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Tourism Vancouver Island presents Tourism Pro-D Day in Tofino
By Anna Nehm and Liane O'KeefeOn March 28, 2014, Tourism Vancouver Island (TVI) held its Tourism Pro-D Day (short for Professional Development Day) in Tofino at the Best Western Tin Wis. The goal of this event was to provide Vancouver Island professionals with hot ‘tips...
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First Green Growth and Travelism Institute Summer School August 2014
Week long event to focus on travel and tourism sector and sustainable mobility, climate change and biodiversity.When?The GG...
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SLM Students' Insights on Innovation Infusion Events: Lesley Anderson, Tourism Nanaimo
By Amal Khalid and Yihua ChenOn the 20th of March 2014, Lesley Anderson, the executive director at tourism Nanaimo, presented a very rich and valuable talk for both students and practitioners about the role and uses of the Explorer Quotient (EQ) as a tool to promote the tourism of Canada by the...
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CCC Fellowship Application Deadline in 30 Days!
One More Month to Apply to theCommunity Climate Change Fellowship!EECapacity's Community Climate Change Fellowship is currently accepting applications from community and environmental educators in Canada, Mexico and the U.S. We have 30 more days to find the most forward-thinking educators who want...
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SLM Students' Insights on Innovation Infusion Events: Dr. Geoffrey Godbey (Sir Yue-Kong Pao)
By Maren Schullerus and Evelyn PanThis Innovation Infusion presentation was given by Dr. Geoffrey Godbey and concerned reforming leisure in China and potential implications for Nanaimo. He started his presentation with talking about Chinese influences in Canada and British Columbia. Eleven percent...
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Avenues to Action 2014: Public Invited to Sustainability Conference at Vancouver Island University March 15, 2014
Avenues to Action 2014 includes presentations and hands-on workshopsNANAIMO, BC: Water, energy and community engagement – these are the themes of a day-long student-led conference at Vancouver Island University (VIU) on Saturday, March 15.Open to students, staff, faculty and community members,...
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SLM Students' Insights on Innovation Infusion Events: Dr. Geoffrey Godbey (Sir Yue-Kong Pao)
By Caleigh EllisDuring this seminar we heard about the reforming of leisure in China and the implications that this could have as many Chinese immigrate to Canada. The declining birth rate in British Columbia and tightening immigration laws in Canada mean that in order to maintain our population we...
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The next Innovation Infusion Event: Lesley Anderson, Tourism Nanaimo
The SpeakerLesley Anderson joined Tourism Nanaimo as Executive Director of Destination Management in Nov. 2013, bringing almost 20 years of marketing and sales experience in a broad range of tourism sectors including airlines, cruise, receptive, travel agency, and tour operator. Previously, Lesley...
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Vancouver Island University and the World Leisure Centre of Excellence acknowledge and thank the Snuneymuxw, Quw’utsun, Tla’amin, Snaw-naw-as and Qualicum First Nation on whose traditional lands we research and share knowledge.