HartHouseAnnualReport-2017-18
2017–2018 YEAR IN REVIEW HART HOUSE, UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO 2017–2018
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<strong>2017</strong>–20<strong>18</strong><br />
YEAR IN REVIEW<br />
HART HOUSE, UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO<br />
<strong>2017</strong>–20<strong>18</strong>
Opposite page: Hart House Global Commons<br />
<strong>2017</strong>-20<strong>18</strong><br />
CONTENTS<br />
4 Hart House: Community,<br />
Capacity, Communication<br />
5 Organizational Chart and<br />
Strategic Objectives<br />
6 <strong>2017</strong>–20<strong>18</strong>: A Year of<br />
Acceleration<br />
6 Customer Service<br />
Training—Operational<br />
Excellence<br />
8 Branding—Reputational<br />
Excellence<br />
8 Academic Partnerships—<br />
Experiential Excellence<br />
9 Governance<br />
9 Board of Stewards<br />
Committees and Clubs<br />
9 Tri-Campus Mandate<br />
10 For an Open Dialogue<br />
11 Global Commons<br />
12 Hancock Lecture<br />
12 Hart House Debates and<br />
Dialogue Committee Events<br />
14 For Your Inner Artist<br />
15 Night of Ideas<br />
16 Uprooted and<br />
Dispossessed<br />
16 <strong>2017</strong>/<strong>18</strong> Theatre Season<br />
<strong>18</strong> Hart House By the Numbers<br />
20 For What Moves You<br />
22 Wellness Drop-in Programs<br />
22 Hart House Farm<br />
24 For Building Community<br />
25 Hart House Podcasts<br />
25 Youth Community<br />
Recreation<br />
25 International Day for<br />
the Elimination of Racial<br />
Discrimination (IDERD)<br />
25 SOAR<br />
26 Human Library<br />
26 Hart House Theatre Review<br />
27 Celebrations and Ceremonies<br />
27 Black Graduation<br />
Ceremony<br />
28 Paul Templin Retires<br />
29 Awards<br />
29 Donor Supported Awards<br />
30 University-wide Awards<br />
31 Art Museum Awards<br />
32 Building<br />
32 Critical Infrastructure<br />
Renewal<br />
32 Hart House Theatre<br />
Improvements<br />
33 Other Capital Projects<br />
34 Support<br />
36 Financials<br />
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HART HOUSE:<br />
COMMUNITY, CAPACITY,<br />
COMMUNICATION<br />
OUR STRATEGIC PLAN<br />
Delight in<br />
Discovery<br />
Key Themes<br />
Diversity Exploration Engagement<br />
excellence as our motivating force. Year 2:<br />
<strong>2017</strong>–20<strong>18</strong>, was one of acceleration. As<br />
you will read in the pages of this report,<br />
throughout the year we gained traction<br />
and momentum as the plan began to take<br />
its full shape. We began to get a sense of<br />
the House’s full potential to offer a truly<br />
transformative, accessible, and engaging<br />
educational experience to every student at<br />
all three campuses of this university.<br />
ways of seeing the world without fear of<br />
failure or the challenge of competition.<br />
On and off campus, staff nurture leaders,<br />
promote creativity and provide a foundation<br />
for self-exploration. The house is a haven<br />
for those seeking refuge and relaxation,<br />
and a place of safety for those seeking to<br />
test and try new things that, while scary,<br />
just might liberate their minds, enrich their<br />
spirits, and enhance their well-being.<br />
Strategic Objectives<br />
Experiential Excellence Operational Excellence Reputational Excellence<br />
Foundational Pillars<br />
People Infrastructure Funding<br />
Welcome to the Hart House<br />
Annual Report for <strong>2017</strong>–20<strong>18</strong>.<br />
In the following pages, you will<br />
find a snapshot of all that the<br />
students, senior members, alumni,<br />
faculty and staff have learned and<br />
accomplished together over the<br />
past year at Hart House.<br />
Just as it always has, Hart House offers<br />
students of the University of Toronto the<br />
opportunity to come together outside their<br />
classrooms and across their differences<br />
in pursuit of life-changing, communityenriching<br />
“high endeavour” through the<br />
arts, dialogue and wellness. Further, the<br />
Hart House of today continues to evolve<br />
into a more diverse and inclusive space<br />
than ever before while still remaining true<br />
to its core mandate.<br />
<strong>2017</strong>–20<strong>18</strong> was the second year of the<br />
Hart House five-year strategic plan, “Delight<br />
in Discovery”. Given Hart House’s long<br />
association with recreational running, we<br />
like to think of each year of the plan as a<br />
different stage of a race. Year 1: 2016–<br />
<strong>2017</strong>, was the start, and a powerful and<br />
explosive one it was, with our ultimate goals<br />
of experiential, operational and reputational<br />
One of the many exciting ways in which<br />
that potential began to show itself was<br />
through the expansion of our collaborative<br />
partnerships with both academic units<br />
and with a wide array of community-based<br />
organizations. In an era increasingly<br />
focused on “experiential education” and<br />
“work-integrated learning”, Hart House has<br />
found its long history of providing students<br />
with real-life experience in governance,<br />
communications, advocacy, financial<br />
management, digital literacies, wellness,<br />
social justice and a host of other areas in<br />
high demand. Whether they are supporting<br />
at-risk youth in community-based<br />
recreational programs, fostering financial<br />
literacy among high school students or<br />
earning academic credit for enhancing Hart<br />
House’s web-based communications, the<br />
students who engage with Hart House are<br />
developing skills that will be a benefit both<br />
to them and to their communities for years<br />
to come. This is particularly important when<br />
we consider the many communities from<br />
which U of T students come.<br />
At its core, Hart House remains a unique<br />
community-of-communities that offers<br />
students an all-too-rare opportunity to take<br />
sheer delight in the joy of discovering new<br />
ideas, new interests, new friends and new<br />
As you read this Annual Report, we hope<br />
that you will experience even a little bit of<br />
that same sense of joyful exploration that<br />
inspires our students and propels us and<br />
our colleagues to do the work we do every<br />
day. And please remember— because<br />
we can never forget— that as members,<br />
friends and supporters of Hart House, it<br />
is you and your support that make such<br />
experiences possible. Our gratitude is<br />
both wide and deep for all that you do to<br />
ensure this generation of students at U<br />
of T, and all the generations yet to come,<br />
understand what it means to take “Delight<br />
in Discovery” at Hart House.<br />
Sincerely yours,<br />
John Monahan,<br />
Warden<br />
Dr. Janelle Joseph,<br />
Chair, Board of Stewards<br />
Top: John Monahan, Warden and Dr. Janelle Joseph,<br />
Chair, Board of Stewards Hart House<br />
Board of Stewards<br />
Chief Program Officer<br />
Hart House Theatre<br />
Integrated Learning &<br />
Community Engagement<br />
Justina M. Barnicke Gallery at hart House<br />
Recreation & Wellness<br />
OUR ORGANIZATION<br />
Warden<br />
Advancement<br />
Communications<br />
Warden’s Office<br />
100th Anniversary<br />
Vice-Provost, Students<br />
Chief Administrative Officer<br />
Facilities<br />
Finance<br />
Gallery Grill<br />
Information Hub<br />
Information Technology<br />
Meeting & Event Services<br />
Staff Operations & Professional Development<br />
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<strong>2017</strong>–20<strong>18</strong>:<br />
A YEAR OF<br />
ACCELERATION<br />
Year Two of Our<br />
Five-Year Strategic<br />
Plan, “Delight in<br />
Discovery”<br />
Opposite page (clockwise from top): John Monahan,<br />
Warden and Laura Siracusa, student co-organizer<br />
of the Global Commons; Terese Pierre, Hart House<br />
Senior Member posing for our branding campaign;<br />
Student Leaders Mentorship Reception<br />
2016–<strong>2017</strong>, or year one of “Delight in<br />
Discovery,” the Hart House five-year<br />
strategic plan, started off in a good way.<br />
<strong>2017</strong>–20<strong>18</strong>, or year two of the plan, was<br />
focused on its acceleration. An example of<br />
this acceleration can be found in the Hart<br />
House Global Commons, one of the core<br />
actions of our strategic plan. What began<br />
successfully but quietly in 2016–<strong>2017</strong> as<br />
our attempt to create a multidisciplinary,<br />
cross-cultural program that promotes<br />
global awareness and accountability<br />
for students from U of T and a series of<br />
international partner universities, had<br />
blossomed by <strong>2017</strong>–20<strong>18</strong> into a truly<br />
unique, four-continents forum for intense<br />
dialogue about some of the world’s most<br />
pressing issues for students, academics<br />
and community partners from across the<br />
globe, all coordinated by students and<br />
staff from Hart House. (Read more about<br />
the Global Commons on pg. 11.)<br />
Other initiatives for the year included:<br />
• expanded programming to<br />
reflect diversity, exploration and<br />
engagement;<br />
• a community and academic<br />
partnership plan to increase<br />
community and student<br />
engagement;<br />
• a focus on improving the profitability<br />
of revenue generating businesses;<br />
• potential lead donors for<br />
infrastructure renewal;<br />
• enhanced assessment practices;<br />
• the creation of a safe and welcoming<br />
environment that is accessible to all;<br />
and<br />
• a new branding and marketing<br />
strategy to showcase Hart House’s<br />
excellence.<br />
All of these efforts were made in pursuit of<br />
our three strategic objectives: operational<br />
excellence, experiential excellence and<br />
reputational excellence.<br />
CUSTOMER SERVICE<br />
TRAINING—OPERATIONAL<br />
EXCELLENCE<br />
Mandatory customer service training was<br />
provided House-wide to the leadership and<br />
all permanent and part-time staff in <strong>2017</strong>–<br />
20<strong>18</strong>. To strengthen our commitment to<br />
providing a safe, inclusive and welcoming<br />
environment, an action plan was put into<br />
place to ensure that all Hart House staff<br />
deliver client-focused, superlative customer<br />
service experiences for all members and<br />
users of Hart House, all the time. Staff<br />
were asked to develop personal plans to<br />
put into action the learnings gleaned from<br />
the training. The plans identified goals and<br />
associated actions and timelines in order<br />
