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Featured in the Calgary Herald, this story illustrates how Canada’s changing demographics and increasingly diverse workforce plays out in Calgary’s restaurant scene. The larger context and demographic projections cited in the article are based on a report released by Statistics Canada this week on projections of the diversity of the Canadian population.
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A public opinion survey designed to track public attitudes towards immigration on both sides of the Atlantic revealed that Canadians view immigration in a positive light. The views expressed by Canadians were contrary to most of the prevailing trends in other countries. According to the Toronto Star, the findings of the survey reveal that public opinion in Canada is at odds with ongoing trends in Canadian immigration policy.
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The Atlantic Provinces Economic Council (APEC) has released a guide to help businesses understand the value and processes related to hiring internationally-trained workers who are already in Canada and overseas. The guide features The Prince George Hotel as an example of “good organizational practice” related to helping workers settle and offering support to workers’ families
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(Adapted excerpt from OECD release, Overview of Gender Differences in OECD Countries, March 8, 2010)
Governments and firms need to do more to tackle the gender equality gap in OECD countries, according to an OECD report released to recognise International Women’s Day. Even if the share of working women is high on average in OECD countries, with 62% of all women in paid work, women earn almost a fifth less than men. While one out of four women works part-time, only 6% of men do so
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A gold-medal performance by Whistler during the Paralympics will mean more than just a great party, tourism officials say.
It will also tell the world that the resort can handle any kind of visitor -- including those with mobility and disability issues, who spend some $13 billion a year in North America, they argue.
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(Excerpt of article by eTN Staff Writer | Mar 11, 2010) Travel and tourism is one of the world’s most important sectors and has been one of the leading growth sectors since the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) first started measuring travel and tourism’s economic impact 20 years ago
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(Adapted excerpt from article by Imtiaz Muqbil in Travl Impact Newswire - Edition 16 (2010) - 12 March 2010) With the focus of the travel & tourism industry now shifting to strategies designed to capitalise on the nascent global economic recovery, the Organisation of Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) has issued a report calling for a “whole of government” approach to be initiated and institutionalised as tourism policy
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Credit: Reuters/Mike Segar
SINGAPORE (Reuters Life!) - It may have hammered many a company's balance sheet, but the global financial crisis has made more than two out of five employees feel totally committed to their employer, a global survey showed
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(Extrait de Réseau de veille en tourisme 10 mars 2010, Chaire de tourisme Transat,École des sciences de la gestion, UQAM, www.veilletourisme.ca ) Analyse rédigée par Michèle Laliberté Dieu merci, l’année 2009 est terminée! C’est toutefois sous le signe de l’incertitude, d’une reprise lente et fragile et d’un optimisme prudent que s’amorce l’année 2010. Le défi: remettre l’économie sur les rails et la solidifier
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(Adapted excerpt from Statistics Canada's The Daily 9 March 2010.)
All growth scenarios considered, the diversity of Canada's population will continue to increase significantly during the next two decades, especially within certain census metropolitan areas, according to new projections of the country's ethnocultural makeup.
By 2031, between 25% and 28% of the population could be foreign-born
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