I am a postsecondary educator, passionate about collaborative, multidisciplinary experiential learning. I incorporate both concepts into the design of my classes through partnering with industry clients to bring live case studies into my classroom, as well as collaborating with colleagues from other faculties and programs to provide multidisciplinary cross-program experiences to my students.
Outside of work I enjoy spending quality time with my son and husband, travelling, baking, and reading. Here’s a fun map Padlet I started with my son to track places I’ve been to, and dream of new destinations! Below are some highlights of my professional life.
Awards
- President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2023
- League for Innovation Award, 2020
- Distinguished Faculty Award, 2018
Teaching & Learning
- DigiPod Network: A student-led podcast project we started in Fall 2024 as part of our Product Management course, students work in teams to conceptualize, prototype, and produce podcast episodes targeting student audiences, in partnership with other Humber programs, alumni, and industry.
- The Fashion History Project: Started in Fall 2023 as a creative collaboration between the Fashion Management BComm program and the Digital Business Management BComm program, in collaboration with Humber Libraries.
- Business Excursions Series: Organized program-wide fieldtrips where students visited various companies for presentations and office tours. Examples include: Google, Microsoft, Pinterest, Spotify, NTN.
- Career Readiness Certification Opportunities: Embed industry-recognized certifications into the coursework to give students a competitive edge and real-world skills.
- Community Involvement: Joined the Toronto WordPress Group as a co-organizer in Summer 2023 and launched the Diverse Speaker Series in collaboration as an extra-curricular activity for the Digital Business Management students.
- The Digital Hub: Launched in 2015 as a collaborative experiential learning platform designed to connect students with alumni, industry partners, and peers from other academic programs.
Applied Research Funding
- Received support through the Mobilize Grant, funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and administered by Humber’s Office of Research & Innovation, to partner with Collaborative Aging on Digitizing a Proactive Approach to Navigating Aging & Caregiving.
- Received funding from Humber Polytechnic under Priority 3 of the Academic Plan – Empowering Teaching and Learning – for the project Harnessing the AI Chatbot in Humber’s Classrooms: A Multi-disciplinary + Cross-Faculty Approach.
- Received funding from Humber’s SEED Research & Innovation Fund for the project Interdisciplinary Collaboration to Improve Student Experience in Project-Based Work.
- Received funding from Ontario Centre of Innovation through Humber’s Office of Research & Innovation to partner with and support small businesses in Ontario on building sustainable online presence using WordPress, the free and open-source content management system. The following are examples of some of the projects we completed with business partners: Regenesis Fitness, Unique Sand Casting, Purple Stage Door Productions, and many other.
Conference Presentations &International Engagement
- Building Soft Skills: Bongo AI Activities in MindTap Courses, 2026, Virtual
- International Week at Parul University, 2026, Vadodara, Gujarat, India.
- Cengage Computing Experience, 2025, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
- Cengage Computing Experience, 2024, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
- KEA Charrette, 2024, Copenhagen School of Design & Technology, Denmark.
- Commonwealth Fashion Council Symposium, 2024, Virtual, UK.
- WordCamp Montclair, 2023, New Jersey, USA.
- CBIE Conference, Canadian Bureau for International Education, 2022, Toronto, Canada.
- EDC Kenya, 2022 (Entrepreneurship, Digital Livelihoods, and Creative Arts Kenya, COIL, Kenya.
- Innovations Conference, 2020, League for Innovation in the Community College, Seattle, Washington, USA.
- Digital Business Strategy COIL Project, 2019, Fontys Academy for the Creative Industries, The Netherlands.
- WE ARE – International Theme Week, 2018, Fontys Academy for Creative Industries, Tilburg, Netherlands.
Hanadi Alnawab 