The Communities Economic Development Fund and Look North are recognizing the importance of supporting the tourism industry in northern Manitoba. Their Manager of Programs and Projects Leanne Brown says they are working with Canada Ecotourism Services…..

“We’re looking for information on what are the needs of the tourism industry with respect to workforce needs and ensuring that we’ve got the necessary training programs in place to respond to those needs of the tourism industry so through this assessment and study what Canadian Ecotourism Services will be doing is looking at tourism providers, tourism stakeholders to identify what those needs are and in completion of that what we’re going to do is provide a report over to UCN who will then develop programs that will assist the needs that are identified within the tourism industry to develop the workforce and capacity.”

If you are interested in providing input contact CEDF at admin@cedf.mb.ca or call 1-800-561-4315.