January 2019

Forecasting Future Skills: Consultation Underway to Identify Tourism Training Needs

Future Skills / By

Six months into a three-year initiative to address skills gaps and labour mismatches, the Future Skills Framework project has been actively gathering and analyzing information to pinpoint the current and emerging competencies Canada’s tourism sector needs to be globally competitive. While many essential skills remain core to a successful tourism career, professionals must also continually …

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Strengthening Our People: Annual Labour Market Forum to Coordinate Action on Workforce Issues

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Tourism and hospitality stakeholders from across Canada will gather in Ottawa this March for the annual Labour Market Forum, hosted by Tourism HR Canada. Individuals representing all levels of business, education, labour, industry associations, and governments will participate in this “sleeves rolled up” working meeting, crafting recommendations and solutions to current and emerging labour challenges …

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Tourism Labour Force Survey

Canadian Tourism Employment Monthly Snapshot – December 2018

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(seasonally unadjusted) In December 2018, the unemployment rate1 in the tourism sector was at 4.1%, which is 0.9% lower than the rate reported in December 2017, and lower than the previous month (November 2018), when the unemployment rate stood at 4.5%. At 4.1%, tourism’s unemployment rate was well below Canada’s seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate of …

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Tourism HR Canada 2019-2021 Strategic Plan

Supporting a Key Job Creator: A Letter from the President

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Happy new year and greetings as we begin 2019. This is a year to celebrate many successes and to look forward to growth and further important changes.  For Tourism HR Canada, 2018 was a year of tremendous progress and increased organizational strength. We celebrated our 25th anniversary and wrapped up the Strategic Plan that was …

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Reskill Program Port Aux Basques Meeting

Innovative Reskill Program to Impact Tourism Employment in Rural Communities

Labour Market Information / By

On December 4th, 2018, Tourism HR Canada and Hospitality Newfoundland and Labrador (HNL) led a one-day consultation event in Port aux Basques, NL. This meeting was part of HNL’s three-year Reskill project, which seeks to reskill non-tourism sector workers for jobs in the industry. It is an innovative approach to employing individuals in rural communities …

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Indigenous Tourism

Tourism’s Advantage: The Human Factor

HR Practices / By

Thinking about the future of work, particularly the fragility of many jobs and professions as they are usurped by technology and automation, can be a sobering exercise. While technological advances continue to make our lives easier and more convenient, the often-unintended consequences of these innovations continue to mount, marginalizing work done by humans. While this …

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