Upcoming First Aid Course and Winter Term Programming Updates

We’ve had an active Fall with a successful completion of the Fall 2023 SCUBA Course pool and classroom portion. Our Underwater Hockey and Fitness Sundays are going strong too and each still have 3 sessions left this year (Last sessions on Sat December 16th and 17th respectively).

A two day NAUI / DAN Diving First Aid for Professional divers will take place December 9th and 10th see details below on how to sign up.

Our Winter programming promises another exciting and fun filled semester of Snorkeling, Underwater Hockey and SCUBA Diving! Underwater Hockey and Fitness Sundays will start again January as well (January 13th and 14th respectively) , as well as the Learn to SCUBA Dive Course opening for registration January 4th, (with classes starting January 16th).

January will also be when we have our Annual General Meeting, and Pub / Awards night at Harbord House. Hold the dates for either January 19th or 26th and watch for a survey (coming soon!) to let us know as to your preferred date.

NAUI / DAN Diving First Aid for Professional Divers – December 9th-10th

Hart House Underwater Club is pleased to be offering a DAN First Aid for Diving Professionals course again this year.

The date has been set for Dec 9-10, with two days of training from 8:30-4:30pm at U of T  in the Ramsay Wright Building

This comprehensive First Aid Course covers:

• Standard First Aid
• Basic life support and CPR / AED use
• Providing Emergency Oxygen (Specific to Diving Injuries)
• Treating Marine Life Injuries
• and more…

The two day program is taught with “bite sized” presentations interspersed lots of real hands on practice with training CPR dummies, AED trainers, O2 kits and realistic accident scene and injury simulations.

More details and how to sign up are here: NAUI / DAN Diving First Aid for Professional Divers

Annual General Meeting and Awards Night (Save the Dates!)
Keep an eye out for the up Annual General Meeting, and Pub / Awards night to be held at Harbord House. Hold the dates for either January 19th or 26th evening and respond to the survey to let us know your preferred date.

Click here -> Annual General Meeting Set the Date Survey

If you have interest in participating in the Executive in the coming year do reach out to the nominations committee or a member of the Current Executive.

Executive meetings – ongoing monthly by video conference. Reach out to hhuc.communications to attend (open to all members) and/or volunteer to get leadership experience and help run the club. See our Current Executive.

Volunteer – Help out with the Equipment team and/or the Fall SCUBA course. Interested members should reach out to hhuc.training to express your interest.

Social Events – Join our mailing list for upcoming events.

Learn to SCUBA Dive Course – (Registration for Fall opens January 4th, spots go fast) get your NAUI SCUBA Diver certification, opening up the amazing underwater world.

The Hart House Underwater Club “Learn to Scuba” 10 week training course is designed to promote safe diving practices and prepare you for a lifetime of recreational diving! After completing the classroom and pool (“confined-water”) training portions of the course, Scuba Trainees will be ready to participate in open-water dives in a lake or ocean in order to attain a Scuba Diver certification issued by the National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI). Your scuba certification will permit you to scuba dive within the limits of your training and at recreational dive limits anywhere in the world.

The winter session starts January 16th and runs until March 26th (no class during reading week). The course fee includes club membership. See more Details about the course and how to register here.

Underwater Hockey – HHUC has teamed up with the Toronto UWH Club to bring underwater hockey programming to Hart House! Come try out this amazing underwater sport. Come Join us Saturdays in Hart House pool. Program access is included in membership.

Fitness Sundays – Love to swim and want to stay underwater longer? Enhance your physical fitness and enjoy the freedom of experiencing the underwater world with only a mask, fins and snorkel. Perfect for anyone looking to build comfort and endurance through personalized coaching and structured training. This program will improve and maintain your fitness for scuba, skin diving, freediving, underwater hockey and in general. Come join us Sundays in Hart House pool. Program access is included in membership.

Membership – open to UofT students, faculty, staff, alumni and the general public!
Join for a year or the next semester (starting in January).

Join to gain access all these benefits!

Remember to also follow the rest of instructions on the Membership page and fill out the needed Waiver and Release so you can participate in programming.