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in Quebec City
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in Montreal
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in Toronto.,
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Africa in Ottawa,
• African
Mayors in Vancouver
• Africa
in Whistler, BC
• African
Embassies, Canada
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• Canada
Africa Partnership
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• Canadian
Embassy, Ethiopia
• Canada's
Ethiopian Diaspora
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• Quebec:
Centres of Excellence
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AFRICAN
EXPO IN TORONTO, ONTARIO,
CANADA...
Museum
of Black History in Canada: The Road
North
Canada's Olympic Torch Relay to Vancouver, BC
(above)
Canada's Québec province will host the
Adventure Travel Trade Association's Mid-October
2009
Congratulations
to ARTA
Canada
on its launch.
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 Photos
from SITV in Montreal
(right)
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ATA
Canada Photos
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• Canadian
News Bureau
African
Canadian Heritage
The African
Canadian Heritage Association is an African
Heritage and language program operating out of a
new location at Centennial College Progress Campus
(at Markham Rd. and Hwy 401)The ACHA program
features African history lessons, arts and crafts,
special events for students, who range in age from
5 to 16 years of age. Classes run from September to
June. Most notable ACHA special events include :
the Youth Retreat (for children 11 Years and older
). Entrepreneur's Day and the Black History
Challenge. Website
African
Mayors Active at UN World Urban Forum in
Vancouver.
 Great
Cities of Africa Magazine Editions Launched
by Jerry W. Bird, Editor
What
a memorable week. After 30 year, UN Habitat
returned to its launching pad - the seaport city of
Vancouver,
British Columbia Canada. The crowd at the United
Nations World Urban Forum was estimated at
10,000,and it certainly seemed so, judging by the
heavy attendance at many of the sessions. We had
the extreme pleasure of taking two groups of mayors
representing different African countries on tours
of Vancouver and the University of British Columbia
in our 7 passenger Dodge Caravan. It's one way for
us to repay the wonderful hospitality we have
enjoyed in almost 14 years with the Africa Travel
Association as its media voice in North America and
on the global scene.
Photo: African mayor on a cultural tour of
Vancouver's Chinatown, second largest in North
America. We later visited and the University of
British Columbia Museum of Anthropology, UBC
Botonaical Gardens, and Gastown, heart of the city
in the 1890s..
The
twin goals of Habitat are "Adequate shelter for all
and "sustainable human settlements development in
an urbanizing world. The Global Village was well
represented, this week - with Africa making a
particularly strong showing. As publishers of
Africa Travel Magazine and related travel business
media features, we were extremely pleased and
honored to be able to to network with so many of
our African colleagues.
More->
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Peace Parks across
Canada
Fifteen Years ago as
Canada celebrated its 125th Birthday, some 400
cities and towns across Canada dedicated a Park to
Peace - with most parks dedicated at Noon local
time, October 8th, as the National Peacekeeping
Monument was being unveiled in Ottawa. "Peace Parks
Across Canada" was conceived and organized by the
International Institute for Peace through Tourism
(IIPT) in collaboration with "CANADA 125" and the
National Capital Commission. More
 Toronto
ATA Member promotes Association at Boston Globe
Travel Show
Photo
(right) ATA Canada Chapter member Yue Chi, who
volunteered to manage an Africa Section ATA exhibit
at the Boston Globe Travel Show. Yue operates ASST,
an international tour company based in Toronto,
Ontario.
African
Diaspora in Canada
Study:
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for details
Africans
in Vancouver area:
Africans,
estimated at some 20,000 to 30,000 in the Lower
Mainland, tend to organize themselves into social
and cultural groups based on their national origin.
However, efforts have been made to organize them
under a broader, single association embracing
Africans from all over the African continent
without regard to their race, nationality or ethnic
or cultural backgrounds. In 1983 the
African-Canadian Association of British Columbia
was formed. :Click
for full story
 Photo:
Jerry W. Bird (left), President, ATA Canada Chapter
and Editor of Africa Travel Magazine with Vancouver
Mayor Sam Sullivan during UN
World Urban Forum
Globe
2008:
Africa
Travel Magazine Editors and Broadcast Team plus ATA
Canada members will cover the World's Biggest
Enviro-Business Expo, Vancouver.
