Program supports tourism students.Each year, six Aboriginal students pursuing careers in the tourism industry are getting valuable work experience in the field and a bit of financial help, thanks to a partnership between the Canadian Council Canadian Council may refer to: In aviation:
An acronym for a type of municipal convertible bond. ) and CHIP Hospitality, one of Canada's leading hotel management companies. The CHIP Hospitality-Future Tourism Leaders scholarships have been awarded for the last two years, with recipients receiving $2,000 to go towards the cost of their studies. Each student chosen is also hired on for the summer at one of the more than 30 hotels and resorts managed by CHIP Hospitality. The scholarship program is administered and distributed by the CCAB through its scholarship and bursary bur·sa·ry n. pl. bur·sa·ries 1. A treasury, especially of a public institution or religious order. 2. Chiefly British A scholarship granted to a university student in need. program. The company is the management arm of CHIP REIT REIT See: Real Estate Investment Trust REIT See real estate investment trust (REIT). , the Canadian Hotel Income Properties Real Estate Investment Trust, with hotels and resorts across Canada Across Canada was an afternoon program that formerly aired on The Weather Network. The segment ran from early 1999 until mid 2002. The show ran from 3:00PM ET until 7:00 PM ET. and into Washington State. CHIP Hospitality launched it scholarship program in 2002 as a way to better reach out to the Aboriginal segments of the communities it serves, said Sharon Mackay, vice president of human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. services with the company. "I guess our focus has always been that our hotels, we like to keep them very local. And so when it comes to the associates that are working within our properties, we really want to see some alignment between what we have culturally within our building and what in fact is the community surrounding it. So this is one of the ways that we thought we could do that in those markets where we do have a heavier Aboriginal customer base. We felt that it would be the right thing to do, really, to have that reflected in our staff mix at the hotel," she said. "Ultimately if this works the way that we'd like it to, then of course we'd like to be in a position where they would stay with us. That's the intent behind this initiative." While the company's original commitment to the scholarship program was for three years, Mackay doesn't see it ending any time soon. "I think in terms of the bursary program, I don't see that we would step away from that. It's something that I think we're going to continue to dedicate ded·i·cate tr.v. ded·i·cat·ed, ded·i·cat·ing, ded·i·cates 1. To set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate. 2. our resources to. So although it is a three-year commitment I can see that we would be continuing this relationship," she said. |
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