Posted June 18, 2022 at 3:27 pm
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-ONE Larger font Increase the font size of the article A + Although health restrictions have been lifted, some summer camp operators say they face staffing issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Raf Choudhury, owner and founder of Baseline Sports, says he typically hires between 15 and 20 young adults to work at his summer camps in the Toronto area.
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But he says it this season, he managed to hire only five people. Choudhury says he feels that the young adults he usually hires realized during the COVID-19 pandemic that they valued their free time in summer and decided to work less or not at all this year. Trending Stories
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Nick Georgiade, director of Camp Temagami in northeastern Ontario, says staffing is a challenge every year and it has not been difficult to find people. The story goes on under the ad 1: 09COVID-19 “has not left the stage”, vital downloads for updates: Theresa Tam COVID-19 “has not left the stage”, vital downloads for updates: Theresa Tam However, his canoe camps require a lot of training and certification that stopped during the pandemic, which meant he had to start hiring and organizing training for his staff much earlier in the year. © 2022 The Canadian Press
