Your Expertise Is Needed: Help Us Build a Stronger Tourism Sector

Tourism HR Canada has continued building the Future Skills Framework, a federally funded three-year project compiling a comprehensive bank of the competencies required in tourism. The completed framework will help minimize skills and labour mismatches in tourism and guide job seekers,…

Building the Workforce of the Future

The Future Skills Framework relies on industry experts to ensure that each and every competency has been validated based on real-life insights from professionals with extensive experience in the field. We therefore gratefully welcomed ten experts in sustainable tourism to…

Aligning Skills with Changing Workplace Demands

The Future Skills Framework has kicked off 2020 with two focus groups to continue its validation of the framework with the real-life experiences of industry professionals. In late January, tourism experts with strong qualifications in finance—including CFOs, CPAs, and additional…

Address the Changing Tourism Workplace

Seize your opportunity to contribute to building a pan-Canadian competency framework for the tourism sector. Tourism HR Canada has a small number of spots left at two upcoming focus groups. Industry professionals are invited to share their experiences in today’s…

National Tourism Expertise Shapes Future Skills Development

December was a busy month for the Future Skills Framework team, with three focus groups taking place across the country over the course of two weeks. On December 3 and 4, 13 participants contributed their feedback in Vancouver. They worked…

Industry HR Experts Develop Human Capital Pillar of the Future Skills Framework

The first week of November saw 17 industry leaders in the field of human resources travel to Ottawa, in order to inform the pillar of the Future Skills Framework that brings together competencies relating to finding—and keeping—talent within the tourism…

The Future of Work in the Tourism Sector Starts at School

By Joe Baker, Dean, School of Hospitality, Tourism and Culinary Arts, Centennial College According to Tourism HR Canada, tourism is a $90 billion industry that employs over 1.8 million workers, outpacing many other industries in the country. As Canada’s share…

Future Skills Framework Marks New Phase as Experts Develop Key Industry Competencies

October has seen two consultation meetings for the Future Skills Framework, marking its progression from establishing the framework’s overall structure to developing in-depth, specific industry competencies. The three-year Future Skills initiative will produce a comprehensive and sustainable collection of competencies…

Industry Expertise Further Strengthens Future Skills Framework Ahead of November Consultation Session

Tourism stakeholders continue to bring real-world guidance to the Future Skills Framework, a three-year initiative to create a comprehensive and sustainable collection of competencies and essential skills for the tourism sector. Sixteen industry experts from across Canada gathered in Ottawa,…

Map Tourism’s Future: Register Now for Whitehorse Focus Group

Tourism HR Canada is looking forward to sharing information and exploring ideas and needs towards building the Future Skills Framework. This three-year initiative will see the creation of a competency framework—a comprehensive and sustainable collection of competencies and essential skills—for…

Map Tourism’s Future: Registration Open for Ottawa Focus Group

Tourism HR Canada is looking forward to sharing information and exploring ideas and needs towards building the Future Skills Framework. This three-year initiative will see the creation of a competency framework—a comprehensive and sustainable collection of competencies and essential skills—for…

Future Skills: Help Ensure Canadian Tourism is Globally Competitive

Announced last fall, the Future Skills Framework project seeks to address the changing nature of work in the tourism sector. Under the three-year, federally funded initiative, Tourism HR Canada is creating a comprehensive and sustainable competency framework for the Canadian…