to hold each staff member accountable for<br />
embedding the fundamentals of customer<br />
service consistently in all that they do.<br />
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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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Opposite page: Modele Kuforiji, Student Ambassador<br />
FOR AN<br />
OPEN<br />
DIALOGUE<br />
Hart House is a place<br />
where students become<br />
more engaged and<br />
informed citizens who<br />
can navigate difference<br />
and create partnerships<br />
Bringing together<br />
people from across<br />
campus, around the<br />
corner, and around<br />
the world<br />
Hart House is a lively gathering place for<br />
discussion, debate and the exchange<br />
of ideas. Our conversations bring<br />
together people from across all three U<br />
of T campuses, around the corner, and<br />
around the world to engage in real-time<br />
discussions about some of the most<br />
pressing issues of our day. Hart House<br />
is a place where students become<br />
more engaged and informed citizens<br />
who can navigate difference and create<br />
partnerships. They achieve this through<br />
courageous conversations and openminded<br />
dialogue as well as through formal<br />
debate.<br />
Highlights from<br />
<strong>2017</strong>–20<strong>18</strong><br />
HART HOUSE GLOBAL<br />
COMMONS<br />
The Hart House Global Commons provides<br />
U of T students with a vibrant, creative,<br />
and welcoming international gathering<br />
place for important dialogue and the<br />
exchange of diverse ideas and perspectives<br />
on global issues. Hart House hosts this<br />
interdisciplinary initiative involving real-time<br />
discussions with students from across the<br />
globe. <strong>2017</strong>–20<strong>18</strong> partner universities<br />
were the Universidad de los Andes in<br />
Bogota, Colombia; the University of Cape<br />
Town, South Africa; and Indiana University<br />
Bloomington (USA).<br />
<strong>2017</strong>–20<strong>18</strong> Series Theme: Achieving<br />
Peaceful Pluralism in a Globalized World<br />
How can we affect positive change and<br />
develop personal strategies to promote<br />
peaceful pluralism? What is our role<br />
as citizens in developing agency at<br />
the institutional, social, and individual<br />
levels? How can we find solutions that<br />
are inclusive, diverse, and supportive for<br />
all citizens? Students and guests from<br />
Canada, Colombia, South Africa, and the<br />
U.S.A., explored these questions via live<br />
video over the course of three sessions.<br />
All three sessions were moderated by<br />
Azeeza Kanji, a legal academic and writer,<br />
Director of Programming at Toronto-based<br />
Noor Cultural Centre, and Hart House’s<br />
2016 Hancock Lecturer.<br />
November <strong>2017</strong>: Engaging Institutions<br />
through Active Citizenship Scene<br />
Setter: Rene Urueña, Faculty of Law,<br />
Universidad de Los Andes<br />
February 20<strong>18</strong>: The Opportunities and<br />
Challenges of Diverse Communities<br />
Scene Setter: Janice McMillan, Global<br />
Citizenship Programme, University of<br />
Cape Town<br />
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March 20<strong>18</strong>: Personal Strategies for<br />
Promoting Peaceful Pluralism<br />
Scene Setters: Rima Berns-McGown,<br />
Max FineDay<br />
HANCOCK LECTURE<br />
“From its inception, the Hart<br />
House Lecture has inspired<br />
debate about visions of our<br />
place in the world.”<br />
– Margaret Hancock, Hart House Warden 1997–2007<br />
Organized by students and open to the<br />
public, the annual Hancock Lecture<br />
ignites public conversation and debate<br />
about issues important to the evolution of<br />
Canadian society as seen through the lens<br />
of young adults. The lecture was named<br />
in honour of Margaret Hancock’s decade<br />
as Warden of Hart House, which ended<br />
in 2007.<br />
20<strong>18</strong> Topic: Black & Educated?<br />
Unveiling the Contradictions and<br />
Redesigning the Future<br />
The 17th Annual Hancock Lecture<br />
took place on January 23, 20<strong>18</strong>. It was<br />
delivered by Chizoba Imoka, a Ph.D.<br />
candidate in the Educational Leadership<br />
and Policy program at U of T’s Ontario<br />
Institute for Studies in Education (OISE),<br />
and moderated by Dr. Kofi Hope, a<br />
noted community activist and youth<br />
advocate. The lecture explored how<br />
within an education system based on<br />
Western values and knowledge, Black<br />
students often go through school feeling<br />
alienated and risk graduating ill-equipped<br />
to bring about transformative changes<br />
in their communities. Chizoba advanced<br />
an alternative vision of education<br />
that acknowledges colonial history, is<br />
responsive to socio-political concerns and<br />
enables a new generation of social justice<br />
leaders to make real change.<br />
Accompanying the lecture was a Talking<br />
Walls exhibit, “In Their Own Words”, that<br />
sought to reveal the Black experience at<br />
U of T. Students from all three campuses<br />
were interviewed and their responses<br />
were captured in a rich and thoughtful<br />
exhibit with the goal of generating<br />
dialogue, reflection and a sense of<br />
kinship. Other programming included<br />
a screening of the film The Hallmark of<br />
Tolerance, a radio interview with Chizoba<br />
Imoka, and a workshop ,“Lessons in Selfcare<br />
for the Black Soul”, led by lecture<br />
moderator Kofi Hope.<br />
HART HOUSE DEBATES<br />
AND DIALOGUE COMMITTEE<br />
EVENTS<br />
Every year, some of the most engaging<br />
conversations held at Hart House are<br />
convened by the student-run Debates<br />
and Dialogue Committee. In <strong>2017</strong>–20<strong>18</strong>,<br />
their passion, creativity and curiosity<br />
about the world inspired them to organize<br />
a compelling series of topical events that<br />
were enjoyed by both the University and<br />
the broader community. Some highlights<br />
included:<br />
Marie Henein<br />
The Hart House Debates & Dialogue<br />
Committee presented Marie Henein, one<br />
of Canada’s most prominent litigators, in<br />
Below (clockwise from left): Marie Henein speaking at Hart House; Global Commons discussion with universities from around the<br />
world; Chizoba Imoka and Dr. Kofi Hope at the 20<strong>18</strong> Hart House Hancock Lecture<br />
conversation with Kim Stanton, a lawyer<br />
at Goldblatt Partners LLP and former<br />
Legal Director of the Women’s Legal<br />
Education Fund.<br />
The sold-out event held on February 14,<br />
20<strong>18</strong> garnered a lot of media coverage<br />
for its timely discussion of the #metoo<br />
movement. Ms. Henein called the<br />
movement a wakeup call that obliges<br />
us to ask hard questions, examine our<br />
conception of “normal” behaviour and<br />
question the underlying patriarchal<br />
structures that try to put women into<br />
neat boxes. For her part, Dr. Stanton<br />
called attention to the many murdered<br />
and missing Indigenous women and girls<br />
from across Canada, and challenged<br />
both governments and the public to<br />
recognize the systemic issues facing all<br />
Indigenous people.<br />
Premier Kathleen Wynne<br />
On March 1, 20<strong>18</strong>—four months before<br />
the most recent provincial election—<br />
the Hart House Debates and Dialogue<br />
Committee invited the then-premier of<br />
Ontario, Kathleen Wynne to deliver a brief<br />
keynote address on issues of concern to<br />
students. Almost 400 people filled the<br />
Great Hall to take part in a Q & A session<br />
with the Premier moderated by Debate and<br />
Dialogue Committee Chair, Aceel Hawa.<br />
Topics included the province’s controversial<br />
minimum wage increase to $15 by January<br />
2019. Wynne said the change would come<br />
closer to proving a living wage for workers.<br />
Another topic of discussion was mental<br />
health. Wynne said that more government<br />
investments would be made in order to<br />
provide more services on campus and in<br />
the community.<br />
Rule of Law in an Age of Fear/Freedom<br />
of Speech<br />
On October <strong>18</strong>, <strong>2017</strong>, the Hart House<br />
Debates & Dialogue Committee hosted<br />
Mr. Dennis Edney, the defence lawyer<br />
for former child soldier Omar Khadr in<br />
a discussion about Canada’s political<br />
and legal systems in light of Mr. Khadr’s<br />
internment and conviction on terrorismrelated<br />
charges. Mr. Edney spoke in front<br />
of a sold-out crowd. In fact, the event<br />
proved so popular that it had to be moved<br />
outside of Hart House to an even larger<br />
venue. The wide-ranging discussion<br />
that followed examined the effects of<br />
Islamophobia, American geopolitics, the<br />
news media and the culture of fear on<br />
democracy and the rule of law.<br />
The Future of Canadian Mental Health<br />
Moderated by The Honourable Michael<br />
Wilson, former Canadian Minister of<br />
Finance and Chancellor of U of T, this<br />
January 20<strong>18</strong> panel discussion examined<br />
the current state of mental health in<br />
Canada. Speakers deliberated on the<br />
shortcomings of the system, lack of<br />
options available and the need to focus<br />
on marginalized communities. The roles,<br />
both positive and negative, of technology<br />
in mental health were discussed as was<br />
the ability of social media to spread<br />
awareness, alleviate isolation and provide<br />
information on accessing services.<br />
The panel was introduced by Dr. Andrea<br />
Levinson, Psychiatrist-in-Chief, University<br />
of Toronto and included Dr. David Wiljer,<br />
Associate Professor, Institute of Health<br />
Policy, Management and Evaluation;<br />
Dr. David Goldbloom, OC, Professor of<br />
Psychiatry, University of Toronto; Dr. Carol<br />
Hopkins, OC, Executive Director of the<br />
Thunderbird Partnership Foundation; Ms.<br />
Louise Bradley, President, Mental Health<br />
Commission of Canada; and Dr. Catherine<br />
Zahn, CM, President, Centre for Addiction<br />
and Mental Health.<br />
Top (clockwise from left): Free Speech on Campus: Expression or Oppression a National Conversation with the Canadian<br />
Race Relations Foundation; Global Commons; Rule of Law in an Age of Fear<br />
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Opposite page: Angela Gu, Literary and Library<br />
Committee<br />
FOR YOUR<br />
INNER<br />
ARTIST<br />
Hart House has<br />
been a cultural hub<br />
for the University<br />
