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Alison Came and Tourism instructor, Brian White, grab the spotlight at the first
awards ceremony for Bachelor of Tourism Management degree grads.

Tourism degree makes its debut

A lison Came is a member of the

irst graduating class of the
Bachelor of Tourism Management
degree program offered at Capilano
College in conjunction with the British
Columbia Open University.

Fresh from the Australian Outback,
Alison returned to her home in North
Vancouver after spending two years as a
four-wheel drive tour guide in the Far
North of Queensland, Australia.

“After completing the two-year
diploma program in Outdoor Recreation
Management at Capilano College in
1993,” Alison says, “I decided to do my
practicum in Australia where I worked
as an outdoor education teacher. When
the workterm was finished, I tackled
Australia’s tropical rainforests as a tour
guide.”

In August 1996, Alison returned to
North Vancouver to continue her studies
in Capilano College’s newly-initiated

Bachelor of Tourism Management
degree program. The intent of the
program is to provide the most up-to-
date knowledge, innovations,
technologies, and management
techniques for administrators and
entrepreneurs in the tourism industry.
The academic credentials earned in the
Outdoor Recreation Management
diploma program satisfy most of the
degree program’s business and tourism
foundation courses, and elective
requirements.

Alison, who was also working at a
full-time job while completing her
degree, plans on returning to Australia
to pursue tourism opportunities that
will arise during the 2000 Olympic
games being held in September. “After
that,” she says, “I hope to return to B.C.
to use my experience and enthusiasm to
further the tourism industry in this
province.”

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Vol. XXII No. 6
June 29/00