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Tourism HR Canada Achieves Significant Progress in Sustainability with the Sustainable Tourism 2030 Pledge

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Commitment to Sustainable Practices Leads to a 31% Improvement in Self-Assessment Score Tourism HR Canada demonstrated its commitment to sustainability by signing the Sustainable Tourism 2030 Pledge last year. The organization pledged to enhance its sustainability performance annually through 2030, using assessments based on the Global Sustainable Tourism Council criteria and aligned with the United […]

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Pictured left to right: Darlene Grant Fiander, President, Tourism Industry Association of Nova Scotia, and Executive Director, Nova Scotia Tourism Human Resource Council, and Chair of the Tourism HR Canada Board of Directors; Philip Mondor, President and CEO, Tourism HR Canada; Sharon Banfield-Bovell, Director of Resource Mobilization and Development, Caribbean Tourism Organization; and Joe Baker, Tourism HR Canada Board Member and Dean at the Okanagan College School of Business.

Caribbean Tourism Organization and Tourism HR Canada to Strengthen Tourism Workforce

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The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) and Tourism HR Canada have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that will support and grow a skilled, sustainable tourism workforce in both regions. Announced at the recent Tourism Labor Market Forum held in Ottawa, Canada, the collaborative working relationship builds upon long-established tourism links between the two regions. The

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Photographs of Tourism HR Canada President and CEO Philip Mondor with each of Minister Martinez Ferrada and Minister Boissonnault

Federal Ministers Highlight Skills Development and Career Awareness

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Tourism HR Canada’s annual Labour Market Forum is a working event that gathers leaders and changemakers from tourism and beyond to converse and collaborate on solutions to some of the sector’s most pressing workforce challenges. This year’s Forum welcomed both The Honourable Soraya Martinez Ferrada, Minister of Tourism, and The Honourable Randy Boissonnault, Minister of

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Workforce Reset: Labour Market Forum Inspires Creative and Productive Dialogue

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The Labour Market Forum brought together a wide range of representatives from across Canada’s tourism economy, and facilitated conversations around key topics facing the sector’s workforce. The Honourable Soraya Martinez Ferrada, Minister of Tourism and Minister responsible for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, and The Honourable Randy Boissonnault, Minister

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Enhancing the Outdoor Industry’s Workforce Resiliency: Project Elevation

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Tourism HR Canada is excited to collaborate with the Outdoor Council of Canada (OCC) on Project Elevation, an initiative to increase the workforce resiliency of the outdoor industry in Alberta by enhancing the professionalism, skills, and standards of the outdoor workforce. Alberta is known internationally for its outdoor experiences. Outdoor activities drive a significant portion

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Canadian Tourism Labour Market Snapshot: August 2024

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Summer Cools Down Slightly from July August is generally a busy month for travel, although labour force and employment in the tourism sector[1] contracted very slightly from July[2]. Both indices were higher this August than in 2023, and while labour force surpassed pre-pandemic levels (at 100.65% of 2019), employment did not quite reach those levels—although

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Canadian Tourism Labour Market Snapshot: July 2024

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Summer Sees Continued Growth in Tourism Workforce With summer in full swing, the tourism sector[1] in July saw growth over the previous month[2], with high school students entering the workforce and the season shifting into higher gear. The sector was in a slightly stronger position than it was last year, although unemployment was generally higher.

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Share Your Views on Building a Modern 21st Century Workforce

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On August 13, 2024, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages, Randy Boissonnault, announced the launch of an online questionnaire to gather diverse views from across the country on how to foster a modern, inclusive, and productive labour market for the 21st century. This engagement will help the government identify ways to build on

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Small Business, Big Impact: Immigrant Hiring and Integration in Five Canadian Cities

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The Conference Board of Canada has published a new report, Small Business, Big Impact: Immigrant Hiring and Integration in Five Canadian Cities. The study aimed to gain insights into the wicked problems of persistent labour and skill shortages among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and systemic barriers to immigrant labour market integration in Canada’s fastest

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ICHRIE: Elevating Tourism Education

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Tourism HR Canada President and CEO Philip Mondor recently delivered a keynote address at the 2024 International Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education (ICHRIE) Conference in Montreal. The event, which ran from July 24 to 26, brought together researchers and academics from around the world to share their innovative research and to elevate the

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