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Unique Food, Wine Tourism Training To Grow Youth Employment Opportunities In Osoyoos And Area

Unique food, wine tourism training to grow youth employment opportunities in Osoyoos and area
Destination Osoyoos and Okanagan College are partnering to deliver Passport to Employment – an innovative program that aims to grow the food, wine and tourism industry by providing free, hands-on training to high school students in Osoyoos and Oliver. “We recognized that if we could offer a hands-on training program to our local youth, we would all win,” says Brianne Hearle, Director of Marketing with Destination Osoyoos. “Our youth would be retained in our community, they would become gainfully employed during and after school years, and our hospitality sector businesses would have a better selection of certified, employment-ready workers resulting in a more stable human resource situation.”

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