About

Informal get-to-know

  1. my name with diacritics: đồng hà nhuận (đồng – last name; hà – middle name; nhuận – first name; “hà nhuận” means “tranquil river” in vietnamese). western naming order & without diacritics: ha nhuan dong (ha nhuan – first name; dong – last name). i know, confusing right?
  2. what i do: i am a jack-of-all-trades project coordinator. outside work: i write, i think, i read, then repeat. for select publications, go to my work page.
  3. what are my current concerns:
    • my mom’s debut poetry collection (hit me up for publishing referrals in vietnam!);
    • my own debut collection of french writings (tentatively titled métropolitique)
    • navigating work-life balance between vietnamese, english & (québécois) french;
    • marine science & all things about the deep sea;
    • science & technology studies.
  4. contact me here.

[EN/FR] Formal third-person biography | Biographie professionnelle

Ha Nhuan Dong (il/he) is a jack-of-all-trades creative and project coordinator with 6+ years of experience in non-profit, community organizing, and the arts. Settled on unceded Indigenous land that is Tiohtià:ke (Montréal), Canada, he currently works at the intersection of social equity, process automation, and impact-driven project management. He is most excited about translating high-level complexity into clear, manageable components, especially streamlining workflows. His recent portfolio as an agile full-stack coordinator traverses the entire spectrum of the Canadian non-profit industry: from local, anti-oppressive, grassroots initiatives and non-hierarchical groups to nation-wide, fast-paced, hierarchical institutions with social impact missions. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree, Joint Honours (First Class) in International Development and Cultural Studies, from McGill University. His favorite pastime is tracking discoveries of new deep-sea species.

Ha Nhuan Dong (il) est un créatif touche-à-tout et un coordonnateur de projets avec plus de 6 ans d’expérience dans le milieu communautaire et culturel. Basé à Tiohtià:ke (Montréal), sur un territoire autochtone non cédé, il évolue au carrefour de l’équité, de l’automatisation des processus et de la gestion de projets axés sur l’impact social. Sa grande force est de décortiquer la complexité pour en faire des étapes simples et digestes, particulièrement en simplifiant les flux de travail. En tant que coordonnateur polyvalent, il a navigué dans tout l’écosystème des OSNL à travers le Canada : des groupes horizontaux locaux aux grandes institutions pancanadiennes plus structurées. Diplômé de l’Université McGill (baccalauréat avec double spécialisation en dévéloppement international et études culturelles), il aime suivre de près les découvertes de nouvelles espèces dans les fonds marins.

Pre-2022 biography (archived)

Đồng Hà Nhuận (often Ha Nhuan Dong, he/him) is a cultural writer and critical learner whose main concerns seep through critical theories, contemporary arts, cultural phenomena, environmental issues, and ethnic tensions. Born, raised, and formerly based in Hồ Chí Minh city, Việt Nam, he is currently residing on unceded Indigenous land that is Tiohtià:ke (Montréal), Canada, to pursue his education. His research tracks the spontaneous developments of contemporary art in Việt Nam and its diasporas as well as the academic discourse on the subject. His writing has appeared on Art Republik Vietnam, Saigoneer, Matca, Hanoi Grapevine, and elsewhere.