Clearpath Robotics was founded when four Waterloo Mechatronics Engineering students started building robots on campus. The multi-million-dollar company attributes some of their success to the ability to hire students from the co-op program.
Alumni podcast focuses on Jeff LeJeune (BMath’96) and his journey as VP Engineering at Magnetic Forensics. The organization retains many co-op students as full-time employees.
The University of Waterloo and Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) partner to focus on talent development in artificial intelligence (AI) through co-operative education and work-integrated learning (WIL).
Mary-Ellen Cullen and Steve Menich want to help build stronger communities in Waterloo Region. They have found an outlet for their passion to give back by funding co-op students jobs at non-profit organizations through their contributions to the University of Waterloo’s Co-op for Community fund.
At the 2021 Employer Impact Awards, Co-operative and Experiential Education (CEE) celebrated three employers who are University of Waterloo graduates. These alumni, and their organizations, provide incredible opportunities for co-op students.
Colleen Philips-Davis becomes associate director of equity, diversity, inclusion and anti-racism (EDI-R) in Co-operative and Experiential Education. Co-operative education will change to deepen staff knowledge and to future-proof students through an EDI-R lens.
Waterloo is an active participant in the WACE Global Challenge, a program supporting international experiences for students, which won an award for helping to advance the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The WE Accelerate program, born out of the COVID-19 pandemic, is now a permanent offering aimed at easing underemployment challenges for first-work term students.
Co-op alumnus Swati Matta, founder and CEO of Koble, a health app is interviewed in a Q and A for wifhifi.
Waterloo's co-op program is highlighted as a differentiator in the Waterloo 100 update in the Daily Bulletin.