Page 36, January 31, 1979 - North Shore News

A Provincial Hospitality
Industry Resources Centre
was recently opened at the
VancouverVocation Institute
campus of Vancouver Com-
munity college by Dr. Pat

‘McGeer, Minister of Educat-

ion, Science and Technology.

‘*While there will be no
teaching at the centre itself,
it will develop = and
co-ordinate training prog-
rams for the hospitality and
tourism industry throughout
British Columbia,’’ Dr.
McGeer said.

**Plans include a province-
wide core curriculum for the
industry. The centre, to be
funded by an $85,000 annual
operating grant from the
ministry, will develop spec-
ific programs for the training
of workers for the hospitality
industry through various
colleges and provincial in-
Slitutes - and especially, we
expect, through the Open
Learning Institute.”’

The centre's professional
staff of two is headed by

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HEADING -FOR SEA, ‘this freighter heads out under Lions | Gate Bridge with Robert Behrens ‘Wave Wood’
sculpture in the foreground. Behrens’ work of art was created in 1977 and is a dowle helix composed of 189 pieces of

‘hemlock. It is 39 feet long and 19 feet high. (Stewart McNeill photo)
Hospitality training —

Training for tourism industr

Robert Griffiths, formerly
co-ordinator of commerce
and service programs in the
post-secondary department
of the education ministry.
Assisting him is Elain
Johnston, formerly with the
Ministry of Toursim. VVI

‘professional curriculum staff

will also contribute to the
work of the centre.

Training programs evolved
under Griffiths’ direction will
include part-time and short-
duration courses as request-
ed by the industry. In this,

the education minister said,

the centre will work closely
with the Provincial Hospital-
ity Industry Education Advis-
ory Committee.

“The centre will establish
a hospitality resource library
for colleges, institutes and
other agencies, and it will
help develop training mat-
erials for government minis-
tires and other agencies of
government and industry,”’
McGeer said. ‘'It will also
advise my ministry on
hospitality training needs

A
said

and undertake specific re-
search as required.”’

One of the first assign-
ments for the Hospitality
Industry Resource Centre is

‘to prepare a course of study

for entry-level personnel
pursuing a career in the
travel agent industry.

Further information is
available from the Provincial
Hospitality Industry Re-
source Centre at Vancouver
Vocational Institute, 250
West Pender Street, Van-
couver, B.C., V6B 1S9.
Telephone 681-8111, local
387.

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