of Toronto and the<br />
community for the<br />
past century<br />
Serving both campus<br />
and community,<br />
Hart House provides<br />
opportunities to<br />
explore and expand<br />
Hart House has been a cultural hub<br />
for the University of Toronto and the<br />
community for the past century. Serving<br />
both campus and community, Hart<br />
House provides opportunities to explore<br />
and expand both personal artistic skills<br />
and a connection to the vibrant creative<br />
community that exists on campus and<br />
throughout the city. Examples include:<br />
• The Justina M. Barnicke Gallery at<br />
Hart House, part of the Art Museum<br />
of the University of Toronto, organizes<br />
and presents an intensive year-round<br />
program of exhibitions and events<br />
that foster innovative research,<br />
interdisciplinary scholarship, and<br />
knowledge of Canadian art and its<br />
histories at a local, regional, and<br />
international level.<br />
• Hart House Theatre supports<br />
educational opportunities and<br />
workshops, provides volunteer roles<br />
on and off stage, facilitates student<br />
theatre opportunities, and delivers<br />
annual semi-professional theatre<br />
productions in artistic partnership<br />
with others seeking to reflect diverse<br />
stories and communities.<br />
• Hart House clubs, committees and<br />
classes offer intensive immersion in<br />
music, film and photography.<br />
Highlights from<br />
<strong>2017</strong>–20<strong>18</strong><br />
NIGHT OF IDEAS<br />
On January 25, 20<strong>18</strong>, Hart House and<br />
the Art Museum co-hosted the first<br />
Canadian edition of this French-initiated<br />
global, all-night, multi-disciplinary, multisensory<br />
event focused on an annual<br />
theme of global relevance. The Night of<br />
Ideas was first launched in London in<br />
2012 and Berlin in 2014 by the Institut<br />
Français and the Cultural Services of the<br />
French Embassies. The <strong>2017</strong> edition was<br />
presented simultaneously in 50 places of<br />
culture and knowledge across the globe.<br />
The topic of focus for the Toronto Debut of<br />
the Night of Ideas was “sleep.” Beginning<br />
at 7 pm and lasting until dawn, Night of<br />
Ideas brought 2,000 people into Hart<br />
House to mingle with artists, writers,<br />
historians, philosophers, neuroscientists<br />
and other restless minds to explore<br />
all aspects of sleep. Designed around<br />
the Art Museum’s exhibition Figures of<br />
Sleep, this gathering included awardwinning,<br />
internationally recognized<br />
writers, researchers and performers.<br />
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Spanish architectural historian and<br />
theorist Beatriz Colomina examined the<br />
bedroom as an architectural space turned<br />
modern day office. French geographer<br />
Luc Gwiazdzinski contemplated how the<br />
24-hour cycle shapes city life. US art<br />
historian Tom McDonough looked at the<br />
role of boredom in the visual arts. U of<br />
T’s Janine Rivière investigated the history<br />
of nightmares and their interpretation<br />
from medical, political, religious and<br />
supernatural perspectives. Activities<br />
included a midnight swim in Hart House<br />
pool, screenings of Andy Warhol’s<br />
film Sleep and Max Richter’s 8-hour<br />
lullaby, and an Instagram sweepstakes<br />
#nightofideas that sent the winner on a<br />
trip to Paris, France.<br />
UPROOTED AND<br />
DISPOSSESSED:<br />
PORTRAITS OF WOMEN<br />
CAUGHT IN CONFLICT AND<br />
COLONIALISM<br />
In spring 20<strong>18</strong>, Hart House participated<br />
in the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography<br />
Festival. Partnering with Human Rights<br />
Watch (HRW), the Hart House Talking<br />
Walls exhibit space was used to display<br />
U of T legal academic Samer Muscati’s<br />
moving visual display of his most recent<br />
work documenting the plight of women in<br />
Iraq, Syria, South Sudan, Kenya, Zambia,<br />
and Canada. As a researcher for HRW<br />
for seven years, Muscati documented<br />
the aftermath of some of humanity’s<br />
darkest acts. His particular area of<br />
concentration was international women’s<br />
rights in conflict areas, with a particular<br />
emphasis on Africa and the Middle East.<br />
Gathering the testimony of his subjects<br />
was often harrowing, and Muscati found<br />
photography invaluable in processing his<br />
own experience. He shared the portraits<br />
with the women he was interviewing,<br />
finding that the medium served as a<br />
kind of bonding agent. Sarah Milroy and<br />
Simone Wharton organized the exhibit. It<br />
was named one of “20 must-see shows<br />
at Contact Photography Festival 20<strong>18</strong>” by<br />
NOW Magazine.<br />
View the exhibit online at<br />
uprootedanddispossessed.com<br />
<strong>2017</strong>–20<strong>18</strong> THEATRE<br />
SEASON<br />
The season’s lineup at Hart House<br />
Theatre was a diverse mix of classical and<br />
contemporary work that featured a cult<br />
rock phenomenon, a popular musical,<br />
an American classic, and Shakespeare’s<br />
bloodiest tragedy. The season opened in<br />
September with Hedwig and the Angry<br />
Inch, an award-winning musical that<br />
transformed the theatre into a wild punk<br />
rock show. Known for its titillating material<br />
presented by Hedwig, an East German,<br />
gender-fluid, rock superstar goddess, it<br />
was a delightfully raunchy tale of love and<br />
bittersweet regret.<br />
Below (clockwise from left): Titus Andronicus at Hart House Theatre; two images from Night of Ideas<br />
The second show and second musical of<br />
the season took us from a rock concert<br />
to a middle school auditorium. The<br />
25th Annual Putnam County Spelling<br />
Bee, which opened in November, was a<br />
charming, Tony Award-winning musical<br />
set in a small-town spelling bee. With<br />
quirky contestants vying for the prize<br />
and some unconventional teachers<br />
running the show, the musical revealed<br />
the universal truth that winning is not<br />
everything.<br />
January saw the opening of a classic<br />
play, Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. A<br />
cautionary tale that warns of the deadly<br />
consequences of a society allowing fear,<br />
suspicion and superstitious gossip to rule<br />
over facts and reason, it is a timeless and<br />
pivotal work.<br />
The season ended with the<br />
Shakespearean tragedy of tragedies,<br />
Titus Andronicus. Critically praised for<br />
its clever depiction of onstage gore and<br />
violence, the show delved into the depths<br />
of humanity’s most vile traits revealing the<br />
true price of revenge.<br />
Hart House Theatre supports student<br />
experience and alumni participation,<br />
all while showcasing Canada’s next<br />
generation of theatre professionals and<br />
fostering the next generation of Canadian<br />
theatre audiences. Approximately 450<br />
student volunteers were involved on stage,<br />
backstage and in the wings. And over<br />
6,000 students saw the shows! Students<br />
(age <strong>18</strong>–24) accounted for almost 50% of<br />
the audience throughout the season.<br />
Hart House gives<br />
you the freedom to<br />
express yourself.<br />
Top (clockwise from left): The 25th Annual Putnam<br />
County Spelling Bee; Night of Ideas; photographer and<br />
human rights researcher Samer Muscati<br />
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Experiential Excellence<br />
1,093,264<br />
Visits to Hart House<br />
Experiential Excellence<br />
274,333<br />
Visits to the Fitness<br />
Centre<br />
Experiential Excellence<br />
41,933<br />
Participants in<br />
Recreation &<br />
Wellness drop-in and<br />
registered programs<br />
Experiential Excellence Experiential Excellence Experiential Excellence<br />
696<br />
Number of registered<br />
participants in Hart<br />
House creative<br />
classes<br />
103<br />
Events delivered<br />
with University and<br />
community-based<br />
partners<br />
8<br />
Hart House events<br />
held at UTM/UTSC<br />
HART HOUSE BY THE NUMBERS:<br />
In order to measure success, you first have to define it. In 2016–<strong>2017</strong>, the first full year of Hart<br />
House’s 5-year Strategic Plan, the House established benchmarks against which success will be<br />
measured in subsequent years. The following are some of the benchmarks established in areas<br />
where Hart House hopes to achieve excellence: experience, operations, and reputation.<br />
Operational Excellence<br />
Operational Excellence<br />
555<br />
Hart House<br />
Theatre season<br />
ticket holders<br />
Experiential Excellence<br />
Experiential Excellence<br />
Experiential Excellence<br />
Experiential Excellence<br />
24,491<br />
Tickets sold through<br />
Hart House Tickets<br />
93% 80%<br />
83% 81%<br />
Operational Excellence<br />
Operational Excellence<br />
58,000+<br />
Inquiries at the Hart<br />
House Hub<br />
Percentage of visitors who were very<br />
satisfied or satisfied with their experience<br />
at Hart House.<br />
Percentage of students who participated in<br />
HH programming who agreed or strongly<br />
agreed that they had achieved a learning<br />
outcome related to inclusivity and social<br />
justice engagement.<br />
Percentage of students who participated<br />
in HH programming who agreed or<br />
strongly agreed that they had achieved a<br />
learning outcome related to artistic and<br />
creative expression and skills<br />
Percentage of students who participated in<br />
HH programming who agreed or strongly<br />
agreed that they had achieved a learning<br />
outcome related to community engagement.<br />
64%<br />
Percentage of nonappointed<br />
staff who<br />
are students<br />
Reputational Excellence Reputational Excellence Reputational Excellence<br />
19,556<br />
Facebook Likes<br />
(House-wide<br />
including Art Museum<br />
with 4,246 likes)<br />
15,297<br />
Twitter Followers<br />
(House-wide<br />
including the Art<br />
Museum with 3,053<br />
followers)<br />
6,225<br />
Instagram Followers<br />
(House-wide<br />
including the Art<br />
Museum with 2,846<br />
followers)<br />
Reputational Excellence Reputational Excellence Reputational Excellence<br />
33,110<br />
Hart House<br />
Quarterly newsletter<br />
subscribers<br />
1,<strong>18</strong>9,083<br />
Website page views<br />
693,000<br />
Organic Twitter<br />
impressions<br />
Source: post-event surveys, happy or not terminals, intercept questionnaires and<br />
assessment reports. Please go to harthouse.ca/cources for more information.
