My name is Arav Narula, and I'm a 19 year old from Toronto
I love public transit, going on random rabbit holes, and learning new things
In my free time, I like exploring cities, watching sports, reading books, listening to music, and watching whatever my recent obession is on TV
In the past, I worked at Hack Club running commmunity operations for the entire community and programs like Arcade and High Seas
Currently, I'm studying social science & urban planning at York University
What have I been up to? (now)
July 2026
- Helped gather data for 880Cities's Public Life Study on their TowerPOPS installation at Cooksvile GO
August 2026
- Phonebanked for Olivia Chow's relection campigan!
- Volunteered at Horizons Polaris, a 42 hour high school hackathon in Toronto
September 2026
- Continued to phone bank for Olivia Chow's re-election campaign!
- Started my second year at York!
October 2026
- Turned 19!
- GOTV!
- Tried to keep up with school
- Read The Long Lived King graphic novel by Dana Terrace
November 2026
- Started v3 of my personal website
- Started reading Hollywood Ending by John Green
Stuff I'm proud of:
Events
Opening Ceremony at HCTG! .jpg)
Group photo after Circuit Island! - Hack Club: The Game: An adventure game that converted Manhattan into a board game where teenagers came together to solve challenges and take control of the city. Inspired by Jet Lag: The Game
- Apocalypse: Toronto's largest/longest high school hackathon in May 2024 at Shopify HQ!
- Circuit Island: A picnic meetup and hardware jam for 50+ high schoolers on the Toronto Islands
- AngelHacks Toronto: The first hackathon I ran in Toronto with a friend! It
was a 12 hour game jam that we may or may not have ran
illegalyin a Wework. - Epoch : A 42 hour high school hackathon in New Delhi. Coordinated workshops for the event.
Selected Projects
- Firehose: A Slack bot to bring discord-style moderation tools to Slack. Built during my summer internship at Hack Club HQ in the summer of 2024
- YouFeelWeFeel: A custom feelings logger and journaling API inspired by How We Feel
- Human Turn Signals: Turn signals but for humans! A hackathon project built with freinds at Scrapyard, came in 4th place :
Written Works:
- Bill 212 Cheatsheet: A summary of the changes made to Bill 212 (Ontario's bike lane bill) that went viral on r/ontario
- Reflections from running a Toronto meetup and how to run your own: An archived copy of a blog post on running a meetup and how others can run their own
Get in Touch
If you'd like to get in touch, I'm @radioblahaj in most platforms. You can also email me at my name [@] this domain or signal me @radioblahaj.18.
See you around,
Arav
