Alumni

Shabnam Ivković and Norah McRae’s paper addresses the need for higher education institutions to adapt a model that grows their contributions in the UN’s Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs). They examine the value of using a low-cost, low-resource conversation-based model.

In this paper, researchers analyze Global work-integrated learning (WIL) modules. The study’s findings shows that the modules are globally applicable, and that professional development is necessary.

In this study, David Drewery, Jennifer Woodside and Kristen Eppel examine the use of unsupervised AI-based résumé critique. Considering the growth of co-op, this study aims to find solutions to career services and to see whether AI software is useful.

David Drewery, Judene Pretti and Anne-Marie Fannon’s article analyzes the quality of work-integrated learning (WIL) experiences. WIL stakeholders can benefit from the LIRN model (learning, impact, relevance and networking) to provide excellent work experiences.

In this article, David Drewery and Katie Knapp explore students’ organizational commitment pertaining to workplace friendships. This study found that organizational commitment is greater when work experience quality is greater. Additionally, workplace friendships still developed during remote work-integrated learning.

In this article, researchers analyzes how the pandemic affected work-integrated learning (WIL). This paper compares the University of Waterloo to RMIT University and how their (WIL) structures adapted to the pandemic.

Tara Stevens, Judene Pretti and Norah McRae’s article examines how the future of work changed due to the global pandemic. To understand how to prepare students for the future of work-integrated learning, this paper reviews 32 recent reports on the future of work.

TVO Today article addresses the future of remote work. Judene Pretti, director of business services for Co-operative and Experiential Education at Waterloo, discusses co-op student surveys regarding remote work.

The University of Waterloo’s co-op program sets record-highs in terms of enrollment despite the shift to remote work.