FOR WHAT<br />
MOVES<br />
Opposite page: Amal Absiye, Student Participant, Youth Community Recreation Project<br />
Above: Hart House Fitness Centre<br />
YOU<br />
Whether your interest<br />
is in feeding your spirit,<br />
your mind or your body<br />
there’s something for<br />
whatever moves you<br />
At Hart House, wellness means tending<br />
to the whole you. Whether your interest is<br />
in feeding your spirit, your mind or your<br />
body, there’s something for whatever<br />
moves you. Whether you choose dance,<br />
meditation, nutrition or storytelling<br />
programs, classes and activities are suited<br />
to every level of skill and fitness. Get out<br />
of the city and learn how to make maple<br />
syrup. Meet new people over a board<br />
game or a 5-Buck Lunch. Hart House<br />
encourages you to go at your own pace<br />
and stretch your boundaries in a safe,<br />
friendly and welcoming environment.<br />
Go at your own pace,<br />
relieve stress, and<br />
meet new people in<br />
a friendly, welcoming<br />
space. Hart House<br />
wellness programs<br />
are for the whole you.<br />
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Highlights from<br />
<strong>2017</strong>–20<strong>18</strong><br />
WELLNESS DROP-IN<br />
PROGRAMS<br />
Taking a moment to pause during a busy<br />
day can often be the best thing you can<br />
do for yourself. Hart House offers free,<br />
drop-in programs every week that provide<br />
a simple, no-commitment way to enjoy fun<br />
and enriching activities while meeting new<br />
people and experiencing what it’s like to<br />
be part of the Hart House community.<br />
Board Game Café<br />
Board games are a favourite way to<br />
challenge the mind and indulge in some<br />
friendly competition. The Reading Room<br />
at Hart House is transformed into a Board<br />
Game Café every Tuesday afternoon from<br />
3–5 pm. Whether you’re in the mood for<br />
strategy, cooperative play or just plain<br />
silliness, there’s something to suit all tastes<br />
in our growing collection of board games.<br />
Drop-in Meditation<br />
Mindful Moments are open to all students,<br />
staff, faculty and Hart House members.<br />
Sessions are held twice a week and<br />
introduce meditation techniques that can<br />
help reduce stress and increase resiliency.<br />
Drop by Tuesdays and Wednesdays for a<br />
little peace in your day.<br />
Get Crafty<br />
On Thursdays from 11 am–1 pm, the<br />
Reading Room at Hart House is bustling<br />
with busy crafters creating photo frames,<br />
painted pots, custom journals, mini<br />
piñatas and more. Destress, socialize and<br />
take home your creations.<br />
Family Sundays<br />
The whole family can build memories,<br />
improve fitness and indulge in creative<br />
projects all at the same time. One Sunday<br />
each month, families enjoy interactive and<br />
educational activities that explore cultural<br />
diversity through storytelling, music, arts<br />
and crafts.<br />
HART HOUSE FARM<br />
Located along the scenic Niagara<br />
Escarpment, the 150-acre Hart House<br />
farm offers a welcome escape from the<br />
city. Administered by the Hart House<br />
Farm Committee, it is available for retreats<br />
and events all year round. The farmhouse,<br />
Ignatieff House, contains essentials like a<br />
fully equipped kitchen and rudimentary<br />
living quarters. The property features a<br />
maple sugar bush, cleared fields and a<br />
stone wall constructed entirely without<br />
mortar. A well-trodden path leads to a<br />
limestone palisade and a Finnish-style<br />
log sauna build adjacent to one of three<br />
scenic quarry ponds. Each year, the<br />
committee hosts four major events each<br />
marking the changes of the season:<br />
Winter Escape<br />
Held on February 10, 20<strong>18</strong>, this sold out<br />
event invited guests to enjoy ice skating,<br />
snowshoeing, walking the trails or taking a<br />
polar plunge into a pond. In celebration of<br />
Chinese New Year, the cold weather was<br />
Below (clockwise from left): Get Crafty; Board Game Café; Family Sundays<br />
offset by a hotpot and dumpling meal.<br />
Guests also learned the traditional arts of<br />
Tai Chi, calligraphy and kungfu tea.<br />
Sugaring Off<br />
The sap was flowing on the weekend of<br />
March 24–25, 20<strong>18</strong> and a new batch of<br />
the beloved Hart House maple syrup was<br />
bottled. Hart House Farm caretaker, Steve<br />
Warn took students on a tour of the trees<br />
and sugar shack to teach them the basics<br />
of maple syrup production. International<br />
student, Ofure Iribhogbe had a taste of<br />
maple syrup for the first time. The aroma<br />
reminded her of glass candy from her<br />
home back in Nigeria.<br />
Midsummer’s Eve<br />
When school is out and the days are<br />
long, visitors pack their swimsuits and<br />
sunscreen and head to the Hart House<br />
Farm for this annual event. The weekend<br />
of June 24–25, <strong>2017</strong> was spent hiking<br />
through trails to view natural cliffs and<br />
crevices, swimming and relaxing in the<br />
sauna. Saturday ended with a BBQ,<br />
bonfire and an evening of stargazing.<br />
Cider & Song<br />
The crisp days of autumn are the perfect<br />
time to watch the leaves change colour<br />
and take a stroll in the countryside. On<br />
October 14, <strong>2017</strong> guests at Hart House<br />
Farm explored the surrounding cliffs and<br />
caves and took baking or craft workshops.<br />
Of course, the best part of the day was<br />
pressing newly harvested apples into cider<br />
and enjoying a fresh glass alongside a<br />
hearty lunch.<br />
The 150-acre Hart<br />
House farm offers<br />
a welcome escape<br />
from the city.<br />
Top: Hart House Farm<br />
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FOR<br />
BUILDING<br />
COMMUNITY<br />
Our partners help us<br />
to create meaningful<br />
opportunities to<br />
support, and learn<br />
from, a wide array of<br />
communities.<br />
To help build<br />
stronger and<br />
more inclusive<br />
local and global<br />
communities, we<br />
build relationships<br />
with local and global<br />
community partners<br />
Hart House is about community. All of<br />
our arts, dialogue and wellness programs<br />
are grounded in a commitment to engage<br />
with and learn from the diverse voices that<br />
make up our city and world. Our partners<br />
help us to create meaningful opportunities<br />
to support, and learn from, a wide array of<br />
communities. Through our programming,<br />
we work together to build a stronger local<br />
and global community together.<br />
Highlights from<br />
<strong>2017</strong>–20<strong>18</strong><br />
HART HOUSE PODCASTS<br />
Although Hart House delivers programs<br />
on all three U of T campuses, and our<br />
community outreach takes us far beyond<br />
the University of Toronto, the stories that<br />
we hear from participants every day are<br />
so inspiring that we needed to find a<br />
way to share them even further afield.<br />
Hart House Podcasts began as a pilot<br />
project in <strong>2017</strong>–20<strong>18</strong> to teach students<br />
techniques and interview skills that will<br />
allow them to produce their own podcasts.<br />
The breadth of subjects, experiences<br />
and perspectives that emerged was so<br />
impressive that the project evolved into<br />
a broader program that captures these<br />
stories and explores topics of interest to<br />
our members, and aspires to enhance<br />
existing programs, exhibits, and lectures.<br />
Look for “harthouse” on your favourite<br />
podcast platform.<br />
Opposite page: Mike Auksi, Community Partner, Youth<br />
Recreation Project<br />
YOUTH COMMUNITY<br />
RECREATION PROJECT<br />
Hart House is collaborating with the<br />
Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical<br />
Education on a community-based<br />
research project that relies on building<br />
ongoing relationships with several<br />
community groups. Through recreation<br />
and sport, communities of youth who are<br />
often under-represented and underserved<br />
in education settings from across Toronto<br />
are encouraged to explore campus,<br />
connect with others, and engage with<br />
the full array of Hart House programming<br />
to explore possible interests in postsecondary<br />
education.<br />
Hart House transformed the Youth<br />
Community Recreation Project into a<br />
partnership that includes the Native Child<br />
and Family Services, the St. Albans Boys<br />
and Girls Club, The 519, and CultureLink.<br />
The initiative is supported by Hart House<br />
Recreation & Wellness staff, a research<br />
team from the Faculty of Kinesiology &<br />
Physical Education as well as placement<br />
