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HHUC – April Newsletter

Inner Space Seminar

Gas Planning and Management with Heison Chak


Immerse yourself in the world of technical diving at our upcoming seminar! Discover the potential to elevate your diving expertise beyond recreational boundaries. Gain insight into advanced diving techniques and safety protocols, and uncover the excitement of venturing into underwater realms beyond traditional limits.

Wed, April 3, 2024 – in person, 7pm at Health Sciences Building, Room #100 (on UofT campus).

Dinner will be provided for free to registered attendees, with pizza, drinks, and dessert available.

Register at: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E4DA4AE2AA1FBC16-47693463-hhuc#/

Address:

155 College Street

Toronto, ON, M5T 1P8

Instructions on how to find the room: https://www.classfind.com/toronto/room/HS100

Introduction to Underwater Hockey

Are you missing your weekly underwater pool time? Want to try out a new and unique sport? 

Every Saturday from 5 to 6 pm for the month of April, there will be an “Introduction to Underwater Hockey” session in Hart House pool to address your symptoms of pool withdrawal. 

No prior hockey experience or specific equipment required, just your snorkelling gear. 

After each session, you’re also invited to join us at the chosen restaurant of the week for a quick and inexpensive meal.  

As an HHUC member, all you have to do is show your U of T student card or let the employee at the Hart House Fitness Desk know you’re there for underwater hockey to get into the Hart House pool (bring your own lock for a locker). See you on Saturdays this April!

SCUBA Swap Volunteering

The SCUBA swap is one of the largest SCUBA gear sales of its kind in Ontario. 

https://www.ouescuba.com/scuba-swap on Friday April 19th, and Saturday April 20th.

There is lots of new and used gear available to buy, and it is also an opportunity to sell gear. It is run by the OUE and other SCUBA enthusiasts who volunteer once a year to bring this event to the SCUBA community.

This is your opportunity to express your interest in volunteering to help with the SCUBA SWAP.

Volunteering gives you the opportunity to give back to the community as well as get a great chance to get dive gear at affordable prices, meet other divers and have some fun.

Volunteering entails helping Friday and/or Saturday, to register gear, or in other roles as well as an opportunity to shop first on Friday (only open to volunteers) and save $$$ on gear.   HHUC has had a volunteer group there for several years now. Volunteers will get a swap t-shirt, and food and drinks will be provided for breaks.

Gear registration happens Friday (opening to the public to register gear at 6pm) volunteers are asked to be there between 4-5:30pm depending on their role. The Swap runs 9am to 3pm on Saturday.   Volunteers will also receive a short training (about an hour) on their role in the weeks before the SWAP.We encourage people to help Friday and part or all of Saturday (morning or afternoon).

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HHUC March 2024 – Seminars and Drop-In Scuba

HHUC Inner Space Seminars

HHUC Inner space seminars return with a series of exciting talks presented by OUC president Heison Chak!
Sign up for the talks below to guarantee your spot. All HHUC members and any interested non-members are invited to attend!
More details to follow closer to the date of each event. 

  1. Recreational Dive Safety – Thurs, March 7, 2024 – on Zoom (link will be emailed to registered participants)
  2. Understanding Technical Diving – Fri, March 22, 2024 – in person, location TBD
  3. Gas Planning and Management – Wed, April 3, 2024 – in person, location TBD

HHUC Drop-In SCUBA Tuesdays

Welcoming certified HHUC SCUBA divers to drop in to the Athletic Centre pool and dive in buddy pairs. 

If you need equipment or want to make sure there’s space, email moc.liamgnull@snoitacinummoc.cuhh

The next three will be:

  1. Tuesday, March 5th, 9:00pm to 10:30pm, Athletic Centre at 55 Harbord 
  2. Tuesday, March 12th, 9:00pm to 10:30pm, Athletic Centre at 55 Harbord
  3. Tuesday, March 19th, 9:00pm to 10:30pm, Athletic Centre at 55 Harbord

Come practice in the pool as things start to thaw out to get ready for a great dive season!

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Inner Space Seminar: Freediving on the Niagara II Ice Expedition

Freediving on the Niagara II Ice Expedition

Tuesday, March 22, 2022, at 7:00 pm
Part of our “HHUC Inner Space Seminar” series at Hart House.

Guest Speaker: Andrew Ryzebol
Andrew Ryzebol recounted his team’s 2022 “Ice Expedition” freediving experience on the Niagara II. It’s such a graceful and peaceful way to dive.

Andrew Ryzebol Bio:
Andrews has been freediving since 2013. He coaches, and competes regularly in Canadian freediving competitions, and is a national depth champion with multiple provincial records. Andrew freedives year-round in Canada, and recently completed this amazing freedive on the Niagara II.

Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7o8dCK2sJk

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Index to more seminars: 
– Inner Space Seminars

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Inner Space Seminar: Vessels of the Great Lakes during WW1

WW1 ships of Lake Superior

Tuesday, March 29, 2022, at 7:00 pm
Part of our “HHUC Inner Space Seminar” series at Hart House.

Guest Speaker: Walter Lewis
Walter Lewis presented a range of vessels that were active on the Great Lakes in 1914 and went to sea during WW1, including the Northwind that HHUC dove on in 1981. Some came home. Some didn’t. Some are Great Lakes dive sites now. Others are for the “vacation bucket list”! Some were split. Some were half lost. One ship even had to be rotated sideways to fit the Welland Canal. Enjoy the wealth of material in Walter’s historical perspective.

Walter Lewis bio:
Walter Lewis took up diving in 1990 specifically to dive on the wreck of the Cornwall. Subsequently he was awarded the S.O.S. Marine Heritage Award, and named Great Lakes Historian of the Year. He is known to many in the Great Lakes community for presenting the raw materials of history, gathered through the work of many researchers, particularly those people interested in shipwrecks.
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Inner Space Seminar: Scuba Talk with Dan Lindsay

Monday, April 4, 2022, at 7:00 pm
Part of our “HHUC Inner Space Seminar” series at Hart House.

Guest Speaker: Dan Lindsay
It was a wide-ranging talk with Dan Lindsay presenting many of his gorgeous, crystal clear videos of deep shipwrecks of the Great Lakes, and a delightful look at diving in the Philippines. As a member of the Ontario Marine Heritage Committee, Dan and his team members successfully identified the famous mystery schooner in Lake Erie as the schooner St. James. Through his company, Sea-View Imaging, he has created images and video from tropical locations, the Andrea Doria, Tobermory, Lake Erie’s Long Point, the Empress of Ireland, Gunilda, Hamilton and Scourge, the Avro Arrow Project and many other shipwrecks in the Great Lakes.

Dan Lindsay Bio:
Dan Lindsay has been diving since 1972 and is a NAUI Divemaster and Tri-mix diver. Dan spent six years in the commercial diving industry working as a diver-EMT with Canadian based companies in the Beaufort Sea, Davis Strait and the Great Lakes. He is now a retired designer with strong interests in deep water wreck exploration, videography and photography.

Find out more
– https://www.sea-viewimaging.com/

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Index to more seminars: 
– Inner Space Seminars