BC's
Whistler Resort hosts Adventure Travel World Summit
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Go
Africa
help Quebec celebrate 400 years .
Go
Africa Shines in Montréal .
A growing number of
African countries are exhibiting at the
Salon
International Tourism
Voyages in
Montréal. Denis Dionne of ATA Canada Chapter
provided Africa Travel Association membership
information, plus forms to attendees from Canadian
travel agencies. Nathalie Phillipe of ATA head
office in New York was available to answer
questions regarding opportunities for Canadian
professionals and companies to get involved with
ATA. Friday has has become custom. The first day is
reserved for industry professionals.
In
collaboration with ACTA-Québec, the show
will tour the globe with its myriad of inviting
destinations. Contact denisdionne1@videotron.ca
. SITV
- PHOTOS
Canada
Africa Travel and Fashion Road Show.
Potential
sponsors, presenters and attendees please fax 1 604
681 6595 or e-mail africa@dowco.com
Bonjour
Canada . by
Muguette Goufrani, Associate Editor
The (ATA)
Africa Travel Association, Canada Chapter is on a
roll. We have already recruited new members in
three cities including Toronto and Montreal and our
early round of travel trade shows in Vancouver,
Calgary and Toronto will be an opportunity to add
more to our growing list. The exciting thing is
that most new members hear about ATA via the
internet. As our French language section of the
website grows in terms of influence, search power
and volume of pages, our strength in Quebec is
bound to grow. Our first was Denis Dionne of
Montreal, who works with the Bombardier Aircraft
division and has worked with African countries at
trade shows for the past several years. More to
come on Denis and all the new members soon.
[Muguette
Bio]
ATA
Canada Now In Ontario:
ATA
welcomes Yue Chi of Africa Adventures and Study
Tours, Toronto, Ontario. She has an extensive
knowledge of Asian Markets and its boundless
opportunities for Africa. Details->->
Check
our Amazing Google
Statistics.
Once
again proving the Power of the Internet combined
with our editorial and marketing talents
African
Canadian Associations.
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ATA Canada Chapter - Forms below
Association
of Corporate Travel Executives Global
Conference
Vancouver's
Geraldine Paques Wins Tour d'Afrique Stage
16.
Canadians won both the men's and women's categories
in stage 16, as Sam Bail of Toronto continued to
ride strong.
ATA
Canada Road Show Caravan: We started at the
Vancouver and Calgary Adventure Travel Shows and
continued to spread the good news about travel to
Africa in communities enroute. Our further
objective is to cover events in selected areas,
interacting with local media and introducing Africa
Tourism and Culture. If your African tourism
destination is interested, write to
africa!@dowco.com.
African
Participation at Globe
2008,
World's
Biggest Eco Business Event
Business
leaders, policy makers, and solutions providers
from around the world will come together at GLOBE
2006 to discuss the most recent developments in the
business of the environment and find innovative
solutions to global environmental challenges. At
the GLOBE 2006 Trade Fair, more than 400 exhibitors
from North America, Europe and Asia.
www.globe2006.com
Solid
African Presence at Montréal's Salon
International du Voyage
by
Denis Dionne
Canada's Quebec Province hosted the World
Ecotourism Summit earlier this year -and we were
ready for a powerful encore at the International
Tourism and Travel Show in downtown
Montréal's impressive Place Bonaventure.
This exciting event, one of the most
important in North America,
attracts over 20,000 visitors annually. A specialty
of the show is the fact that the first night
(Friday) is reserved for the travel trade, as
hundreds of travel professionals gather to
'network' and make business deals. This large,
multifaceted show is the year's hottest opportunity
to present new products and destinations in a key
area of the North American market. Every year,
dozens of countries are represented by tourism
officials and many businesses from abroad make
their way to Montréal to participate. Canada
Chapter of ATA plans to be out in force at the 2003
version of this exciting event (Photo
exhibits).
 ATA
MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS
ATA
is the premier international travel industry trade
association, promoting tourism to the African
continent and intra-Africa travel and partnership
since 1975. ATA is committed to providing
high-quality and responsive services, building new
and strengthening existing partnerships worldwide,
and serving the needs and priorities of our
members. ATA partners with a global network of
organizations, including ASTA, PATA, IIPT, SATH,
and the African Diaspora Heritage Trail, as well
academic institutions and non profit
organization
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