The Hart House Underwater Club is very excited to have been featured in NAUI Sources Magazine (2018, Q3).
Read on for some wonderful insights into our Club’s illustrious past and exciting future!
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Ice Diving Talk
In 2018 we welcomed HHUC instructor Ian Thompson and former HHUC President Michael Starr, who discussed their adventures in ice diving!
We held a repeat fo this interesting seminar at the 2020/2021 Inner Space Seminars.
Photo courtesy of Ian Thompson
HHUC Presents Heison Chak: Underwater Mapping of Humber Bay
As divers, dive clubs, and training agencies expand their conservation and exploration efforts around the world, sharing accurate information is the key to building more effective collaboration. Heison Chak from the Ontario Underwater Council (OUC) will be speaking about his mapping adventure at one of our local dive sites and popular training grounds – Humber Bay. Divers of all levels and backgrounds as well as non-divers are welcome to attend.
Event Details:
Date: January 18, 2018
Time: 7 – 8 p.m. (attendees are welcome to stay for Q&A immediately following the talk)
Location: Hart House, South Sitting Room
Bio:
Heison Chak learned to be a team-oriented tech and cave diver through Global Underwater Explorers (GUE) training. He is passionate about teaching and coaching divers through the process of becoming thinking divers. As Director of Dive Safety for OUC, he is committed to improving dive safety through education. He is heavily involved with dive communities in Toronto, upstate New York and South East Asia. When Heison is not traveling and teaching for GUE, he is diving the Great Lakes and his new love – the caves of Florida and Mexico.
55th Anniversary Reunion a Rousing Success!
On Saturday evening, students, alumni, Club founders and friends gathered in the Debates Room at Hart House to celebrate the 55th anniversary of the Hart House Underwater Club.
It was an incredible evening, filled with friendship, laughter, tradition and camaraderie. We enjoyed video retrospectives, a green-screen photo booth, and quality time spent with our extended “scuba family”.
With special guests, including founding members Larry Lundy, Jack MacQuarrie, and Dick Booth, and long-time Hart House liaison and friend of the Club, Sandy Henderson in attendance, we heard incredible tales from the Club’s history.
Many thanks to veteran instructor and HHUC historian Bob Belcher who spoke about the Club’s milestones, and to current HHUC President Martin Bonert who highlighted our recent activities, accomplishments, and focus on student engagement.
Kudos to Kathryn Cullen and the amazing Alumni Organizing Committee who put together such a memorable night!
Cheers to all and see everyone at the 60th!
Photo credits: Courtney Gibson
HHUC Trip to Little Cayman Apr. 28 – May 5, 2018
We’re going back! We visited this destination in 2012, and it was such a great experience that ever since, people who were on that trip have been asking us, “When are we going back?”
With arguably the best diving in the Caribbean on Bloody Bay Wall, along with a perfect resort set-up for relaxation, a top-notch dive operation, truly valet diving, and great food, you are in for an amazing experience! We have a block of 32 spots available; don’t miss out! Please see the trip brochure for details.
Also, check out the excellent Trip Advisor Reviews for Little Cayman Beach Resort.
To secure your participation, a $500 CDN deposit per person is due upon booking, and the balance is due Jan. 28, 2018.
To book your adventure, or discuss any aspect of it, send our Trip Leader, Rebecca Metcalfe.
We hope you will be able to join us!
Staff CPR and First Aid Recertification
It was an intense and hands-on weekend as HHUC staff and instructors completed their annual CPR and first aid recertification training. Participants attained their NAUI Diving First Aid for Professional Divers (DFA Pro) certification through an innovative program resulting from a strategic partnership between NAUI and the world’s leading diving safety organization, Divers Alert Network (DAN). Feedback on the course was immensely positive!
DFA Pro instructor Karen Parisien coaches staff instructors Ian Thompson and Philip Barton in bleeding management.
Club President and instructor Martin Bonert receives a splint under the supervision of DFA Pro instructor Rebecca Metcalfe.
DFA Pro Instructors Karen Parisien and Sarah Gibson demonstrate how to secure a ring bandage on a simulated penetrating wound.
Rescue Diver Roberta Lee treats a simulated jellyfish sting on HHUC Training Director and instructor Alex Ayers.
Staff member Aristo Kong treats club instructor Mark Kummerer’s simulated spiny urchin injury.
Photo credits: Courtney Gibson