Student Admissions & Conduct Policies
For policies regarding student admissions, rules of conduct, dispute resolution and dismissal, please see the Student Handbook.
General Information
The Canadian Tourism College (CTC) is committed to protecting your privacy. CTC collects, uses and discloses your personal information in accordance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIPPA) and other applicable legislation.
Domestic & International Students
In accordance with Part 4(10)(1)(a) of the Personal Information Protection Act, we hereby notify you that your name and personal identification information, the name of your program of study, and the amount of the tuition paid will be forwarded to the Private Training Institutions Branch for the purpose of administering the Student Training Completion Fund. This information is collected by the PTIB under section 26 of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. For more information about the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information, visit the Agency’s website at www.privatetraininginstitutions.gov.bc.ca.
Freedom of Information
- The College will maintain Personal Information records under its jurisdiction.
- Information of a public and routine nature and personal information about the person requesting it will be released informally. Mandatory and discretionary exceptions are clearly outlined in the Act.
- Individuals may make a formal application in writing for information not released informally as a matter of course.
- When a formal request is received anywhere in the College, the College has 30 business days to respond. The College will follow the instructions within the Act to meet the requirements of the formal request. This may entail the request or transference of information to another public institution, the request for fees to be paid before a search is undertaken or contact with the requester to clarify the request.
- The Act specifies that the College has an obligation to assist the individual access information.
- The College owners may authorize any person to perform the duties or functions of the head for the purposes of the Act.
Protection of Privacy
- The College will collect only that personal information for which it has a legal authority to do so. Information not expressly required for the operations of the department must not be collected. If information is collected from anyone other than the individual, the individual must be informed. The individual must give express consent if the information is to be used for purposes other than for what it was collected.
- Forms, paper or electronic, used to collect information should include a notice of legal authority, purpose/use of the information and a contact officer for further information.
- Information collected about an individual must be held for one year.
- The College must correct your personal information if you request it, or make a note beside your personal information showing the correction you requested.
- The College will make reasonable security arrangements to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure.
- Third party information, either personal or economic, will be reviewed under Section 22 of the Act to determine whether such information may be released or would be an unreasonable invasion of the third party’s personal privacy.