Every now and then a student writes a paper that  makes you stop and really think about a topic. Rebecca Gordon, a 4th year Hospitality and Tourism student at the University of Guelph has written such a paper.   Her work entitled "Should I Stay or Should I Go? Why are Young Managers Leaving the … Continue reading Why are young managers leaving the restaurant industry?

    The Ontario Hostelry Institute  (OHI) is an organization that was created to raise the standards of professional post-secondary hospitality programs in Ontario Colleges and Universities. For the past 25 years the OHI has done this  through raising money for student scholarships.  Since its inception the OHI has raised over $2 million dollars for … Continue reading OHI Top 30 Under 30 Celebrating 10 years!

By Emily Martin   Food waste is an overlooked but crucial piece of the sustainable food movement. Food waste is rarely considered or included in conversations about sustainable eating. I spent this past summer working as an undergraduate research assistant on a project exploring both residential and restaurant industry food waste in a Canadian context. … Continue reading My Summer Studying Food Waste

The ground swell of a new movement is well underway, at least in the United States.  For decades North Americans have looked down upon jobs in the restaurant business.  When I applied to the University of Guelph's school of Hotel and Food Administration in 1984 (the school I teach at today) my father tried to … Continue reading Social uprising south of the border!

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