Tuiton and Subsidy
Tuition/Subsidy Information
A Great Deal!
Tuition:
- Workshop Cost ($999 plus HST)
- 50% subsidy available from BICT for qualified participants
- 25% subsidy may be available from Provincial Tourism Department for qualified participants
- 10% reduction for communities sending more than four people
Workshop tuition fees include:
- A stimulating interactive 2.5 day cultural tourism learning experience
- A “Living Lab” with best practice examples and tools
- Experts in the cultural tourism field
- Access to a network of cultural tourism professionals
- Workshop manual
- Meals: 3 lunches, 2 dinners, nutrition breaks and opening reception
- Entertainment
- Tips for implementation and success for your own region or community
Subsidies covering 50% of eligible expenses (tuition, accommodation, transportation and meals) up to a maximum of $1500 are available to qualified participants of BICT programs.
Please note participants are expected to pay registration costs up front and be reimbursed following completion of courses.
In order to qualify for the assistance offered by BICT, participants need to meet the following basic criteria:
- company and participants must be operational in Atlantic Canada
- companies/organizations must be in operation for at least 2 years
- participants must be at management level of operation (frontline staff are not generally eligible)
- provincial and federal employees DO NOT qualify for the assistance program
Some Atlantic province tourism departments are assisting with BICT program funding. Please contact your provincial contact for information about their specific funding program and qualifying criteria:
- NB – Government of New Brunswick
- NL – Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
- NS – Government of Nova Scotia
- PE – Government of Prince Edward Island
The BICT travel claim form will be used to credit you for 50% of your expenses for tuition, travel, accommodations and meals incurred to a maximum of $1500.
Please contact BICT for a travel claim form at info@bonavistainstitute.ca