Benefits of Our Business Trip

Through experiential learning, you will gain below benefits in each business trip :

1-    Travel to other country and learn other cultures

2-    Increase awareness of global perspectives

3-    Foster appreciation for different cultures

4-    Learn by observing new management tools – Methods and ideas

5-    Take several professional technical and management workshops

6-    Meet international managers and experts for networking

7-    Empower yourself to be a world class specialist or manager

8-    Strengthen new language skills and business ethics

9-    Keep in touch with best companies and professionals

10- See curriculum come to life

11- Sharpen 21st-century skills like critical thinking problem solving, communication, collaboration and global competence in a global setting

12- Develop leadership skills to successfully navigate new experiences with confidence

13-  Get a Certificate of attendance in Business Trip

Program Details

ü 6 Days

ü 4 days workshop and studying program + 2 days for city visiting

ü 4 different companies Visits

ü 4 Management Workshops

ü 2 Technical Workshops

ü 1 Meetup Meeting

Why Calgary

Calgary Industires

    Calgary is Canada’s energy capital.

         PRODUCTION

        Alberta produces nearly 70 per cent of Canada’s crude oil and almost 80 per cent of its natural gas. Canada has the third largest reserves of crude oil in the world, behind Venezuela and Saudi Arabia. The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) estimates that oil production for Western Canada will reach 3.7 million barrels per day by 2025, which will mean that the region could represent over nearly five per cent of global oil production by 2025.

1-Conventional Oil

Alberta’s conventional oil and natural gas industry had been a key driver of Calgary and Alberta’s economy since 1947, when the province’s first major oil field was discovered. The Government of Alberta notes that an estimated $10 billion was invested in Alberta’s conventional oil and gas sector.

 2- Natural gas

Natural gas is one of the cleanest, cheapest and most efficient sources of energy. Alberta is home to a large natural gas resource base and accounts for just over 75 per cent of the natural gas produced in Canada.

In Alberta, 20 per cent of natural gas produced is used for heating residential and commercial properties. The remaining 80 per cent is used in sectors including industrial, electricity generation and transportation. Companies such as ATCO Gas deliver natural gas to communities across Alberta in the residential, commercial and industrial sectors.

Alberta’s total reserves of natural gas are 917 trillion cubic feet, including conventional natural gas reserves and coalbed methane reserves. Of this, Alberta Energy estimates the province’s recoverable, conventional natural gas to be 73 trillion cubic feet.

3- Pipelines

Alberta is home to a pipeline infrastructure of over 403,000 kilometres of crude oil, natural gas and other pipelines. Calgary is the decision-making headquarters for a number of large North American pipeline companies and home to the Canadian Energy Pipeline Association (CEPA).

4-Alberta oil sands

Key economic driver

Oil sands, like conventional oil and gas, are a key economic driver for Alberta’s energy industry. The oil sands are deposits of bitumen, a low-viscosity oil that will not flow unless heated or diluted with lighter hydrocarbons. According to Alberta Energy, there are currently 174 billion barrels of recoverable oil in Alberta’s oil sands. There are hundreds of billions of additional barrels that could be recovered

5- Shale Gas

Shale is the natural gas contained within silt and sandbeds interbedded in shale rocks. It is considered an unconventional energy because the technology and recovery techniques required to access the shale gas are advanced. 

6- Chemical manufacturing & petrochemicals

The chemical manufacturing industry in Calgary produces petrochemicals, fertilizer, plastics, rubber products, polystyrene foam products, paints and a variety of other chemical product.

 7-Coal

Coal is the world’s most abundant fossil fuel. Canada is ranked tenth in the world in total coal reserves. Alberta currently has an estimated 37 billion tons of coal remaining to be mined.

Top 20 Energy Companies in Calgary

    Renewable Energy

     Alberta’s renewable resources

     1-Electricity

    As Canada’s only fully deregulated electricity market, Alberta offers extensive opportunities for renewable power generation and smart grid technology. Alberta’s competitive electricity market has resulted in over 9000 megawatts (MW) of new electricity generating capacity since 1998. 

