HartHouseAnnualReport-2017-18
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The execution of the<br />
Hart House strategic<br />
plan is grounded in<br />
integrated learning<br />
and community<br />
engagement across<br />
programming in arts<br />
and culture, dialogue<br />
and wellness.<br />
The student-majority<br />
Board of Stewards<br />
is the highest<br />
governing body at<br />
Hart House<br />
GOVERNANCE<br />
BRANDING—REPUTATIONAL<br />
EXCELLENCE<br />
A good brand is more than just a name<br />
and a logo. It encompasses everything we<br />
do and say, and just as important, what<br />
others say about us. A well-thought-out<br />
brand strategy helps position Hart House<br />
and define the experience that we hope<br />
clients will have when they interact with<br />
us. To this end, we engaged the services<br />
of SOS Design to help us refocus and<br />
refresh our brand. Several months of<br />
consultation with staff, students, alumni<br />
and community stakeholders, as well as<br />
research and awareness surveys, went<br />
into the development of the brand and<br />
positioning. The result was a logo lockup<br />
that included the new tagline “For You,”<br />
a reminder that - whether your personal<br />
engagement is through the arts, wellness,<br />
dialogue, community, food & dining or<br />
one of our beautiful event spaces – Hart<br />
House truly offers something for everyone.<br />
In developing our new brand, we were<br />
inspired by some key truths. These<br />
included:<br />
• Hart House is a social enterprise.<br />
All that we do in one way or another<br />
goes back to supporting student<br />
programs, learning beyond the<br />
classroom, and making a difference<br />
in the community<br />
• The “why” behind what we do is the<br />
focus, whereas the “what” is how we<br />
do it.<br />
• Hart House is more than just a<br />
building. It is a place whose reach<br />
extends beyond the campus.<br />
• The language and approach that we<br />
use must speak to all current and<br />
potential clients, not just those who<br />
are highly engaged. We must meet<br />
people where they are.<br />
• The Hart House brand must support<br />
our organizational values of diversity,<br />
equity and inclusion.<br />
ACADEMIC & COMMUNITY<br />
PARTNERSHIPS—<br />
EXPERIENTIAL EXCELLENCE<br />
Hart House has a long history of partnered<br />
work across all three campuses and with<br />
a wide array of community agencies.<br />
These partnerships have included strong<br />
linkages with the work of academic units.<br />
Initiatives with academic units provide<br />
rich experiences tied to course curricula<br />
and research initiatives. The execution of<br />
the Hart House strategic plan is grounded<br />
in integrated learning and community<br />
engagement across programming in arts<br />
and culture, dialogue and wellness.<br />
These partnerships and related initiatives<br />
use an integrated learning approach that<br />
intertwines co-curricular education with<br />
classroom, research, artistic performance<br />
and community experience. As such, this<br />
work then makes a particular contribution<br />
to the academic mission of the University<br />
of Toronto, as well as to student learning<br />
and student experience.<br />
Building on the foundational history of this<br />
work, the current Hart House strategic<br />
plan encourages a focus on these<br />
partnerships with academic units, with<br />
particular focus on providing research,<br />
experiential, and work-integrated learning<br />
opportunities for students. In <strong>2017</strong>–20<strong>18</strong><br />
some of our academic partners included:<br />
• Faculty of Music<br />
• John H. Daniels Faculty of<br />
Architecture, Landscape and Design<br />
• Munk School of Global Affairs<br />
• Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical<br />
Education<br />
• New College Community Engaged<br />
Learning: Equity Studies, Indigenous<br />
Studies, Women & Gender Institute<br />
• Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social<br />
Work<br />
• Faculty of Medicine<br />
• Dalla Lana School of Public Health<br />
• Centre for Drama, Theatre and<br />
Performance Studies<br />
• New College and Trinity College–<br />
Equity Studies and Trin One Program<br />
BOARD OF STEWARDS<br />
COMMITTEES AND CLUBS<br />
The highest governing body at Hart<br />
House is the Board of Stewards, and<br />
the majority of its voting members are<br />
students. They include representatives<br />
from each of the nine (9) student-led Hart<br />
House Standing Committees as well as<br />
one from each of the five student unions<br />
across the University’s three campuses.<br />
These students are joined on the Board<br />
by senior members of Hart House and U<br />
of T faculty and staff. Working together,<br />
they uphold the Hart House Constitution,<br />
provide broad oversight to ensure the<br />
House is pursuing and achieving the right<br />
priorities, and approve and monitor the<br />
annual budget.<br />
Through its Standing Committee<br />
structure, Hart House provides leadership<br />
opportunities for students and other<br />
members of Hart House, and encourages<br />
the exploration of ideas, perspectives<br />
and issues of importance to not only the<br />
House but to society at large.<br />
The ten Standing Committees of Hart<br />
House are:<br />
• Art<br />
• Debates and Dialogue<br />
• Farm<br />
• Finance<br />
• Literary & Library<br />
• Music<br />
• Recreational Athletics & Wellness<br />
• Senior Members<br />
• Social Justice, and<br />
• Theatre.<br />
In addition to these committees, Hart<br />
House supports many club programs in<br />
the arts, dialogue and wellness. Clubs<br />
build relationships between students<br />
and community members across and<br />
beyond campus. Hart House clubs help<br />
participants develop skills, broaden their<br />
outlook and enjoy new experiences.<br />
Whether competing in national<br />
competitions, performing live on stage or<br />
making films, these programs support a<br />
broad range of interests.<br />
• Musical groups including the<br />
Orchestra, Singers, Chamber Strings,<br />
Chorus, Symphonic Band, Jazz<br />
Ensemble and Jazz Choir<br />
• Recreational clubs including Chess,<br />
Archery, Bridge and the Underwater<br />
Club<br />
• Clubs focused on arts and culture<br />
including Film, Camera, and the<br />
Finnish exchange, and<br />
• The Hart House Debating Club.<br />
TRI-CAMPUS MANDATE<br />
Hart House believes the unique<br />
opportunities it presents to students are<br />
core to the University’s mission to educate<br />
the whole person; as such, they should be<br />
readily accessible to all U of T students,<br />
regardless of the campus on which they<br />
spend most of their time. In a survey<br />
conducted in 2015, we found that 90% of<br />
students on St. George campus used Hart<br />
House and an impressive 44% of UTM<br />
and UTSC students did the same. Since<br />
then, Hart House has embedded staff at<br />
UTM and UTSC to expand programming<br />
and further engage students across all<br />
three campuses. Drop-in programming<br />
such as Get Crafty and Board Game<br />
Café as well as travelling Talking Walls<br />
exhibits and film screenings are regularly<br />
presented at UTSC and UTM. And unique<br />
initiatives like the Hart House Global<br />
Commons are helping today’s students<br />
become tomorrow’s leaders and global<br />
citizens by engaging students from all<br />
three campuses in meaningful dialogue<br />
and exchange with students from partner<br />
universities all around the world.<br />
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