Learning Symposiums

Technology and Tourism

Presented by Royal Roads University School of Tourism and Hospitality Management Adjunct Professor, Rod Harris.

This session explores the effects technology has on shifting power in the distribution channel from suppliers and intermediaries to individual consumers, and its implications to the organization of business.

Prior to starting with Royal Roads University, Rod was President and CEO of Tourism British Columbia since its establishment as a Crown corporation in 1997. As CEO of Tourism BC, he led the global marketing of Super, Natural British Columbia, during which time he served as a past member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Tourism Commission, the Vancouver 2010 Bid Corporation and the Pacific Asia Travel Association. 

Ethics and Leadership in Times of Chaos
Jean Slick, Program Head, MA Disaster & Emergency Management., February 17, 2010

This session explores ethical issues facing leaders in disaster contexts, with examples drawn from the response to the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004.

Jean was employed by the Canadian Red Cross for over 25 years before joining RRU last March. She began her involvement with disaster response 20 years ago with the Edmonton Tornado. She returned in the spring of 2007 from a two year posting in Indonesia, as the Country Representative for the Canadian Red Cross tsunami program. Working with some of the worst tsunami affected areas, Jean lead a team of over 120 people to improve the living conditions of those displaced by the tsunami, and provide safe permanent housing and other supports, enabling the return of over 15,000 beneficiaries to 30 villages in Aceh, Indonesia.

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