There is currently 16,242 MW of installed generating capacity in Alberta.

As of August 2015, future development proposed by industry includes over 2,400 MW of renewable generation and over 7,700 MW of thermal and other generation.

2- Wind Energy

The majority of the province’s wind energy companies are headquartered in downtown Calgary, learn more by visiting our company lists page.

Alberta has abundant wind energy resources. More than 35% of Alberta’s land base has a wind resource considered viable for electricity production and this represents approximately 150 GW of potential wind power capacity.

Wind energy provides significant economic development opportunities for Alberta. Every 150 MW of installed wind energy capacity represents $316 million in investment, 140 direct full-time equivalent construction jobs and 10 permanent direct jobs in operations. It also will provide approximately $17 million in lease payments to rural landowners and $31 million in property tax payments to rural municipalities over a 20 year period.

Wind by the numbers in Alberta (December 2015)

Number of Installations:                     38

Number of Wind Turbines:                 958

Total Installed Capacity (MW):          1,500

Average Turbine Capacity (MW):      1.57

3-Solar Energy

Alberta has the best solar resource in Canada. Calgary is the sunniest of Canada's large cities, enjoying an average of 2396 hours of bright sun each year, spread over 333 days.

Solar energy provides significant economic development opportunities for Alberta. Every 150 MW of installed solar energy capacity represents $310 million in investment, 1,875 direct full-time equivalent construction jobs and 45 permanent direct jobs in operations. It also will provide approximately $54 million in lease payments to site-hosts and $30 million in property tax payments to municipalities over a 20 year period.

As of June 1, 2015, there were 1208 micro-generation sites in Alberta, with a total capacity of over 9.2 megawatts. 1130 of the sites are solar. 

4- Bioenergy

Biomass includes agriculture and forestry fibre, by-products and other feedstocks such as livestock manure and municipal solid waste. The Province is investing in converting the 20 million tonnes of annual waste in potential biomass feedstock into higher value products. These new products increase economic returns from Alberta's natural resources.

Alberta is home to the world’s first waste-to-biofuels facility. The facility is owned and operated by Enerkem and is projected to convert 100,000 tonnes of solid municipal waste into biofuels and biochemicals each year.

5- Geothermal

The Canadian Geothermal Energy Association (CanGEA) has determined that for Alberta, based on the geothermal resources available, as well as the current political and regulatory environment, co-produced fluids from Hot Sedimentary Aquifers (HSA) are the most realistic and near-term opportunity for the utilization of geothermal energy in the province.

    Financial Services

    Calgary's Financial Landscape

        Calgary is Western Canada's leading financial centre. The sector continues to be a major contributor to the tax base and a source of high-quality jobs Calgary is also an attractive market for firms in the financial services sector because of the concentration of capital-intensive companies, high deal velocity, large deal size, foreign investments and individual wealth.

Examples of foreign financial institutions operating in Calgary:

Top 20 Financial Companies in Calgary

 Six Canadian Banks

    Technology

      1-Clean Technology

    Jurisdictions around the world are looking for more environmentally sustainable ways to extract energy, produce it and use it to power our day-to-day lives. Alberta is no different.

    Alberta was the first jurisdiction in North America with mandatory greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for large emitters across all sectors.

The program includes a price on carbon, a regulated carbon offset market and a clean energy technology fund worth over $398 million (as of April 2013).

 2- Carbon Capture and Storage

Alberta's $1.3 billion commitment to this clean energy technology will result in a collection of projects, pipelines, storage and financing that is unique in the world.

As carbon capture and storage is a global strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, there are tremendous opportunities for those who have knowledge and experience they can provide to others around the world.

 The Alberta Government has committed $1.24 billion over 15 years to two commercial-scale carbon capture and storage projects. The two projects are

 moving forward to help reduce the CO2 emissions from the oil sands and fertilizer sectors. When both projects are completed, they will reduce Alberta's greenhouse gas emissions by 2.76 million tonnes each year.  This is equivalent to the yearly emissions of 550,000 vehicles

        Alberta boasts a diverse landscape making the province ideal for agriculture, particularly crops & livestock. Beyond primary production, we could- and should- be doing more to support growth for economic expansion in one of the province’s key sectors.

