No Room for Trafficking: From Commitment to Action (Free Webinar)

đź“… Date: January 27
⏱ Time: 1:00 – 1:30 p.m. ET

As part of the national No Room for Trafficking initiative, the Hotel Association of Canada is hosting a free, 30-minute webinar for hotel leaders across Canada.

This session will support hotels as they prepare to complete human trafficking awareness training ahead of National Human Trafficking Awareness Day (February 22).

The webinar will provide an overview of the No Room For Trafficking initiative to train every hotel associate in the country on awareness before February 22 and offer a practical, hotel-level example of how human trafficking awareness training can be implemented efficiently.

What you’ll hear:

  • An overview of the No Room for Trafficking initiative, from Beth McMahon, President & CEO, Hotel Association of Canada

  • Why hotel industry engagement matters—and how collective action drives prevention, with Julia Drydyk, Executive Director, Canadian Centre to End Human Trafficking.

  • A practical, step-by-step look at how training has been implemented across an operating hotel portfolio, from Irwin Prince, President and Chief Operating Officer of Realstar Hospitality

The session is designed to be practical, time-efficient, and grounded in day-to-day hotel operations.

Who should attend:

  • General Managers

  • Hotel owners and operators

  • HR, operations, and department leaders

  • Brand and management company representatives

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