An initial 'snap-shot' web-based scan of post-secondary educational institutions policy and procedures related to PLAR to identify pan-Canadian benchmarks and provide information to prospective learners. As more individuals come to Canada with industry and workplace training and skills development, and as the culinary sector struggles to raise the bar of professionalism and safety in the field, the value of PLAR and the need for it will only increase. The report provides some questions for potential PLAR candidates to ask of an institution.
Development Date: 2009
Author(s): G Hall for the Canadian Tourism Human Resource Coucil (CTHRC)