students from New College Community<br />
Engaged Learning Program, Faculty of<br />
Medicine – Community Based Service<br />
Learning Program, and the Faculty of<br />
Kinesiology & Physical Education.<br />
Using recreation and sport as an access<br />
point, each group designs programs<br />
within the following framework:<br />
• Social Justice & Social Responsibility<br />
• Personal Development through<br />
educational/occupational exploration<br />
• Personal Development & Wellbeing<br />
explored through health,<br />
nutrition, recreation/sport and<br />
adventure<br />
• Group Projects.<br />
INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR<br />
THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL<br />
DISCRIMINATION (IDERD)<br />
Hart House was a key partner and<br />
served as the venue for the March<br />
19–20, 20<strong>18</strong> IDERD conference at the<br />
University of Toronto. Over 200 students,<br />
faculty, staff and community members<br />
attended over the two days. The theme<br />
of IDERD’s Campaign was, “Anti-Racism<br />
Change in Postsecondary Institutions:<br />
Resistance, Assessment, Measurement<br />
and Accountability” The conference<br />
addressed racialized inequities within<br />
the postsecondary environment and<br />
examined what is needed to bring about<br />
transformational change. The morning<br />
began with a keynote address by Natasha<br />
Kumar Warikoo, Associate Professor,<br />
Harvard Graduate School of Education<br />
and author of The Diversity Bargain and<br />
Other Dilemmas of Race, Admissions,<br />
and Meritocracy at Elite Universities. In<br />
conversation with Canadian scholars<br />
Enakshi Dua, Carl James and Alissa<br />
Trotz on their book The Equity Myth,<br />
they together explored systemic issues<br />
around representation and voice in<br />
post-secondary institutions. Day two<br />
focused on “Indigenous Communities<br />
and Right Relations: the role of listening<br />
and understanding”, “Islamophobia and<br />
Campus Culture in an Age of Empire”,<br />
several roundtable discussions, and<br />
a closing panel focused on student<br />
experience, building an anti-racism<br />
community on campus, including<br />
strategies on how to embed anti-racism,<br />
inclusivity and equity at the institutional<br />
level.<br />
SOAR<br />
The SOAR Indigenous Youth Gathering<br />
met at Hart House in March 20<strong>18</strong> and<br />
began the day with a smudging ceremony<br />
performed by Cat Criger. Initiated and<br />
led by the Faculty of Kinesiology and<br />
Physical Education, the annual program<br />
is part of the University of Toronto’s<br />
initiative to break down barriers for<br />
Indigenous students who want to pursue<br />
post-secondary education. The visit to<br />
Hart House for teenagers aged 14 to 17<br />
included a chance to tour the building,<br />
take part in recreational activities, and<br />
learn about the variety of recreational,<br />
educational and Indigenous events and<br />
programs available at Hart House and<br />
other sites at U of T.<br />
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HUMAN LIBRARY<br />
The Human Library is a worldwide<br />
movement for social change. First<br />
developed in Copenhagen in 2000, the<br />
project has grown and expanded to<br />
countries around the globe. The first Hart<br />
House Human Library was held in 2013<br />
and has become a popular annual event<br />
on St. George and UTSC campuses. In<br />
March 20<strong>18</strong>, The Human Library was<br />
held at UTSC campus in collaboration<br />
with the UTSC Division of Student Life,<br />
the Scarborough Campus Student Union,<br />
the UTSC Library and ARTSIDEOUT. The<br />
theme for the session was Rebirth and<br />
Resilience.<br />
Human Library events are designed to<br />
create dialogue, promote understanding<br />
and reduce prejudice. Here’s how it<br />
works: a collection of human “books”<br />
(widely varied in gender, cultural, religious<br />
background and age) is offered on “loan”<br />
to visitors. Facilitated by Living Library<br />
Librarians, visitors may “borrow” a human<br />
book for up to 30 minutes for an open<br />
conversation. The informal interaction is<br />
a positive and safe way to question and<br />
explore pre-conceived notions around<br />
race, class, gender, religion, sexuality, and<br />
share personal narratives in an open faceto-face<br />
dialogue. The hope is to promote<br />
deeper understanding around social<br />
justice, equity and diversity.<br />
“If my experiences can contribute<br />
to anybody in any way, to inspire<br />
somebody to want to learn about<br />
their own background or culture,<br />
or help them with their hopes<br />
and aspirations – if I help just one<br />
person, then I’ve done a good job,”<br />
–Mitch Robert George/Red Pine Spirit Man of the<br />
Turtle Clan<br />
HART HOUSE THEATRE<br />
REVIEW<br />
A Hart House Theatre Strategic Review<br />
was completed in <strong>2017</strong>–20<strong>18</strong> and<br />
involved nearly fifty individual consultation<br />
interviews with a wide array of key<br />
informants including artists, students,<br />
patrons and employees.<br />
The recommendations from this extensive<br />
process have created opportunities to<br />
explore community partnerships through<br />
a lens of equity and representation as well<br />
as a reframing of the theatre’s mandate for<br />
its annual season of productions.<br />
Examples of changes and growth resulting<br />
from the review include: the first season to<br />
be directed by a female-presenting team;<br />
a new partnership with Intimacy Directors<br />
International; and initial partnership<br />
talks with CPAMO (Cultural Pluralism<br />
in the Arts Movement Ontario) to<br />
explore the amplification of underserved<br />
voices in performance and educational<br />
opportunities that will explore issues of<br />
gender, race, place and internet space.<br />
Below (clockwise from left): Human Library Project; Hart House Podcast; SOAR<br />
Above: Black Graduation Ceremony hosted at Hart House<br />
CELEBRATIONS<br />
AND CEREMONIES<br />
Hart House has long been considered<br />
the cultural and ceremonial centre of<br />
the University of Toronto. Each year, we<br />
host hundreds of events, conferences,<br />
galas, weddings, performances, dinners,<br />
receptions and meetings for campus and<br />
external clients. With over a dozen unique<br />
rooms of varying sizes, featuring beautiful<br />
fireplaces, grand pianos, vaulted wooden<br />
ceilings, leaded glass windows and an<br />
unparalleled Canadian art collection,<br />
Hart House has a lot to offer. Students,<br />
staff, alumni and the greater Toronto<br />
community come to Hart House to enjoy<br />
the beauty of the building and experience<br />
firsthand what it means to take “Delight in<br />
Discovery.”<br />
Highlights from<br />
<strong>2017</strong>–20<strong>18</strong><br />
BLACK GRADUATION<br />
CEREMONY<br />
Although many universities in the United<br />
States, including Harvard, have hosted<br />
Black graduation ceremonies, we believe<br />
the one that took place in the Great Hall<br />
at Hart House, University of Toronto in<br />
June <strong>2017</strong> was Canada’s first. Given Hart<br />
House’s aspiration to provide a welcoming<br />
space for all students, and for those who<br />
have traditionally been underrepresented<br />
at the University in particular, Hart House<br />
was honoured to serve as the venue for<br />
this auspicious event.<br />
Two students, Jessica Kirk and Nasma<br />
Ahmed, organized the event. It was a<br />
time for community celebration in spite<br />
of the many challenges that still face<br />
people of colour in higher education.<br />
Hart House strives to become a place<br />
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AWARDS<br />
Below: Hart House staff and friends celebrating with<br />
<strong>2017</strong> Arbor Award winner Jaymie Sampa (second<br />
from left)<br />
Above (from left): Event in Great Hall; Paul Templin<br />
Each year, our<br />
staff and students<br />
amaze us with their<br />
accomplishments and<br />
their commitment to<br />
Hart House.<br />
the generosity of a group of donors, each<br />
year one outstanding student leader will<br />
receive a cash award of $1,000. Finalists<br />
receive $100 prizes. For <strong>2017</strong>–20<strong>18</strong>, the<br />
nominees were:<br />
• Angela Gu, Literary & Library<br />
Committee;<br />
• Sarah Edo, Global Commons and<br />
Social Justice Committee;<br />
• Coco Lee, Theatre Committee, U of<br />
T Drama Coalition and Hart House<br />
Committee on Budgets;<br />
• Edie Guo, Farm Committee; and<br />
• Bukama Muntu, Hancock Lecture<br />
Committee.<br />
