HartHouseAnnualReport-2017-18

FOR
BUILDING
COMMUNITY
Our partners help us
to create meaningful
opportunities to
support, and learn
from, a wide array of
communities.
To help build
stronger and
more inclusive
local and global
communities, we
build relationships
with local and global
community partners
Hart House is about community. All of
our arts, dialogue and wellness programs
are grounded in a commitment to engage
with and learn from the diverse voices that
make up our city and world. Our partners
help us to create meaningful opportunities
to support, and learn from, a wide array of
communities. Through our programming,
we work together to build a stronger local
and global community together.
Highlights from
2017–2018
HART HOUSE PODCASTS
Although Hart House delivers programs
on all three U of T campuses, and our
community outreach takes us far beyond
the University of Toronto, the stories that
we hear from participants every day are
so inspiring that we needed to find a
way to share them even further afield.
Hart House Podcasts began as a pilot
project in 2017–2018 to teach students
techniques and interview skills that will
allow them to produce their own podcasts.
The breadth of subjects, experiences
and perspectives that emerged was so
impressive that the project evolved into
a broader program that captures these
stories and explores topics of interest to
our members, and aspires to enhance
existing programs, exhibits, and lectures.
Look for “harthouse” on your favourite
podcast platform.
Opposite page: Mike Auksi, Community Partner, Youth
Recreation Project
YOUTH COMMUNITY
RECREATION PROJECT
Hart House is collaborating with the
Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical
Education on a community-based
research project that relies on building
ongoing relationships with several
community groups. Through recreation
and sport, communities of youth who are
often under-represented and underserved
in education settings from across Toronto
are encouraged to explore campus,
connect with others, and engage with
the full array of Hart House programming
to explore possible interests in postsecondary
education.
Hart House transformed the Youth
Community Recreation Project into a
partnership that includes the Native Child
and Family Services, the St. Albans Boys
and Girls Club, The 519, and CultureLink.
The initiative is supported by Hart House
Recreation & Wellness staff, a research
team from the Faculty of Kinesiology &
Physical Education as well as placement
students from New College Community
Engaged Learning Program, Faculty of
Medicine – Community Based Service
Learning Program, and the Faculty of
Kinesiology & Physical Education.
Using recreation and sport as an access
point, each group designs programs
within the following framework:
• Social Justice & Social Responsibility
• Personal Development through
educational/occupational exploration
• Personal Development & Wellbeing
explored through health,
nutrition, recreation/sport and
adventure
• Group Projects.
INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR
THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL
DISCRIMINATION (IDERD)
Hart House was a key partner and
served as the venue for the March
19–20, 2018 IDERD conference at the
University of Toronto. Over 200 students,
faculty, staff and community members
attended over the two days. The theme
of IDERD’s Campaign was, “Anti-Racism
Change in Postsecondary Institutions:
Resistance, Assessment, Measurement
and Accountability” The conference
addressed racialized inequities within
the postsecondary environment and
examined what is needed to bring about
transformational change. The morning
began with a keynote address by Natasha
Kumar Warikoo, Associate Professor,
Harvard Graduate School of Education
and author of The Diversity Bargain and
Other Dilemmas of Race, Admissions,
and Meritocracy at Elite Universities. In
conversation with Canadian scholars
Enakshi Dua, Carl James and Alissa
Trotz on their book The Equity Myth,
they together explored systemic issues
around representation and voice in
post-secondary institutions. Day two
focused on “Indigenous Communities
and Right Relations: the role of listening
and understanding”, “Islamophobia and
Campus Culture in an Age of Empire”,
several roundtable discussions, and
a closing panel focused on student
experience, building an anti-racism
community on campus, including
strategies on how to embed anti-racism,
inclusivity and equity at the institutional
level.
SOAR
The SOAR Indigenous Youth Gathering
met at Hart House in March 2018 and
began the day with a smudging ceremony
performed by Cat Criger. Initiated and
led by the Faculty of Kinesiology and
Physical Education, the annual program
is part of the University of Toronto’s
initiative to break down barriers for
Indigenous students who want to pursue
post-secondary education. The visit to
Hart House for teenagers aged 14 to 17
included a chance to tour the building,
take part in recreational activities, and
learn about the variety of recreational,
educational and Indigenous events and
programs available at Hart House and
other sites at U of T.
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