Build Foundational Skills for a Growing Industry
The five-course Hospitality, Tourism and Gaming Entertainment Management Certificate provides students with the skills and knowledge needed to pursue opportunities in this vibrant and expanding sector of the economy. Through a focused and practical curriculum, students gain a strong understanding of how hospitality, tourism, and gaming contribute to local and regional economic development.
Learn Business, Culture, and Industry-Specific Knowledge
Students learn core concepts in business administration alongside Indigenous knowledge, customer service, hospitality, tourism, and gaming education. This foundational learning helps students understand how all areas of an organization are interconnected and what drives professionalism, service excellence, and long-term success in these industries.
Advance Your Career in Hospitality, Tourism, and Gaming
The program also explores the unique challenges surrounding gaming, including legislation, regulation, and social responsibility. Designed for both newcomers and those already working in the field, the certificate supports career advancement and provides pathways to further education, including laddering into a diploma or bachelor’s degree in related disciplines.
Some of the course options available include:
ADMN 220 Introduction to First Nations Public Administration
This introductory course is designed to present the managerial implications of a band government administrative structure. Major concepts and findings in the field of management will be compared with band management and its unique demands. Similarities and differences in band management structures will be compared with business and public administration models. Good overview to understanding how First Nation bands function in Canada.
ADMN 225 First Nations Economic Development
This course is designed to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of various approaches to band entrepreneurial development undertaken by government agencies, research and planning groups, band organizations, band councils and individual band entrepreneurs. Problem areas and alternative approaches will be investigated in relation to the physical and social environments, external factors, and the socio-cultural environment.
ADMN 228 Introduction to Indigenous Governance
This survey course focuses on First Nation governments. Emphasis is on its concepts, issues, and rapidly emerging and changing systems. Special emphasis is given to the policy, financial and personnel aspects of First Nations public sector administration.
ADMN 328 Nation Building for Indigenous Communities
The objective of the course is to present the fundamentals behind nation building, and rebuilding, for Indigenous communities. This course is designed to increase understanding of important nation building ideas in the cultural, administrative, political and economic realms. The course will explore the major Indigenous topics of governance, cultural match and legitimacy, colonial effects, constitutions, judicial systems, administration, economic development, funding dynamics, entrepreneurship, leadership, and inter-governmental relationships. The course lays out a detailed look at what nation re-building means, based on studies out of the Harvard Institute, and how to take steps to achieve self-determination.