Instructors and Divemasters
Courtney Gibson, NAUI Instructor 51941
Courtney’s involvement with Hart House began soon after he arrived at UofT as an undergrad Engineering student in 1994. He is still heavily involved at the university, where he holds an Adjunct position in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. Courtney has a passion for teaching, and loves seeing people succeed at achieving their dreams (whether they’re large dreams or smaller ones). He enjoys playing a part in people’s success by helping them build skills and overcome challenges – and he says that the incredible HHUC team makes that easy. According to Courtney, “Scuba instructors work in an environment that is simultaneously one of the most challenging and the most rewarding places for our students to learn; it constantly stretches me as a teacher, and makes me a better educator.”
Favourite dive spot: Little Cayman
Favourite sea creature: Leafy sea dragons
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Martin Bonert, NAUI Instructor 33907
Martin has been an active member of the HHUC since his undergrad days as a Mechanical Engineering student. A NAUI instructor since 2010, Martin credits the club for some of the strongest friendships he has made, and for the many life, and leadership skills he has attained over the years. For Martin, helping people through challenges of learning to dive and watching them become more confident as they develop the skills to be self-reliant underwater is highly rewarding. The moment people realize that they have mastered a skill that they had some doubt that they could do is transformational for many, both in SCUBA and elsewhere in life.
Favourite dive spot: Ontario Shipwrecks, including Eastcliffe Hall, Wolfe Islander, Niagara II, Arabia
Favourite sea creature: Manta rays
Steve Meggeson, NAUI Divemaster 66042
Steve has been involved with the club since 1995, and re-certified with the club in 2017. Since 2017, Steve has been actively involved with the club. He is the recipient of the C. Ben Davis award, the Dr. D.H.H. Mackenzie award, and most recently attained NAUI Divemaster status with the club in 2025. Closing in on 300 lifetime dives this year, he enjoys helping new divers learn new skills, and firmly believes in upholding NAUI core vaules as well as the core values of HHUC.
Favourite dive spot: Centeen Park, Ontario
Favourite sea creature: Spotted Sweetlips (noted for their bold curiosity). The juvenile looks kinda like a clownfish that got up on the wrong side of the reef.