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Belong’s First Community Café Circle: Building an Inclusive Future in Tourism

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Belong’s first Community Café Circle was a resounding success. Held during the Tourism Industry Association of New Brunswick (TIANB) Summit in Saint John, the event brought together tourism operators from across the province, creating a unique platform to explore how inclusivity, diversity, equity, and accessibility (IDEA) can shape the future of tourism. Highlights of the […]

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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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Nova Scotia Leads in Age-Friendly Tourism with New Certification

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The Tourism Industry Association of Nova Scotia (TIANS), in partnership with Aging Proactively, has proudly announced the certification of 22 of its member organizations as Certified Age-Friendly Employers (CAFE). This initiative marks a significant milestone in promoting age inclusivity across Nova Scotia’s vibrant tourism sector. The groundbreaking CAFÉ pilot, launched in early 2023, aims to

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Symposium on Seasonal Employment in Quebec: Between Best Practices and Innovation

HR Practices, Labour Market Information /

The Symposium on Seasonal Employment (Chantier sur la saisonnalité) was held March 28 in the beautiful Quebec City region, at Lac-Beauport. Under the theme “Working with the seasons: HR innovations and solutions”, representatives from five business sectors—tourism, forestry, agriculture, fisheries, and horticulture—shared and discussed initiatives and best practices implemented to meet the many challenges posed

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Secure Futures: New MOU Links Skilled Refugees and Tourism Employers

Employer Programs, HR Practices, Immigration Programs /

Tourism HR Canada is pleased to announce it has signed a two-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Talent Beyond Boundaries (TBB), an implementing partner of the Government of Canada’s Economic Mobility Pathway Pilot (EMPP). Talent Beyond Boundaries (TBB) envisions a world where forcibly displaced people can use their skills and talents to move to secure

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Joining Voices to Eliminate Workplace Harassment

HR Practices, Leadership, LGBTQ2, Make Safe, Mental Health /

As part of our work around the recently launched Make Safe program, Tourism HR Canada is connecting with other organizations offering programming that aims to mitigate—and ultimately eliminate—sexual harassment and other forms of sexual violence in tourism and hospitality workplaces. SHAPE is a coalition of 20 Ontario community legal clinics providing free public legal education

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Top of Prep List: Workers’ Mental Health & Resources to Support Them

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Hosted by Restaurants Canada and moderated by The Canadian Mental Health Association, join Top of Prep List: Workers Mental Health & Resources to Support Them to explore different strategies on how operators can support their staff’s mental health within the dynamic foodservice environment. Taking place on Tuesday, May 30, at 1:00 PM Eastern, this free webinar features

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Tourism HR Canada Seeks to Fill Workforce Gap Left by the Pandemic

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Discover Tourism shifts the narrative on career opportunities Ottawa, April 4, 2023 – Travel is rebounding from the COVID pandemic more quickly than expected, with widespread global interest in experiencing all that Canada has to offer, but Canadian tourism businesses are operating with more than 100,000 fewer workers than they were in 2019. Tourism HR

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Hiring International Talent: Tips for Summer Staffing

HR Practices, Workforce Recovery /

With summer fast approaching against the backdrop of a very tight labour market, many businesses may be feeling squeezed as they look to ramp up their seasonal workforce. Particularly for operators whose tried-and-true methods of local recruitment just aren’t pulling in the usual numbers of staff, the coming surge in demand for your services may

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