Story Telling and Assessment at Hart House
Project scope
Categories
Communications Project management Community engagement Creative writingSkills
reconciliation evaluation strategy social justiceAn opportunity for a student who is passionate about the power of story to create change, shift perspectives and deepen understanding. The Level UP placement should be keen to gain hands-on experience in gathering stories (including possibly some of their own), conducting assigned interviews, and exploring story telling methods around key initiatives at Hart House along the themes of social justice, equity, decolonization, reconciliation and community engagement with a particular focus on giving a platform to diverse voices and experiences. They will have an opportunity to interact with a broad range of contacts from staff, faculty, students and community members.
Job duties include:
- Learning about story telling best practices
- Develop story telling evaluation strategy
- Supervisor and students will meet regularly over Microsoft Teams to discuss training resources, determine themes, ideas and assignments
- Students will have an opportunity to interact with a broad range of contacts from staff, faculty, students and community members
About the company
Hart House is a centre for experiential education outside the classroom at the University of Toronto. Since it opened in 1919, Hart House functions as a place where students, faculty, staff, alumni and members of the broader community connect with each other and the world. Through an array of co-curricular programming in the arts, dialogue and wellness, Hart House works with local and international partners to foster community and to create innovative learning opportunities for students. Hart House operates from a historic facility on the St. George campus, offering a wide range of services through a social enterprise model that generates revenue to support its student-focused programming on all three University of Toronto campuses.