Professor in the Department of Urban and Tourism Studies, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
Dominic Lapointe is a professor in the Department of Urban and Tourism Studies at Université du Québec à Montréal. He holds the Chaire de recherche sur les dynamiques touristiques et les relations socioterritoriales and leaders of the Groupe de recherche et d’intervention tourisme territoire et société (GRITTS) at UQAM. He is also the Head Editor of Téoros, a tourism studies academic journal. His work explores the production of tourism space and its role in the capitalist system expansion and its biopolitical dimensions. Its latest research looks at climate change, social innovations, indigeneity and critical perspective in tourism studies.
How a group of homeless and vulnerable tour guides reinvented themselves during the pandemic
Jun 21, 2020 11:25 am UTC| Business
Unseen Tours is a London-based social enterprise founded in 2010. It offers homeless and vulnerably housed Londoners the opportunity to train as tour guides in the city. This provides a new livelihood, but also allows...
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