Tourism Management Faculty

Anne Terwiel, PDP, GDBA, MBA

Office: CT 212
Telephone: (250) 371-5761
Email: aterwiel@tru.ca

Teaching Areas:

Tourism business courses
Sport event tourism
Aboriginal tourism

Work Related Experience:

Owner of 4 tourism businesses
Master trainer for Tourism British Columbia
Consultant/trainer to tourism businesses since 1997
Actively worked in the tourism industry for 25 years
Instructor trainer for the Canadian Ski Instructor’s Alliance since 1995
Elementary and high school teacher from 1987 to 1992

Education:

Professional Development Program (teacher certification), SFU
Concentration in Curriculum differentiation and geography
Graduate Diploma in Business Administration, SFU
Masters in Business Administration, SFU

Research Interests:

• Athlete satisfaction and volunteer training at mega-events
• Tourism industry business as a generator of economic development for small communities, particularly aboriginal communities
• Human Resource Development
• Excellence in teaching
• High Performance Sport at the Masters Level – contribution to overall quality of life
• Sport tourism

Personal Hobbies:

Skiing (alpine, cross-country, backcountry), ski racing, mountain biking, triathlon, horseback riding, adventures of all kinds, music, art and reading