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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.
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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 former 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 .
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
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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
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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
Want
to JOIN ATA? Click
here for above
guide
write ATA Head Office.
166
Madison Avenue, 5th Floor,, New York, NY
10016, Tel. 1-212-447-1357, E-mail:
Info@africatravelassociation.org
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