on campus where all people will see<br />
themselves reflected, their experiences<br />
acknowledged, and their achievements<br />
celebrated. Serving as the venue for<br />
Canada’s first Black graduation ceremony<br />
brings us one small step closer to fulfilling<br />
that goal.<br />
PAUL TEMPLIN RETIRES<br />
In <strong>2017</strong>, Paul Templin retired as Director<br />
of Meeting and Event Services after 36<br />
years with the House. We celebrated his<br />
achievements with a party that brought<br />
together family and friends from across<br />
the University to wish him well and to<br />
mark the end of an era. U of T News<br />
paid tribute to his contributions with an<br />
article, “Paul Templin: Behind the curtain<br />
of almost four decades at Hart House.” It<br />
traced his long career with Hart House,<br />
beginning with his role as director of<br />
the theatre, and following him through<br />
fascinating encounters with Yoko Ono,<br />
Christopher Plummer and Bert—the Hart<br />
House Theatre ghost.<br />
Paul established some of the largest social<br />
events at Hart House, many of which<br />
have become annual traditions. For the<br />
Canadian Thanksgiving dinner held on<br />
October 5, <strong>2017</strong>, Paul partnered with First<br />
Nations House to present a meal featuring<br />
fall favourites and Indigenous dishes. The<br />
Hart House Craft Beer Festival celebrated<br />
its 10th anniversary on August 3, <strong>2017</strong><br />
with an eponymous brew specially created<br />
for the occasion. Winter Buffet held the<br />
week of December 12, <strong>2017</strong> proved to<br />
be a popular holiday choice for staff on<br />
campus. Paul’s creativity in developing<br />
culturally relevant and entertaining<br />
amusements for campus and community<br />
was legendary.<br />
Paul’s comprehensive historical<br />
knowledge of Hart House was expansive,<br />
as were the dedication and passion that<br />
he brought to all his undertakings. Paul’s<br />
contributions were many, but perhaps<br />
his crowning achievement was his ability<br />
to make all people feel welcomed. He<br />
literally opened the doors of Hart House to<br />
everyone!<br />
Below are some of the awards that honour<br />
them for innovative programs, community<br />
engagement and volunteer activities.<br />
Highlights from<br />
<strong>2017</strong>–20<strong>18</strong><br />
Donor Supported<br />
Awards<br />
AUDREY HOZACK STUDENT<br />
LEADERSHIP AWARD<br />
On March 20, 20<strong>18</strong>, we had the honor<br />
of introducing the very first nominees<br />
for the annual Audrey Hozack Award, a<br />
tribute to the legendary 39-year employee<br />
and Assistant Warden of Hart House who<br />
passed away in February 2016. Through<br />
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The inaugural award went to Coco Lee.<br />
In her role as Student Co-Chair of the<br />
Committee on Budgets, which she<br />
held for three years, Coco assisted in<br />
encouraging committees at Hart House<br />
to strive for maximal consideration of the<br />
House’s mandates for connectivity, equity,<br />
accessibility, and the pursuit of learning<br />
through experience. In <strong>2017</strong>-20<strong>18</strong>, Coco<br />
created, promoted, and administered the<br />
Fight Directors Canada/Intimacy Directors<br />
International Stage Combat and Intimacy<br />
Consultancy Program, which provides all<br />
student theatre creators on campus with<br />
access to vital professional support for<br />
creating safe and effective stage combat<br />
and intimacy scenes.<br />
DONALD SUTHERLAND BEST<br />
PERFORMANCE AWARD<br />
In 1954, renowned actor Donald<br />
Sutherland was a student at U of T. As a<br />
participant in the U of T Drama Festival<br />
at Hart House, he won an award for best<br />
performance. To recognize Dr. Sutherland’s<br />
philanthropic support of the festival, Hart<br />
House Theatre has created the Donald<br />
Sutherland Award for Best Performance,<br />
which is awarded annually to an actor who<br />
has achieved a high level of performance<br />
at the festival.<br />
The 20<strong>18</strong> winner of the award was Joanne<br />
Perez, a third-year student majoring in<br />
Drama with minors in English and German.<br />
“Tackling the subject of family, race, and<br />
generational differences, the play that I was<br />
in, Raining Petals was both a challenge in<br />
terms of its subject matter and the role that<br />
I played (a 10-year-old Korean boy) but<br />
was ultimately rewarding. My character,<br />
being required to communicate only<br />
through movement and non-verbal sounds,<br />
forced me to use and develop skills that<br />
other roles wouldn’t have offered. Without<br />
this opportunity, I wouldn’t have been<br />
able to grow as an actor…Performing at<br />
Hart House Theatre was a fun experience.<br />
Being in a student-run production created<br />
a great sense of community.”<br />
–Joanne Perez.<br />
DAVID E GARDNER<br />
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR<br />
PROGRAM<br />
The David E. Gardner Apprentice Director<br />
Program celebrates Gardner’s legacy as an<br />
award-winning actor, director and educator<br />
and his connection to Hart House Theatre.<br />
His support of the theatre helped prevent its<br />
closure in 2001 and shaped the direction<br />
and revitalization the theatre’s programming<br />
and mandate. The program recognizes<br />
student achievement through assistant<br />
directing opportunities and helping to foster<br />
the next generation of artists.<br />
For the <strong>2017</strong>–20<strong>18</strong> season, two students<br />
received a stipend for serving as assistant<br />
directors. They were Mackenzie Stewart for<br />
Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Max Fearon<br />
for The Crucible and Titus Andronicus.<br />
“Hart House Theatre has felt like home<br />
since my third year at U of T, and when<br />
I heard that they were producing my<br />
favourite show, Hedwig, I knew I needed<br />
to be involved in some capacity…. Hedwig<br />
encouraged me to grow and learn in a<br />
professional capacity as a theatre artist,<br />
but also in personal life as well and I will<br />
forever be grateful to have been able to<br />
work on this inspiring show.”<br />
–Mackenzie Stewart.<br />
“I was lucky and honoured to have served<br />
on two of the season’s four productions,<br />
Arthur Miller’s The Crucible and William<br />
Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus. Working<br />
on these two plays provided me with<br />
opportunities to learn and grow as a<br />
director, collaborate with artists of various<br />
ages and experience levels, and discover<br />
new ways of approaching established,<br />
historical texts. This was an invaluable<br />
opportunity and I believe my experiences<br />
at Hart House will greatly impact my<br />
artistic development as I finish up my<br />
undergraduate degree in Drama and<br />
move into the professional world.”<br />
–Max Fearon.<br />
RUBINA KHAWAJA FUND<br />
RECIPIENT<br />
20<strong>18</strong> was the inaugural year for the<br />
Rubina Khawaja Endowment Fund<br />
disbursement. The fund was generously<br />
donated by Prof. Nouman Ashraf, a<br />
Rotman School of Management professor,<br />
with the intention to foster diverse<br />
interfaith and intercultural dialogue among<br />
U of T students.<br />
The Rubina Khawaja Endowment Fund is<br />
managed through the Hart House Good<br />
Ideas Fund, which supports students and<br />
student groups that have an idea, project<br />
or event that aligns with Hart House as a<br />
place where campus meets community,<br />
where arts flourish, where students are<br />
inspired, where life skills are built and<br />
lasting personal connections made.<br />
The U of T Muslim Students Association<br />
(MSA) was the inaugural recipient. The<br />
MSA organized Islam Awareness Week in<br />
March 20<strong>18</strong>, a week-long series of events<br />
that encouraged conversations about faith<br />
and the Muslim-Canadian identity.<br />
University-wide<br />
Awards<br />
GORDON CRESSY STUDENT<br />
LEADERSHIP AWARDS<br />
The “Cressies,” as they are commonly<br />
known, are a university-wide<br />
acknowledgement of outstanding<br />
contributions made by graduating<br />
students. This year, Hart House<br />
nominated six winning students, all<br />
of whom worked towards improving<br />
the world around them and inspired<br />
others to do the same. They were<br />
Andrea Dimiskovska, Hart House Global<br />
Commons Committee; Tonny Huang,<br />
Hart House Chorus; Sophia Ludwig,<br />
Hart House Finance Committee; Sarah<br />
Millman, Debates & Dialogue Committee<br />
and Debating Club; Theresa Wang, Art<br />
