Led nationally by the Tourism Industry Association of Canada (TIAC), and with many complementary regional and local initiatives, Tourism Week is “an annual invitation for all tourism partners to come together to champion and promote Canada’s destinations, tourism businesses, and employees—from coast to coast to coast.” This year’s theme, Travel now. For work, life, and […]
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On May 19th, Tourism HR Canada’s Destination Inclusion team organized a targeted virtual recruitment event with The Westin Ottawa and Delta Hotels by Marriott Ottawa City Centre. A group of enthusiastic Destination Inclusion program participants took the opportunity to meet with industry leaders from these two prestigious hotels, including: Andrew Falkenberg, Market Director of Human
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The pandemic has caused significant disruption to the tourism labour market, much greater than the economy overall. While the latest Labour Force Survey shows the workforce is recovering, there is a long way to go: tourism remains over 200,000 workers below the same month in 2019. In many ways the issues we have today are
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Canadian Tourism Labour Market Snapshot Overall, tourism employment grew slightly (2.2%) from March to April and the unemployment rate improved for all industries except for the food & beverage services industry, which saw a slight uptick. Nevertheless, there was significant improvement in the unemployment rate across all industries when compared to the same month in
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Tourism HR Canada met with its network of provincial and territorial human resource organizations (HROs) in Ottawa last week to discuss work plans associated with training and assessment resources that constitute the Emerit Tourism Training brand. The first in-person meeting with this network in over two years, the group dove in to the opportunity to
Employer Perspectives: Barriers & Enablers to Accessible Workforce Entry The Project Persons with disabilities (PwD) in Canada face many barriers to meaningful first-time employment. But research on employer perspectives–including barriers and enablers employers face in recruiting and hiring PwD–and actionable solutions are still needed, especially in the context of COVID-19 recovery. The Business + Higher Education
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Canadian Tourism Labour Market Snapshot Overall, tourism employment sees an uptick as the sector builds momentum toward recovery in the coming months; however, growth is hindered by employment losses in the accommodations industry and a higher than anticipated unemployment rate in transportation. Labour Force Survey data released for March 2022 showed positive signs toward industry
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Who Are “We”? What am “I”? Why does that matter? By Joe Baker Published by Canadian Travel Press (click to read original article) Unlike any other time in “our” history, unity became a fundamental concept in terms of thinking and acting that determined how well “we” navigated through a global pandemic. Who am “I” referring
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Now available until the end of June, the Destination Inclusion program continues to offer racialized individuals across Eastern Ontario the opportunity to explore new career pathways and gain the skills and connections to pursue their goals—all free of charge. Participants access online skills training and mentorship from tourism industry professionals, opening up job possibilities just
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Canadian Tourism Monthly Snapshot Tourism added 188,700 jobs, unemployment rates fall but an overall labour force shortage remains While declines in the size of the overall tourism labour force persist, tourism employees continued to return to work and find available employment opportunities this past month. Seasonally unadjusted data released for February 2022 shows that, at
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