As Canada's fourth-largest filming jurisdiction, Calgary boasts award-winning crews and locations. The Calgary region benefits from an average of $150 million in film, television and digital production each year, and is responsible for 82 per cent of all the productions spend in Alberta.

Alberta has garnered more Oscar, Golden Globe and Emmy® Award nominations than any other jurisdiction in Canada.

Top 10 Film Companies in Calgary

    Creativity is the ability to take knowledge, ideas, and other resources and combine them with imagination to create new ideas and products. Inherent in this definition is the concept of human capital; innovative ideas and imaginative products are the result of the intellectual capabilities of people. The outcomes of these creative processes can include anything from a vibrant new performing arts production, the successful launch of a new product, to an improvement in the democratic process.

Top 20 Creative industries Companies in Calgary

    Calgary's strong economy has fueled real estate growth for the region. Calgary has 40.6 million square feet of downtown office space and 24.4 million square feet of suburban office space across all classes.

    For downtown office space, an additional advantage lies with the Plus 15 skywalk system, which has over 16 kilometres of above-grade retail infrastructure and creates a vibrant retail experience in the downtown core.

Accessibility & Infrastructure

    Serviced by major north-south and east-west highways, two Class 1 railroads, Canada’s third busiest international airport and the nearby Port of Vancouver and Prince Rupert, a market of 50 million people can be reached from Calgary within 24 hours.

 Road

Calgary is situated in the prime location at the intersection of the Trans Canada and CANAMEX highway systems. This enables road transportation from Alaska to Mexico, and Vancouver to St. John’s. Calgary is the ideal central location for placing a distribution centre for businesses that depend on rapid distribution of goods to Western Canada and other major North American markets.

Air

Doubling in size and passenger volume over the last 15 years, Calgary is now Canada’s third busiest airport by passenger traffic. Direct and connecting flights from Calgary International Airport (YYC) connect Calgary to practically every destination around the globe within 48 hours. Supporting current demand and future growth the Calgary International Airport is undergoing a $2 billion expansion with a new international concourse scheduled to open in 2015 and 14,000 ft runway, the longest runway in North America, which opened in 2014. Calgary is also home to one of Canada's major airlines – WestJet, one of the world's most profitable airlines.

In addition to the volume of passenger flights, companies such as FedEx, Purolator and UPS have distribution hubs on site at the Calgary International Airport to service the distribution of goods and cargo. The Calgary International Airport is currently working on the second phase of a global logistics centre, which when complete will add an additional 3,000 jobs to the 2,500 employees that already work in the first phase of the centre

Rail

For companies looking to transport cargo or goods, Calgary-based Canadian Pacific rail provides an alternate shipping method that offers direct access most provinces in Canada, along with a number of American states. Further partnerships with American and Mexican railways allow for companies to ship from Canada to Mexico. For Alberta’s energy industry, Canadian Pacific can transport energy (both conventional and renewable) across North America.

CN Rail also offers options to organizations for shipping and transportation. CN Rail’s extensive network covers Canada and 14 U.S. states, and as their website notes.

Top 20 Transportation & Logistics Companies in Calgary

Calgary Manufacturing

 In Calgary, the manufacturing sector has a number of sub-sectors, including:

• Food manufacturing;

• Wood products manufacturing;

• Printing and related support activities;

• Chemical manufacturing;

• Primary metal manufacturing;

• Fabricated metal products manufacturing;

• Machinery manufacturing;

• Computer and electronic products manufacturing; and,

• Furniture and related products manufacturing.

 Top 20 Manufacturing Companies in Calgary

 
Higher Education

        Higher education in Alberta refers to the post secondary education system for the province of Alberta. The Ministry of            Advanced Education in Alberta oversees educational delivery through universities, publicly funded colleges, technical institutions, and private colleges These institutions offer a variety of academic and vocational pursuits. Students have access to post-secondary options through most regions of Alberta, and a developed articulation system allows for increased student mobility.

