This provincial resource handbook has been prepared to support the development of a strong Aboriginal tourism industry workforce in BC. Career opportunities in this area have increased since the unprecedented global attention on BC Aboriginal cultural tourism that occurred during the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The handbook presents a BC program delivery model for training and education programs at three different levels. It supports colleges and universities by presenting a set of provincial guidelines that build on lessons learned by institutions offering Aboriginal tourism programs, and by encouraging use of learning resources developed by the Aboriginal Tourism Association of BC (AtBC). It encourages institutions to share ideas resources, and collaborate in approaches to provincial delivery that would reduce duplication.
The guidelines have been inspired by the success of AtBC’s Trailblazers: Cultural Interpretation, a program that provides skills for employment to Aboriginal youth and career changers. The handbook provides a framework to connect this non-credit program, and others like it, to credit-based college/university tourism/hospitality education offerings.
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