Many of the participants in the Culinary Tourism and Arts course have expressed interest in coming back to the Bonavista Institute to do short cooking courses.  We have developed two courses, Signature Dishes and The Business of Food.  We will be forwarding information on these two courses in the very near future.

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An Atlantic Canada Advisory Committee has been appointed for the Institute.  Members of the committee are as follows:

• Bruno LaPlante, Product Development Director, Department of Tourism and Parks, NB
• Real Robichaud, Executive Director, The Tourism Industry Association of New Brunswick (TIANB)
• Danny Pellerin, Toursim Development Officer, Enterprise Southeast, Shediac, NB
• Lisa MacIsaac, Acting/Manager, Quality Assurance, Department of Economic and Rural Development and Tourism, NS
• Lisa Dahr, Industry Relations and Professional Development, Nova Scotia Tourism Human Resource Council / Tourism Industry Association of Nova Scotia(NSTHRC/TIANS)
• Susan Lane, Owner/Operator, Lane’s Privateer Inn, Liverpool, NS
• Chris Jones, Director, Strategy, Evaluation and Industry Investment, Tourism Prince Edward Island
• Don Cudmore, Executive Director, Tourism Industry Association of Prince Edward Island (TIAPEI)
• Meredith Smith, Confederation Centre of the arts, PE
• Ella Heneghan, Cultural Tourism Development Officer, Department of Tourism, Culture casino netherlands and Recreation, NL
• Juanita Ford, Manager, Workforce and Industry Development, Hospitality Newfoundland and Labrador
• Dale Cameron, Owner/Operator, Baccalieu Hospitality Group Inc., NL
• Shelly Blackmore, Owner/Operator, Captain Blackmore’s B&B, NL
• Dave Lough, Deputy Minister, Culture, Recreation and Tourism, Nunatsiavut Government, Nain, NL
• Brent Howell, Dean of Tourism and Natural Resources, College of the North Atlantic  (Resource Person)
• Marilyn Coles-Hayley, Managing Director, Bonavista Institute (Resource Person)
• Nancy Robbins, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Canada Agency (ACOA) (Ex-officio member)
• Jocelyn Chaytor, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Canada Agency (ACOA) (Ex-officio member)
• Charles Coll, Tourism Atlantic (Ex-officio member)
• Denis Sullivan, Department of Innovation, Business and Rural Development (DIBRD) (Ex-officio member)
• Paula Roberts, Department of Innovation, Business and Rural Development (DIBRD) (Ex-officio member)
• Cyril Organ, Vice-President, Academics, College of the North Atlantic (Ex-officio member)

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Upcoming Courses

Introduction to Cultural Tourism through Distance Learning (Monday evenings, 7-10 p.m., March 19-April 30, 2012)

Culinary Tourism and the Arts (May 7-10, 2012; Oct. 1-4, 2012)

Building Place: Planning reputable online casinos and Developing a Creative Cultural Destination (Oct. 15-18, 2012)

Profitable Partnerships:

Maximizing Cultural Tourism Opportunities (Spring 2012, Date and Location TBD)

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We want to get to know you better and have been traveling to many events throughout Atlantic Canada to become more familiar with the industry and its players.

• Hospitality Newfoundland and Labrador Tourism Summit (February 2011 and 2012)
• Prince Edward Island Tourism Association Conference (March casino na internet 2011)
• Saltscapes Expo in Halifax (April 2011)
• New Brunswick Tourism Industry Association Conference (May 2011)
• North Atlantic Forum (Culture, Place and Identity at the Heart of Regional Development) in St. John’s (October 2011)
• Nova Scotia Tourism Summit (November 2011)
• Labrador Tourism Industry Stakeholder Workshop (December 2011)

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Bonavista Institute for Cultural Tourism works in conjunction with Enterprise South East to offer the First New Brunswick Cultural Coast Tourism Forum.BICT facilitator Laurel Reid facilitated this one day cultural and culinary pokies on line event, facilitator Beth Kellly-Hatt did a networking session, and facilitator Heather MacDonald gave the keynote address and co-ordinated the culinary experience.

First NB Cultural Tourism Forum PDF Newspaper Article

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