Dr. Margaret Bateman-Ellison, Professor Emeritus, receives her Crystal Award for Human Resource Management Leadership.
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Dr. Margaret Bateman-Ellison, Professor Emeritus, was thrilled to receive the Human Resource Management Leadership Award from the Tourism Industry Association of Nova Scotia at their sparkling 2010 Crystal Tourism Awards of Excellence Gala Dinner. This award is presented by the Nova Scotia Tourism Human Resource Council to an individual or organization who has demonstrated exemplary leadership in the development of future professionals for the tourism industry through education and training. The Crystal awards are an annual event hosted by TIANS. The awards give recognition to individuals and organizations that bring their best to tourism in Nova Scotia. Dr. Bateman-Ellison’s award was in recognition for her long service developing the human resource sector in the province.
Over a career spanning more than 30 years, Dr. Bateman-Ellison was influential in human resource development across the tourism and hospitality sector through creating educational programs and providing leadership. For example, she was on the ground floor in the creation of the Mount’s Bachelor of Tourism and Hospitality Management degree program, which celebrated the 20th anniversary of its first graduating class in 2010. In addition to her direct involvement in program development for the tourism and hospitality industry, Margaret Bateman-Ellison has written textbooks that have become the educational standard in Canadian high school, university, and community college tourism programs.
The success of the tourism and hospitality sector today, as it has grown in stature and professionalism, is due in no small way to the hard work and dedication of people like Dr. Bateman-Ellison who had the vision to develop the industry. In her acceptance speech, Dr. Bateman-Ellison noted that there is an old saying: “Those who can, do, and those who can’t, teach,” to which she added: “those who teach, inspire.”