The Hart House Review: Revisiting Home A Decade Later
Recently I went back to my alma mater, The University of Toronto, to attend a talk as part of Hart House’s Senior Committee’s dinner series. This one, of particular interest to me, featured Peter Kent speaking on “Fake News, Populism, and Democratic Politics”.
Now, Hart House has special meaning for my family and I. Not only did we attain all of our six consecutive degrees at the University of Toronto while chairing various committees at Hart House, but my parents met and had their wedding reception there, as well as many years later my Christening in the little known Hart House Chapel on the main floor. I owe my entire existence to this great institution.
Now, when I was a student in undergrad at Trinity College (incidentally across the street from Hart House, and where my father also attended, and my parents had their wedding ceremony), I sat on the Editorial Board of The Hart House Review for four years, working my way up in 2012 (the 20th anniversary issue) to Editor-in-Chief. During that year, I focused on attaning national distribution for the Review and opening up content to outside UofT.
My Legacy Lives On
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- Hart House Library
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- HHR Display Shelf
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- HHR Display Shelf
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- The Collection
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- My Issues
I was pleased to see that my legacy is still going strong, and in good hands. It gives me hope that I did accompish something, and it is helping future generations of writers give them their start in this extremely difficult field.
Sometimes being a writer can feel hopeless or so defeating, so it was great to see what took my blood, sweat and tears a decade ago living on, as the printed word should.