A brief guide to post-secondary institutions offering Hospitality/Tourism Management and Culinary Arts programs that includes when student job placements take place and more information for hiring students from these programs. This guide will help employers decide which schools to recruit from. (Updated October, 2024)
Use this guide to help you select which post-secondary institutions to recruit from for the hospitality, tourism, and/or culinary arts related positions you are looking to fill.
- The majority of student placements are paid positions requiring industry standard
rates. - Note that placements at schools listed under Tourism/Hospitality Management can
include everything from entry level to supervisory roles, from operations and
customer service, to sales and marketing positions. - Ideally, recruiting students starts two months before the job’s start date.
For more information on programs and what students learn, visit the schools’ websites.
Tourism/Hospitality Management:
- BCIT (March-May)
- Camosun College
- Capilano University
- College of New Caledonia (Spring or Fall)
- College of the Rockies
- Douglas College
- North Island College
- Royal Roads University
- Selkirk College
- Thompson Rivers University
- Vancouver Community College
- Vancouver Island University
Adventure/Outdoor Recreation:
- Capilano University
- College of the Rockies
- North Island College
- Selkirk College (Ski Resort
Operations)
Event Management:
- BCIT
Culinary Arts/Cooking/Baking/
Pastry Chef:
- Camosun
- Coast Mountain College (March-July)
- College of New Caledonia (Nov.-Dec.)
- Nicola Valley Institute of Technology
- Okanagan College (uses a quarterly semester system)
- Selkirk College
- Vancouver Island University
Viticulture:
- Okanagan College (Feb.-April)
To recruit from multiple schools at once, use ACE-WIL’s Post an Opportunity portal