Committee; and Katie Harris, Hart House<br />
Symphonic Band.<br />
Above: Winner of the Donald Sutherland Award, Joanne Perez (centre) pictured with (from left) Professor Jill Carter, Faculty member at the Centre for Drama and Performance,<br />
and U of T Drama Festival Adjudicator, Emma Keil-Vine, Drama Coalition President <strong>2017</strong>–20<strong>18</strong>; Festival Coordinators, Abby Palmer and James Hyett<br />
STUDENT ENGAGEMENT IN<br />
THE ARTS AWARDS<br />
This award recognizes students who have<br />
made significant leadership or volunteer<br />
contributions to co-curricular activities at<br />
the University. Hart House was proud of<br />
its multiple winners: Samantha Holmes<br />
and James Hyett for their involvement<br />
with Hart House Theatre, and Theresa<br />
Wang for her work with the Art Museum.<br />
ARBOR AWARDS<br />
The Arbor Awards recognize alumni and<br />
friends of the University of Toronto whose<br />
volunteer work has added significantly<br />
to the quality of the U of T experience.<br />
Hart House was proud to see three of its<br />
volunteers receive the award in the fall of<br />
<strong>2017</strong>.<br />
Henry Janzen and Elizabeth Day were<br />
recognized for their many years of support<br />
of the Hart House Orchestra—including<br />
supporting the Orchestra’s historic 40th<br />
anniversary trip to Carnegie Hall in New<br />
York City. Henry has been the principal<br />
conductor and music director of the Hart<br />
House Orchestra for over a decade, and<br />
Elizabeth has been an Orchestra member<br />
since 2001, as well as the group’s lead<br />
trip organizer. The third Hart House<br />
volunteer to receive an Arbor Award in<br />
<strong>2017</strong> was Jaymie Sampa. Currently a<br />
community organizer, performance artist,<br />
and researcher, she has been involved<br />
in Hart House activities for many years<br />
including her participation in From Their<br />
Lips, a work-in-progress play based on<br />
a black youth oral history theatre project<br />
called “Intergeneracial” performed at Hart<br />
House in December 2016.<br />
Art Museum Awards<br />
The Art Museum had a stellar year<br />
in 2016–<strong>2017</strong> with Kent Monkman’s<br />
exhibit Shame and Prejudice: A Story of<br />
Resilience (Jan 26–Mar 5, <strong>2017</strong>), and<br />
Luis Jacob’s Form Follows Fiction: Art and<br />
Artists in Toronto (Sept 6–Dec 10, 2016).<br />
The year’s success was recognized in<br />
<strong>2017</strong>–20<strong>18</strong> with numerous accolades.<br />
The Ontario Association of Art Galleries<br />
Awards are province-wide, juried art<br />
gallery awards of artistic merit and<br />
excellence in exhibitions, publications,<br />
programs and community partnerships<br />
produced by Ontario galleries. The Art<br />
Museum won three OAAG awards:<br />
• Exhibition Installation and Design:<br />
Shame and Prejudice<br />
• Exhibition of the Year Budget over<br />
$50,000: Shame and Prejudice<br />
• Curatorial Writing Short Text: Form<br />
Follows Fiction<br />
The Art Museum also won a Canadian<br />
Museums Association Award for<br />
Outstanding Achievement in the<br />
category of Exhibition—Art for Shame<br />
and Prejudice. That show was also<br />
recognized for the excellent attendance<br />
numbers it had generated for Calgary’s<br />
Glenbow Museum, where it attracted<br />
some 21,172 visitors.<br />
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BUILDING<br />
Above (from left): Hart House exterior architecture,<br />
Andrea Blackler testing the ALDs<br />
Above: Hart House interior staircase<br />
CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE<br />
RENEWAL<br />
Hart House continues to invest in and<br />
steward its first and largest gift ever: the<br />
building itself, donated to the university<br />
in 1919 by the Massey Foundation.<br />
Consistent with Hart House’s programmatic<br />
focus on belonging and inclusion, physical<br />
accessibility is a driving imperative for<br />
capital renewal. Hart House is committed<br />
to being a leader in physical accessibility<br />
for heritage buildings.<br />
In <strong>2017</strong>–20<strong>18</strong>, key infrastructure renewal<br />
projects included:<br />
• Design and preparation of a<br />
transformed Arbor Room, which,<br />
when it re-opens in early 2019,<br />
will include restoration of its<br />
two fireplaces, installation of an<br />
accessible ramp, and a permanent<br />
solution to its sinking floor.<br />
• Re-organization of the CIUT offices<br />
on the third floor of Hart House,<br />
which resulted in the creation of<br />
three new offices and meeting spaces<br />
for Hart House.<br />
Hart House is also working with<br />
its university partners to develop a<br />
comprehensive critical infrastructure<br />
renewal plan. The objective is nothing<br />
less than the complete renewal of Hart<br />
House’s main mechanical, electrical,<br />
HVAC, and plumbing systems, in addition<br />
to major accessibility enhancements<br />
within the Fitness Centre and Gallery<br />
Grill. This renewal will be driven by the<br />
desire to preserve the building’s heritage,<br />
and reduce physical barriers to student<br />
participation in the life of the House. The<br />
objective is to sustain and enhance the<br />
building so that Hart House’s educational<br />
mission can continue to inspire students<br />
for another 100 years.<br />
HART HOUSE THEATRE<br />
IMPROVEMENTS<br />
Hart House Theatre has been an<br />
invaluable part of Hart House since<br />
it opened to the University in 1919.<br />
The theatre is steeped in history and<br />
proudly so, but strategic investments to<br />
improve its accessibility are essential.<br />
The theatre was built in an era when<br />
our understanding of “accessibility” was<br />
profoundly different from that of today.<br />
Hart House is committed to serving all<br />
students. From its strategic plan, Delight<br />
in Discovery, the House’s highest priority<br />
is to provide students of all backgrounds,<br />
identities and abilities an exemplary,<br />
inclusive and welcoming experience of<br />
exploration and discovery essential to their<br />
personal and professional development.<br />
In <strong>2017</strong>, based on this priority, the<br />
theatre planned a series of accessibility<br />
enhancements to improve audience<br />
experience in Hart House Theatre, which<br />
included:<br />
Improved accessible access to the theatre<br />
• Founders’ Prayer East Ramp (Aug<br />
<strong>2017</strong>)<br />
Improved in-theatre experience<br />
• Permanent wheelchair seating area,<br />
including companion seating.<br />
• Installation of hearing-assist<br />
technology.<br />
• Renovation of lobby washrooms<br />
to create fully AODA accessible<br />
washroom, without losing any lobby<br />
washroom fixtures.<br />
This project was launched by a $127,950<br />
grant from Canada 150 Community<br />
Infrastructure Program/Programme<br />
d’infrastructure communautaire de<br />
Canada 150. In addition, it was also<br />
substantially supported by two major<br />
donations, totaling $45,000, from the<br />
William and Nona Heaslip Foundation and<br />
the Audrey S. Hellyer Foundation. This<br />
accessibility project is a prime example<br />
of how donors and government partners<br />
are helping Hart House pursue its highest<br />
priorities.<br />
OTHER CAPITAL PROJECTS<br />
COMPLETED IN <strong>2017</strong>-<strong>18</strong><br />
• Great Hall Doors (May <strong>2017</strong>)<br />
• NSA Garden Irrigation (Jun <strong>2017</strong>)<br />
• Space Configuration: Staff Lunch<br />
Room (Jun <strong>2017</strong>)<br />
• Art Gallery HVAC (Jul <strong>2017</strong>)<br />
• Pool Filter Room Ventilation (Aug<br />
<strong>2017</strong>)<br />
• Pool Filter Room Tank Replacement<br />
(Aug <strong>2017</strong>)<br />
• Main Elevator Hydraulic Cylinder<br />
Replacement (Aug <strong>2017</strong>)<br />
• Fire Panel Upgrade (Aug <strong>2017</strong>)<br />
• Farm Equipment Shed (Sep <strong>2017</strong>)<br />
• North Lane Resurfacing (Apr 20<strong>18</strong>)<br />
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SUPPORT<br />
Hart House is<br />
committed to serving<br />
all students.<br />
HART HOUSE MENTORSHIP<br />
PROGRAM<br />
Alumni are making a difference in<br />
students’ lives through the Hart House<br />
Mentorship Program. Now in its second<br />
year, the program doubled in size to over<br />
40 pairs (80 participants). University of<br />
Toronto graduate students and mature<br />
part-time undergraduates were matched<br />
with accomplished alumni, friends and<br />
members of the Hart House community.<br />
Led by Hart House Advancement team<br />
member Andrea Blackler, this unique<br />
program not only introduces individuals<br />
