Recent Workshops

• 2007 – 2008 Focus groups on immigrant information needs for the regional Municipality of Waterloo
• 2005 “Tourism Statistics and International Trade Statistics: Challenges and Research Needs”, with Evelyn Pantig. Iguazu Falls, Brazil.
• 2004 Ontario Symposium on Culinary Tourism, Toronto (part of Steering committee)
• 2004 “Have Your Say: The Future of the Tourism Federation of Ontario”, Annual Forum of the Tourism Federation of Ontario, Barrie.
• 2004 “President’s Panel: Challenges Facing the Tourism Industry”, Annual Forum of the Tourism Federation of Ontario, Barrie.
• 2003 “Tourism and Local Economic Development” for the Local Economic Development Program, Faculty of Environmental Studies, University of Waterloo.
• 2003 “Methods and Issues for Measuring the Economic Impact of Festivals and Events”, Annual General Meeting, Festival and Events Ontario. Toronto.
• 2003 “Tourism Satellite Accounts: What They Are and What They Do”, Hangzhou Tourism Commission, Hangzhou, China.
• 2001 Workshop for Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, “Strategies for Dealing with Seasonality”. St. Jacobs, Ontario.
• 2000 “Tracking International Travel” (with Brad Ruth), Canada@The World, National Policy Conference, Policy Research Institute, Ottawa, ON.