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Today's update includes:

General Updates
go2HR Announces Six Regional HR Consultants to Support BC Tourism Labour Recovery
Homes for Hospitality Workers Built in Revelstoke
Apply for Canadian Tourism Awards
Recovery and Resiliency Fund | Apply by September 30
BC 2030 Olympic Bid | Share Your Voice
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Last Laugh | A Little Something to Make Our Members Smile

go2HR Announces Six Regional HR Consultants to Support BC Tourism Labour Recovery

Today, go2HR announced a two-year initiative, providing a regional HR consultant to work with tourism and hospitality businesses for all six destination development areas in BC.

go2HR modelled the new Regional HR Consultants initiative after a successful pilot project in the Thompson Okanagan region that started six years ago.

The consultants provide a wide variety of services to tourism operators in BC including recruitment, onboarding, retention, HR Advice and more. We look forward to sharing more information on how BCHA members can get involved.

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Homes for Hospitality

Workers Built in Revelstoke

Through a partnership between the Province of BC, BC Housing, Columbia Basin Trust, the City of Revelstoke, and the Revelstoke Community Housing Society (RCHS), 24 new affordable rental homes have been constructed in Revelstoke to support the community's rental crisis.

The three-storey apartment building at 297 Humbert St. has 24 one-bedroom homes for individuals and couples with moderate and low incomes who are working in the city's resort and hospitality industries. It is near major tourist attractions, a grocery store and the Revelstoke central business district.

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Apply for Canadian Tourism Awards

The annual Canadian Tourism Awards, presented by the Tourism Industry Association of Canada (TIAC), recognize success, leadership, and innovation in Canada's tourism industry.

The 2022 CTAs will take place this year on November 23rd during TIAC’s annual Tourism Congress. Nominations are open until September 19, 2022, and include categories like.

Business of the Year
Small or Medium-Sized Business of the Year
Indigenous Tourism
Sustainable Tourism

Employee of the Year
Business Event
Tourism Employer of the Year
Innovator of the Year
Travel Media Award

Apply Today

Recovery and Resiliency Fund | Apply by September 30

B.C. non-profit societies, charities, and Indigenous-led organizations can apply for multi-year, flexible grants through the Recovery and Resiliency Fund -- a ground-breaking new fund made possible through a partnership between Government of BC, Vancouver Foundation, United Way BC, and New Relationship Trust. Grants from the fund will provide stable funding for organizations to strengthen their operational capacity to help with recovery and longer-term resiliency.

Apply by September 30, 2022.

This fund will provide:

$50,000-$72,000 flexible grant per year for 3 years to charities and non-profit societies in BC that provide community benefit and have operating budgets of less than $1 million;
Flexible grants for Indigenous-led organizations with annual revenues of more than $1 million. These organizations can apply through New Relationship Trust.

Learn More & Apply

BC 2030 Olympic Bid | Share Your Voice

The 2030 BC Olympic Team has entered the Engagement Phase of exploring the possibility of hosting the 2030 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in British Columbia.

Bringing the Olympic Games to BC in 2030 could have an enormous impact on the provincial accommodation and tourism industries but your voice is needed.

Please complete the engagement survey on the GamesEngagement.ca site.