Student Spotlight: Saachi Kaur

Saachi Kaur, a second-year Interior Design student at Humber North, unexpectedly moved to Canada two years ago.

Kaur worked at McDonald's when she first arrived but after enrolling at Humber, she also worked as a content creator for the Dean of Students Office.

She has consistently ended up on the Dean’s List since last year.

Kaur took part in Nuit Blanche this year with seven other people and launched their own installation. She was the youngest on the team.

“It is named Echoes of a Garden, and it is like an upside-down ceiling garden,” Kaur said.

Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow was very “intrigued” by their presentation and found it “fascinating.”

She believes professors are the ones that keep pushing them. “Life in Humber is the second most important thing that is going on in my life,” Kaur said.

Working at Humber is very flexible because they align work schedules with one’s class schedule, she said.

Kaur was a part of the Lego Design Hackathon last year where they planned to build a Lego city.

She and her team presented floor plans and won. Now Humber has a plan for a space, that may be designed in the future depending on the funding.

Kaur participated in the Illuminating Engineering Society Lightning Design Competition where she created a tree lamp named “Sapling” out of LED lights, bamboo sticks and luminaires.

She was awarded second place in the competition and won changeable light bulbs.

Kaur currently volunteers as a card writer for Sending Sunshine where she sends out handwritten cards to old age homes.

“This is something that’s healing my inner child,” she said.