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Sustainable Tourism - Mini Conference 2017

2017 - UN Year of sustainable tourism for development


The UNWTO United Nations World Tourism Organization had declared 2017 to be the "Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development" in recognition of the fact that tourism, like no other industry, has the power to ideally foster peace through mutual understanding and appreciation and global wealth distribution. 

How can we as the leading college tourism program not do anything to celebrate and commemorate this designated year we thought? 

So we pooled our contacts and connections together, and came up with an evening-filling mini conference for our students, with two accomplished speakers and a panel discussion, followed by hors d'oevres and a networking opportunity for our students. 

The keynote speaker who opened the conference was Margaret Epler Wood, Harvard Professor and founder of The International Ecotourism Society and arguably the most recognized voice in Sustainable Tourism Research.

Our panel included distinguished representatives of various industry partners and PAC (Professional Advisory Council) of our program.

The speaker who closed our session with his live case study and who was also present during the panel sessions was Don Montgomery, founder and co-owner of Monty's Beach Lodge in Nicaragua, who also received Humber's Honorary Degree designation the following year (see "Community" tab).

Pic on the right: our team just before the conference!
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      • LEED Field Trip @ Humber
      • Sustainable Tourism Miniconference
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      • Forest Classroom
      • Trade Shows
      • Service Observation Assignment
      • Amazing Race across campus
    • Field Trips >
      • Cranberry Farm
  • Travel
    • Study Abroad Europe >
      • The Prep
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      • Strasbourg
      • The Experience
      • The Extras
      • On the Road
      • Paris
    • Service Learning - Study Abroad
    • Trip Planning & Travel Experience
  • Community
    • GAPS Challenge 2020
    • Swimming Project >
      • The Project
      • The Process
      • The Opening
      • The Finish Line
    • EcoCloset
    • Showcase >
      • Showcase - My Presentation Contributions
      • Showcase 2018 - "Pulse"
    • APEC >
      • HRT Plenary
      • Honourary Degree Recipient
      • HRT Staff Field Trip
      • My Pro-Dev Presentations
    • Mentorship
    • College Events
    • Personal >
      • On the run
  • ProDev
    • Contact
    • Conferences >
      • Travel+Social Good
      • UTSC Case Competition
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  • Personal
    • Awards >
      • HRT Community Service Award
      • Student Appreciation Award - Nominee
      • Boardroom Challenge Award
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