OTEC’s Joe Baker: Training Camp & Skills Drills

OTEC’s Joe Baker compares hotel owners and managers to sports coaches. “Our athletes have been in an off-season world for the last three months.  Before we can get them on the field performing at their peak during games, they will need…

Rethinking Work, Workforce, and Workplace: Checklists to Help Respond to COVID-19 Impacts

Launched last month, the Tourism Workforce Recovery Toolkit offers a wide range of advice, resources, and guidance to help tourism operators safely navigate the gradual reopening of communities and businesses. As the situation across Canada is constantly changing in response…

From Recovery to Resiliency: Tourism Workforce Recovery Toolkit Now Live

Business-focused toolkit supports Canadian tourism SMEs in navigating COVID-19 recovery and resiliency efforts Ottawa, ON (June 24, 2020) – Tourism HR Canada today launched the COVID-19 Tourism Workforce Recovery Toolkit to guide the hard-hit industry as it works to recover…

Getting Tourism Back to Work: 10-Point Plan

The recovery of Canada’s tourism workforce requires rapid deployment of resources and a comprehensive engagement strategy that involves all stakeholders. Tourism HR Canada, with a mandate to facilitate, coordinate, and enable human resource development activities which support a globally competitive…

Helping Tourism SMEs Navigate Reopening and Beyond: COVID-19 Workforce Recovery Toolkit

Tourism HR Canada is developing the COVID-19 Tourism Workforce Recovery Toolkit to help the industry get up and running as quickly as possible and build resiliency for the medium- to long-term. Once completed, the toolkit will be a free resource…

MTEC Launches FREE Clean It Right Training Program

The Manitoba Tourism Education Council (MTEC) has officially launched the new Clean It Right online training program, which will be free for tourism, hospitality and retail businesses until June 2021. Tourism HR Canada is pleased to join key players the…

Future Skills Centre and OTEC Announce Rapid Response Project for Hard-Hit Hospitality Workers

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…