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Ottawa Tourism has been named one of the Best Places to Work in Ottawa 2022 !

Are you looking for a dynamic career promoting Canada’s capital as a great travel destination? Do you thrive in a positive, team-oriented, hybrid work environment? Do you want competitive salaries, outstanding benefits and professional growth opportunities? Then you want to Work Here at Ottawa Tourism!

Ottawa Tourism provides industry leadership, strategic direction and destination marketing to attract visitors, tours and conventions to Ottawa and Canada’s Capital Region. Our objectives are to promote the destination, increase visitation and enhance economic impact for the industry and its membership.

Founded in 1970, Ottawa Tourism is a not-for-profit, membership-based organization, with hundreds of members representing accommodations, attractions, restaurants, outdoor experiences, festivals and entertainment that work together to profile Ottawa and Canada’s Capital Region as a diverse and exciting place to visit.

Work Here. Grow Here. We need dynamic and motivated professionals who love working on creative projects while also having fun and growing their skills along the way.

Current job opportunities with Ottawa Tourism are posted below when available.

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Ottawa Tourism is located and operates on the traditional and unceded territory of the Anishinaabe Algonquin people, who have travelled and inhabited these lands for millennia.

We place great value on the importance of diversity in our workforce, and we value inclusivity, trust, innovation and encourage applications from individuals who are members of under-represented or marginalized communities. We foster a diverse, equitable and inclusive organization. We connect with Indigenous communities; we care about the planet our people and our industry, and we want our city to be accessible to all. To that end, we are committed to an objective hiring process which is free from discrimination based on any of the protected grounds as stated in Ontario's Human Rights Code. In an effort to ensure that the selection process is as objective as possible, applicants are invited to consider removing any indications on their application that might suggest age, place of origin, ethnic origin, disability, race, or any other protected ground. For example, applicants might choose to include the names and classification of degrees granted (i.e. Diploma in Project Management, with Honours), while excluding the name or location of the school. All applications will be considered as long as the applicant can demonstrate that they meet the essential qualifications as described in the job posting. Further to this, if you would like to request any additional accommodations based on one of the Code's protected grounds, we will be happy to help accommodate you. 

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I read an article recently about a Gatineau couple who received a letter from their doctor saying that they could no longer be patients at the doctor’s Ottawa clinic. Now, I understand that when they first started with this health-care provider that they lived in Ontario, but have since moved to Quebec. Their complaint is that they are no longer allowed to use the doctor they have here.

What Quebec patients don’t understand is that Ontario residents pay an extra health-care tax thanks to a former Liberal government. It has never been removed, and since we have Ontario residents unable to find a doctor, no out-of-province patients should be allowed to take up slots desperately needed by patients here.

Only if a specialist is required and there isn’t one available in their own province should they be able to come and use Ontario’s health system. Until the health-care system is fixed, people can find a doctor and the extra health-care tax is removed, patients should use the services in their own province.

Why should Ontario taxpayers fund Quebec patients when we are unable to find access to our own doctors and clinics?

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It is nauseating knowing he considers himself to be untouchable. To me, he has long ago lost any amount of credibility.

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In response to surprise marriage proposal at the Tartan Ottawa International Marathon, she said yes

For Andrew Dupuis and Austyn Roseborough of London, Ont., running is fundamental to their relationship.

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Minutes after he had run the Tartan Ottawa International Marathon on Sunday morning, Andrew Dupuis went down on one knee, just a few feet past the finish line.

Was the 31-year-old exhausted after completing his first marathon, which he ran in 2:49? Hardly.

Instead, a little more than half an hour after his race was done, Dupuis was proposing to his girlfriend and fellow marathon novice, Austyn Roseborough, seconds after she crossed the finish line.

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Roseborough, 30, covered her face with her hands and quickly said yes.

“That’s awesome, I’m so happy,” Dupuis said after his proposal was accepted.

The couple have been together for four years, and live in London, Ont., where Dupuis works as a consultant for Deloitte, and Roseborough is an MD/PhD student at Western University.

While the race in Ottawa was their first marathon, running and triathlons are fundamental to their relationship, Dupuis said. Several years ago, Roseborough competed in the Long Distance Triathlon World Championships in Denmark.

