Every year, six exceptional co-op students, one from each faculty, are recognized by the University of Waterloo for their contribution to their employer, their community and the further development of experiential education.
“Across every discipline and level of experience you can find a student who has created a meaningful impact in their workplace,” said Ross Johnston, Executive Director of Co-operative Education at Waterloo. “The growing number of employers from all over the world who hire Waterloo students demonstrates the reaches of our reputation for excellence.”
New to the awards line-up this year is the Co-op Problem Awards. Four University of Waterloo co-op students have been recognized by The Problem Lab for their ability to find and analyze an important problem affecting their employer. The Problem Lab has a goal to increase the ability for our community to create innovations of greater economic and social consequence by identifying and understanding important problems.
Congratulations to the Faculty of Arts Co-op Students of the year!
Krista Duncan: Arts Co-op Student of the Year
Speech Communication major Krista Duncan served as a People Operations Intern at Wealthsimple, where she assisted with employee development plans and compensation strategies. Halfway through her term, Duncan was tasked with taking over the role of Technical Recruiter, where she assisted with new recruitment processes and helped to hire the company’s largest group of engineering co-op students to date.
Jenny Hoang: Co-op Problem Award, 2nd place
Master of Accounting candidate Jenny Hoang served as an Analyst at Deloitte Canada, where she investigated and analyzed the retention of talent in the professional services industry. She is the 2nd place winner of the Co-op Problem Award for Spring 2018.