Indigenous tourism program coming to N.S. university as calls grow to showcase Mi’kmaw culture – Global News

by ahnationtalk on June 8, 2022372 Views

June 8, 2022

A Halifax university is set to become the first in Canada to offer an Indigenous tourism program. Mount Saint Vincent University is partnering with Indigenous communities across Atlantic Canada to create an Indigenous cohort tourism education program.

The federal government is providing nearly $2-million to the Kinu Tourism Program.

“The big vision is we want people to travel to Nova Scotia and when they travel here they will know this is Mi’kmaq traditional territory,” said Robert Bernard, executive director with the Nova Scotia Indigenous Tourism Enterprise Network.

Read More: https://globalnews.ca/news/8902640/nova-scotia-university-indigenous-tourism-education/

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