Before popping the question, Dupuis said that he had bought the rings months ago but was waiting for the perfect time to propose. “I’m very confident,” he said, before adding: “I don’t think she’s expecting it at all.”

Dupuis did not run the marathon’s 42.2 kilometres with the rings on his person. Instead, a ring-bearing accomplice was waiting to hand Dupuis the rings once his race was finished.

After Roseborough said yes, she was asked how she felt. “Pretty good. Tired, too,” she said.

Asked which was better, the proposal or the marathon, she added: “The proposal. The marathon hurt a lot.”

Dupuis said that while he and Roseborough may not run any more marathons, they’ll always have the memory of the Ottawa race to celebrate together.

“We’ll keep on racing, that’s for sure,” he added.

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The law firm Gowling WLG created an AI-powered tool to tackle brand infringement — it could be a game changer

• Gowling WLG specializes in brand protection, which is usually a laborious task.
• The firm uses a proprietary AI system called Saturn to identify trademark and brand infringement. 
• This article is part of " CXO AI Playbook " — straight talk from business leaders on how they're testing and using AI.

For "CXO AI Playbook," Business Insider takes a look at mini case studies about AI adoption across industries, company sizes, and technology DNA. We've asked each of the featured companies to tell us about the problems they're trying to solve with AI, who's making these decisions internally, and their vision for using AI in the future.

Gowling WLG is a multinational law firm headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, with more than 1,500 lawyers in 20 offices worldwide.

The firm was formed in 2016 after the merger of a Canadian company with a history dating back to 1887 and a UK-based law practice. One of the firm's specialties is brand protection, which involves tracking down and stopping infringements on businesses' trademarks, brands, or designs.

Situation analysis: What problem were they trying to solve?

Corporations need to protect their trademarks , but not all instances of infringement are equal, and different cases require different responses.

"Reputation is key for global brands, and businesses need to avoid the risk of negative PR that can come from pursuing smaller infringers or overzealous fans," John Coldham, a partner and the cohead of Gowling WLG's global trademarks, brands, and designs team, told Business Insider.

But that process is extremely labor intensive. "Traditionally, trainees, articling students, or new associates would search the internet looking for online infringers , submit individual takedown notices, and enter everything manually throughout the process," Coldham said. "It took forever and could only address a few transgressions at a time."

Speeding up the process and making it more efficient would help the firm scale its work. The company concluded that the best way to accelerate tasks would be through using AI — so it developed a system called Saturn.

Key staff and partners

The Saturn project was led by the Gowling WLG's trademarks, brands and, designs team and Khemi Salhan, a principal associate on the UK team.

The system was developed with a third-party provider that Gowling WLG declined to name. Now that it's live, the service is coordinated and overseen by Gowling WLG's intellectual-property lawyers.

AI in action

Coldham told BI the idea for Saturn came about after a Gowling WLG associate was appointed the brand-protection manager for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. "They saw directly from the client side how difficult, onerous, and expensive brand protection can be," Coldham said.

Saturn not only automates the process of searching for content infringement online but improves upon it by adding legal analysis and strategy to those results.

"It is a subscription product where the tech helps identify when clients' products and marks are being used illegally," Coldham said. Gowling WLG's lawyers can then advise a company on the best course of action after it's identified infringement.

The Saturn system can also scan the worldwide IP landscape and offer suggestions to owners of copyrights and trademarks about where to devote their time, effort, and money.

Did it work, and how did leaders know?

Coldham said early tests of the system have proven successful.

"The technology learns how to identify likely infringements of each brand better, leading to improved search results over time," he said. "It can perform global searches, provide reports, gap analysis, and issue takedowns centrally rather than one by one."

Beyond that, the system can also identify fake web shops , the infringement of domain names and brands on social media, and search for infringing and counterfeit products, Coldham said.

What's next?

Collaboration with clients is key to Saturn's future success, Coldham told BI. "As this is a recently launched service, we are working closely with clients to gather their feedback to implement new features," he said.

While implementing new features will be a work in progress, Coldham said Saturn has demonstrated its adaptability to integrate changes and improvements.

We want to hear from you. If you are interested in sharing your company's AI journey, email [email protected] .

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