TORONTO (May 14, 2020) — The disruption to the global economy from COVID-19 is unprecedented and rapidly evolving with its impact on the Canadian labour market likely to be widespread, long-lasting, and unpredictable. The Future Skills Centre (FSC) and OTEC today announced a rapid response project for the hundreds of thousands tourism and hospitality workers who have lost […]
Through April, continuing lockdowns created major economic hardships across a number of industries. With indicators of tourism activity at a standstill throughout the month of April, the tourism sector suffered significant employment losses, just slightly fewer than those seen in March. Seasonally unadjusted employment decreased by 1,845,200 in April, of which 433,100 (almost a quarter)
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Hospitality Essentials Offers Free Online Skills Development Tourism HR Canada, in partnership with the Hotel Association of Canada, is proud to announce the launch of our newest training resources: Hospitality Essentials. These short online courses will help newcomers to Canada and newcomers to hospitality learn the foundational skills to prepare for work in a hospitality
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Toronto, May 13, 2020 — Centennial College hospitality and tourism students are invited to take advantage of tuition-free online training during the COVID-19 pandemic to equip themselves with nationally recognized certificates, thanks to Tourism HR Canada, which cultivates a world-leading tourism workforce. “The COVID-19 pandemic has caused major disruption to both education and tourism across
As tourism, hospitality, and retail businesses start to re-open, or open to the public, some customers will be hesitant to travel, shop, and eat out during the post COVID-19 period. To help these businesses regain consumer confidence in visiting their establishments, the Manitoba Tourism Education Council (MTEC) is launching a new training program later this
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By Joe Baker (published by Canadian Lodging News) If there is one thing the hospitality industry is universally known for, it’s our ability to celebrate.  On a small scale or on a large scale, we add value to our guests and clients when we help them celebrate together. We amplify the moments and milestones in people’s
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More than One Million Jobs at Stake We’re into week seven and we still don’t understand the full extent of the pandemic. Tourism has been hit hard, with severe implications on the critical summer tourist season. Not all economic sectors will recover at the same rate or the same time. Tourism, which was impacted early
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Since late March, Tourism HR Canada has been working closely with our partners to offer opportunities for ongoing professional development, cross-training, and job preparation by making a select number of Emerit online modules available for free to everyone. Response to this offer has been incredibly positive; thousands of modules have been activated and online learning
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COVID-19 has caused an abrupt and deep shock to society and the global economy. The tourism sector is profoundly impacted, with significant disruption to businesses, trade channels, and DMOs. Tourism Economics (a division of Oxford Economics) suggests a global return to 2019 tourism levels by 2023—but only under certain conditions. As the national HR organization
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Tourism HR Canada was invited as a witness to the Standing Committee on Finance, on April 8, to discuss COVID-19. The Panel on Tourism and Hospitality also included statements by the Tourism Industry Association of Canada, the Hotel Association of Canada, the Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada—each represented on Tourism HR Canada’s Board of Directors—and
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