Two third-year students from
Capilano College’s Tourism
Management degree program are
the winners of prestigious awards
from British Columbia’s business
and tourism industries.

Jordan Kallman is the recipient
of the Pat Corbett Leadership
Award from the Council of Tourism
Associations. The $3,000 award

is given to a student in a B.C.
tourism program who has achieved
a strong academic standing and
has demonstrated leadership in the
field of tourism.

The 25-year-old is working full-time
as a manager of a Vancouver tour
company while also attending
school full-time.

“I’m not quite sure how I do it,”
he says, “but when it comes to
these kinds of awards it makes it
all worthwhile.”

This recognition represents

the highest award offered to a
student by the tourism industry.
Pat Corbett, the first president

of COTA, presented the award in
front of 500 industry leaders at the
provincial tourism industry confer-
ence held in Penticton in February.

Joseph Cooke

Joseph Cooke, 23, has received
the B.C. Student Entrepreneur

of the Year Award sponsored by
CIBC and Advancing Canadian
Entrepreneurs (ACE). Joseph was
recognized for his work in creating
his company, Saltwater Chefs,
which supplies chefs to charter
boats in the Vancouver area.

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A graduate of the Dubrulle
Culinary Arts diploma program,
the 23-year-old felt he needed
more education to further
himself along. He registered
with Capilano College’s Tourism
diploma program in January
2004 and is looking forward

to acquiring his Tourism
Management degree in August of
this year.

“The curriculum and the attitude
of the employees at Cap made me
feel as though there was family
involved,” he said. “I knew I
could come here and express my
passion and be supported and
kept on track at the same time.”

ACE and CIBC are flying the
North Vancouver resident to
Toronto in May where he will

be competing for the $10,000
national Student Entrepreneur of
the Year Award.

“Tm the only tourism student
nominated and I want to win for
the school,” he explains. “I owe
so much to all the instructors
and especially to Geoff Bird,
who has been one of the most
inspiring figures to me.”

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