Tourism HR Canada was contacted by the World University Service of Canada (WUSC) to be a part of its Pathways to Employment for Refugees (PER) project as an advisory committee member. The PER project shares similarities with Tourism HR Canada’s Destination Employment project, which seeks to connect newcomers to Canada and hotel employers. Both projects …
Canada’s tourism sector has the potential for significant growth in the coming decades, as both a contributor to the economy and a source of employment for Canadians. However, a key hurdle persists: the labour challenges tourism operators face, especially in rural and remote regions. Sixty-three percent of tourism businesses report that labour issues are a …
The first week of November saw 17 industry leaders in the field of human resources travel to Ottawa, in order to inform the pillar of the Future Skills Framework that brings together competencies relating to finding—and keeping—talent within the tourism sector. Over the course of two days, the participants provided Tourism HR Canada with vital …
(seasonally unadjusted) In October 2019, the unemployment rate1 in the tourism sector was at 4.6%, which is 0.3 percentage points higher than the rate reported in October 2018, and higher than the previous month (September 2019), when the unemployment rate stood at 4.5%. At 4.6%, tourism’s unemployment rate was below Canada’s seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate …
In a report on travel destination trends for LGBTQ2 travel in 2019, Travel Pulse selected just one Canadian city in its ‘top 30’ destinations: Montreal. While the recognition does represent a foothold into this burgeoning market, a new initiative aims to increase Canada’s national profile as a premier tourism destination for the LGBTQ2 market: one …
By 2032, immigrants will be responsible for 100% of Canada’s population growth. Today, without immigration, Canada’s labour force would be shrinking, as the number individuals retiring is greater than the number of school leavers entering the labour force. Under such circumstances, immigration is a vitally important subject. Tourism HR Canada recently attended the Conference Board …
