening of the EDC Kenya Documentary

It’s #InternationalEducationWeek! and we celebrated at Humber College with a series of events organized by our International Development Institute. I had the pleasure of joining on Tuesday Nov 22, 2022 as a panelist alongside my Humber colleague Clarisse Estebar, as well as Benson Macharia and Dennis Gichobi who joined us virtually from CAP-Youth Empowerment Institute in Nairobi, Kenya. The event started with screening of the EDC … Continue reading Panel Discussion and Screening of the EDC Kenya Documentary

Vision Board Workshop

I spent my lunch hour on Monday Nov 14 with a great group of Humber students brainstorming, sharing, connecting, reflecting, and learning during a one-hour hands-on workshop led by our own fourth year student Tabassum Hawlader. Tabassum walked us through the step-by-step process of using Canva.com to create our own vision boards. Not only did we explore Canva, but each of us left with our … Continue reading Vision Board Workshop

Presenting EDC Kenya at the CBIE 2022 Conference

I had the pleasure of presenting our EDC Kenya project at the Canadian Bureau for International Education CBIE 2022 Conference (Toronto 13-16 November 2022) along with Clarisse Estebar, and absolutely loved the in-person conference energy after over two long years of virtual events! Access the presentation slides here. Session Title: Experiential Learning Opportunities through International Development amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic Session Description: This session will … Continue reading Presenting EDC Kenya at the CBIE 2022 Conference

Fall 2022 Digital Conference

Great day and rich conversations! Connecting current students with grads and industry through new and innovative projects is my passion. This Fall, we hosted the following four sessions on Nov 7 through two of our Digital Business Management courses; BUS 2504 Web Development and BUS 3003 e-Business Information Systems and Technology: Our guests shared their experience and insights on various digital business topics that we … Continue reading Fall 2022 Digital Conference