HR Practices

Secure Futures: New MOU Links Skilled Refugees and Tourism Employers

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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

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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

Discover Tourism, Education, HR Practices, Press Release, Workforce Recovery / By

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

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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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Building A Resilient & Vibrant Workforce Webinars

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Tourism HR Canada is excited to collaborate with the Tourism Industry Association of Ontario (TIAO) for a special set of one-hour webinars: the Building a Resilient & Vibrant Workforce series. Our panel of experts will discuss workforce development, immigration, labour market trends, and innovation. Experts from Indigenous Tourism Ontario will present on attracting, building, and …

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Departures and Arrivals: Attracting Global Talent to Canada’s Tourism Sector

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By Joe Baker, Tourism HR Canada Board of Directors Here we are at the beginning of another new year, looking ahead and doing everything we can to craft the next normal as we elevate Canada’s tenacious tourism sector through our most essential element: talent. In many ways 2022 felt like the turbulence one experiences on …

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Employer of the Year Award Recognizes Model for Workplace Culture

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Tourism HR Canada congratulates Tourism Kingston on being named Tourism Employer of the Year at this year’s Canadian Tourism Awards gala. Hosted by the Tourism Industry Association of Canada (TIAC), the awards recognize success, leadership, and innovation in Canada’s tourism industry, and reward those people, places, organizations, and events that have gone above and beyond …

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Hybrid Work on the Rise—Is There a Fit for Tourism?

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Working from home and hybrid work were necessities in many industries throughout the pandemic, and numerous employers have continued to offer these options. Tourism employment provides much less opportunity for this type of work, however roles within tourism operations—finance, marketing, HR, and others—could see these arrangements become more sought after. With stiff competition for labour, …

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