of one generation to another; it matches<br />
whole people with other whole people<br />
with whom they can share common<br />
interests and explore differences.<br />
harthouse.ca/hart-house-mentorshipprogram<br />
Donors’ generosity<br />
has a direct impact<br />
on our ability to<br />
inspire students<br />
We are deeply grateful to all of our donors.<br />
Thank you for supporting Hart House.<br />
KING’S COLLEGE CIRCLE<br />
HERITAGE SOCIETY<br />
The King’s College Circle Heritage Society<br />
recognizes and honours donors who have<br />
thoughtfully made a provision in their will<br />
for Hart House, or made some other form<br />
of future gift commitment.<br />
Edward M. Bridge<br />
Donald Burwash<br />
Maureen & James Dunn<br />
Anne Ellis & Stephen Sibalis<br />
Monika H. Johnston<br />
Andrea Kerr<br />
Alan Marcus<br />
Barbara and Bruce Norman<br />
Donald M. Pamenter<br />
Judith R. Schwartz<br />
Ann & Ross Stuart<br />
Terry Tedesco<br />
Bernard A. Torbik<br />
Glynn T. Williams<br />
(2 Anonymous)<br />
LASTING LEGACIES<br />
Hart House recognizes those generous<br />
donors who made a gift to Hart House<br />
through their estates.<br />
The Estate of Douglas R. Booz<br />
The Estate of Douglas F. Dadson<br />
The Estate of John F. Flinn<br />
The Estate of Dorothy Heilbronn<br />
The Estate of Audrey Hozack<br />
The Estate of Joyce Leah Robertson<br />
The Estate of Gray M. Steele<br />
The Estate of James Stewart<br />
The Estate of Robert I. Story<br />
The Estate of Allen R. Taylor<br />
ANNUAL DONORS<br />
Our annual donor listing recognizes<br />
the generosity of those who have<br />
donated $100 or more to Hart House<br />
between May 1st, <strong>2017</strong> and April 30,<br />
20<strong>18</strong>. These annual donations are<br />
essential for Hart House to continue its<br />
tradition of being the gathering place<br />
at U of T where students have access<br />
to tremendous out of the classroom<br />
education.<br />
$5,000 and over<br />
The William and Nona Heaslip Foundation<br />
The Audrey S. Hellyer Charitable<br />
Foundation<br />
Fondation Céline & Jacques Lamarre<br />
Alan Marcus<br />
$500 to $4,999<br />
Iain Allen<br />
Rosemary Bolitho<br />
Jonathon Borland<br />
Edward M. Bridge<br />
Pulin Chandaria<br />
Honor de Pencier<br />
Bill Dowkes<br />
George A. Fierheller<br />
Barbara Fischer<br />
Caj Frostell<br />
Jacob Chaim Glick<br />
Jonathan R. Gouveia<br />
William T. Hunter<br />
Monika H. Johnston<br />
Arthur Kennedy<br />
Jacob P. J. Khaiat<br />
Horace Krever<br />
Helen and Larry LeDuc<br />
Bosko D. Loncarevic<br />
Larry Lundy<br />
Ka-Ling Martin<br />
Philip Maude<br />
Beth McCarthy<br />
Mary McDougall Maude<br />
Paul D. Paton<br />
Jim Phillips<br />
K. K. and Nirmala Puri<br />
Larry Wayne Richards and Frederic Urban<br />
Aaron Rousseau<br />
C. David Sadleir<br />
Dean Samaras<br />
Judith R. Schwartz<br />
Gary L. Segal<br />
Jan Seger Lambert<br />
Krista E. Slade<br />
Mark A. Slade<br />
Ann and Ross Stuart<br />
Richard and Julie Swenson<br />
Peter T. Tonisson<br />
Vernon G. Turner<br />
Ronald S. Veale<br />
Gordon F. and Katri West<br />
(2 Anonymous)<br />
$100–$499<br />
Sabrina E. Adamski<br />
Walter M. and Lisa Balfour Bowen<br />
Richard Bingham<br />
Andrea D. Blackler<br />
David W. Booz<br />
Lloyd O. Burridge<br />
George and Martha Butterfield<br />
John and Vera Chau<br />
Lucianna Ciccocioppo and Giulio Fazzolari<br />
I. Glenn Cohen<br />
David D. Conklin<br />
Susan V. Corrigan<br />
Graham Cotter<br />
A. William Cunningham<br />
Fernando M. da Silva<br />
Christopher Michael Evans<br />
Janet Evans<br />
Timothy Fort<br />
William P. Franklin<br />
Andrea B. Fritz-Bray<br />
Elizabeth Giesbrecht<br />
Tom and Mary Graham<br />
Lorie G. Grant<br />
Amanda Greener<br />
Stephen Henderson<br />
Douglas R. Hill<br />
John R. Hitchcock<br />
Helen C. Ing<br />
Yping Jiang and Ti Wang<br />
Joseph Jany<br />
Stephanie E. Jones<br />
Mark Kuhlberg<br />
G. G. Landeg<br />
Ross W. Leigh<br />
Mark N. Librach<br />
Noel A. Lim<br />
Camelia Linta<br />
Chang D. Liu<br />
H. Ian and Dorothy Macdonald<br />
Anthony L. MacFarlane<br />
Linda E. MacRae<br />
Kenneth Y. Mark<br />
Paul McCann<br />
Eric McKee<br />
Marian W. McKnight<br />
Elaine McWhirter<br />
Fred and Cecile Metrick<br />
Don Middleton and Clayton Wilson Fund<br />
Bruce R. Miller<br />
Deborah A. Mills-Wahlen<br />
Thomas and Elizabeth Minehan<br />
Joan M. Moes<br />
Anne E. S. Montagnes<br />
Eddy Morassutti<br />
Philip J. Neubauer<br />
Cynthia Nevins<br />
J. Corey Nicholson<br />
Bruce and Barbara Norman<br />
Edwin Peter Nowicki<br />
Duc Pho<br />
Jeewika Chandanie Ranaweera<br />
C. Anne Rocchi<br />
Heather E. Rumball<br />
Paul G. Russell<br />
Harriet Sakuma<br />
Marty D. Shapiro<br />
Catherine Siddall<br />
Timothy Stephenson and Katherine<br />
Mansfield<br />
Loren P. Thorburn<br />
Ian G. Waddell<br />
Andrew C. Wallace<br />
Nora and Ilmar Wallner<br />
Richard E. Westwood<br />
Dorothy M. White<br />
Elisabeth Widner<br />
Carsey Yee<br />
Adrian S. Zenwirt<br />
(12 Anonymous)<br />
We are grateful for the continued support<br />
of all our generous donors. We endeavour<br />
to make our lists as accurate as possible.<br />
For more information, or if you have<br />
questions about Hart House’s donor<br />
listing, please contact Peter Wambera,<br />
Senior Development Officer<br />
at 416-946-3993 or<br />
peter.wambera@utoronto.ca.<br />
We are deeply<br />
grateful to all of our<br />
donors. Thank you<br />
for supporting Hart<br />
House.<br />
Top images (from left): Mentorship participants<br />
Heather Shaw and Janice Asiimwe; Hart House<br />
Theatre wheelchair seating area<br />
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INCOME STATEMENT<br />
For the Year Ended April 30, 20<strong>18</strong><br />
ACTUAL <strong>2017</strong>–20<strong>18</strong><br />
REVENUES<br />
Student fees 9,811,927<br />
Membership fees 1,130,097<br />
Food revenue 3,374,398<br />
8% 3%<br />
OPERATING<br />
REVENUE<br />
General revenue 2,131,319<br />
Investment income 220,313<br />
Clubs & Committees’ programming 142,011<br />
Donations, grants & amortization 196,337<br />
Gratuities/Service Charge 483,745<br />
37%<br />
52%<br />
Operating Revenue is $17.5 million:<br />
Student fees: 52%<br />
Food and Rentals: 37%<br />
Membership Classes: 8%<br />
Total Revenues $17,490,146<br />
Other: 3%<br />
EXPENSES<br />
Salaries, wages & benefits 10,378,333<br />
General office 381,557<br />
Cost of sales 1,043,932<br />
Depreciation, loss/gain on disposal 609,803<br />
Clubs & Committees’ programming 455,937<br />
Insurance 114,920<br />
Maintenance 937,143<br />
Utilities 883,883<br />
Sundry expense 224,526<br />
Publicity, photography, printing, prizes 134,588<br />
Theatre production costs 47,812<br />
Uniforms & linen laundry 175,985<br />
Software & data processing 133,361<br />
Equipment, supplies, equip repair & rentals 670,538<br />
5%<br />
7%<br />
3%<br />
OPERATING<br />
EXPENSES &<br />
COMMITMENTS<br />
Operating Expenses & Commitments are<br />
$17.5 million:<br />
U of T overhead 205,704<br />
$16,398,021<br />
Operating result before Commitments & Transfers $1,092,125<br />
26%<br />
59%<br />
Salaries: 59%<br />
Capital Renewal & Utilities: 26%<br />
Cost of Food: 7%<br />
Commitments & Transfers<br />
Net Spending on Capital Assets 904,214<br />
Clubs & Committees: 3%<br />
Other: 5%<br />
Add to Internal Reserve (44,739)<br />
Add to Operating Reserve 28,028<br />
Add to Maintenance Reserve 204,622<br />
$1,092,125<br />
Excess of Revenue over Expense and Commitments $0.00<br />
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CAPITAL ASSETS, RESERVES<br />
& ENDOWMENT FUNDS<br />
As of April 30, 20<strong>18</strong><br />
INVESTMENT IN CAPITAL ASSETS<br />
ACTUAL <strong>2017</strong>–20<strong>18</strong><br />
Balance, beginning of year 3,866,191<br />
Increase/(decrease) in commitment 904,214<br />
Balance, end of year $4,770,405<br />
OPERATING FUND (10% BUDGETED REVENUE)<br />
Balance, beginning of year 1,740,900<br />
Increase (decrease) in commitment 28,028<br />
Balance, end of year $1,768,928<br />
DEFERRED & MAJOR MAINTENANCE<br />
Balance, beginning of year 9,533,328<br />
Increase (decrease) in commitment 204,622<br />
Balance, end of year $9,737,950<br />
OTHER RESERVES (I.E., PROGRAM, ART, 100 TH ANNIVERSARY)<br />
Balance, beginning of year 1,026,132<br />
Increase (decrease) in commitment (44,739)<br />
Balance, end of year $981,393<br />
Total Reserves $17,258,675<br />
ENDOWMENTS AND RESTRICTED FUNDS<br />
Balance, beginning of year 3,469,832<br />
Increase (decrease) in commitment 307,214<br />
Balance, end of year $3,777,046<br />
Total Assets $21,035,720<br />
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