Universities & Colleges in Alberta

QS World Universities Ranking  UoC and UoA in top 5 ranking (both Canada and North America)

participants Behavior Guidelines

1.    Alcohol. In some countries, it is customary to have beer or wine with meals. Participants should not drink liquor or spirits under any circumstances.

2.    Visiting Friends or Relatives. If such visits involve temporarily leaving the program, you will need a letter of permission from Program Director. Guests or friends may not under any circumstances ride on the CalgaryTMC bus with you or spend the night in your hotel room.

3.    Attendance at Meals. You are expected to be with your group at breakfast and Lunch, unless special permission has been obtained from Program Director.

4.    Weapons such as knives, firearms or firecrackers may not be carried or bought by Participants.

5.    Drugs. Possession or use of illegal substances is absolutely forbidden and will result in dismissal from the group and a return home at the participants’ or guardians’ expense.

6.    Motor Vehicles of any kind may not be rented or driven by Participants.

7.    Curfew. A general midnight curfew applies to all CalgaryTMC trips. Unless there is a Instructor-supervised activity running past midnight, you must be in your hotel room from midnight until the next morning. Respect other hotel guests by keeping noise to a minimum after 10 p.m. Different curfew restrictions may apply on homestay programs. You are expected to respect the wishes of your homestay family.

 8.    Gambling of any form is not permitted.

9.    Sexual Misconduct of any form is not permitted.

10. Hotel/Bus Behavior Guidelines. Be especially careful with your room and your bus. You will be held personally responsible for any damage you cause, and you will not be allowed to leave the hotel until the damage is paid for. When an CalgaryTMC hotel reports damage to a room, CalgaryTMC will investigate as best it can but will ultimately consider the hotel’s report to be definitive.

11. You will be responsible for phone calls made from your room and any extra hotel expenses (for example, items from a room mini-fridge). Under no circumstances may you consume alcoholic beverages from the minifridge.

12. Stealing towels or other items as souvenirs is forbidden. Participants will be required to pay for any stolen items.

13. You may not go barefoot or shirtless anywhere in the hotel outside your room.

14. Do not wash clothing in the rooms. You will be charged for any water stains. Self-service laundromats are very common in Canada. Your hotel concierge will tell you where to find the nearest one.

15. Never leave money lying out in the open in your hotel room. Keep your money, passport and other valuables in a hotel safe when available. CalgaryTMC is not responsible for items lost or stolen in hotels.

16. Show respect to your tour manager and local guides. Do not use headphones or electronic games during commentary.

17. Included Group Activities require your participation. These include sightseeing and local excursions, which are among the very reasons for your taking an CalgaryTMC trip!

18. Free Time Periods. Even when no organized group activities are scheduled and you are on your own, your group leader must know where you are, when you will return and who is with you. You must be in groups of three or four when you are not with your group leader. Participants are never to go off on their own. Be sure to carry the name, address and phone number of your hotel or homestay family with you at all times. You are expected to be mindful of your own safety and well-being at all times. Take caution in whatever you do or wherever you go, especially in unfamiliar areas.

19. Respect for Local Culture. The local people you meet are not “tourist attractions.” This is their city, their home; remember to act like a guest. Monuments are made for admiring; please do not climb on them. Toss gum wrappers in public wastebaskets (or put them in your pocket). Behave in cathedrals or royal residences the way you would want visitors to behave at the White House or the Vietnam Memorial.

20. Dress. Your attire is an important way of showing respect for your host culture. Particularly in the Cathedrals of Italy and Spain, and Temples in Asia, you will not be allowed entrance wearing shorts or skirts above the knee, sleeveless blouses or T-shirts, no matter how hot it is. Keep your attire neat. Many interpret a neat appearance as a sign of respect.

21. Adaptability. You should be courteous and congenial at all times, even when encountering things you don’t like. Since the time of Marco Polo, travel has involved certain inconveniences. Places may get crowded, traffic may be busy, buses may be delayed.