Academic publications

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.

In this study, researchers used Q methodology to distinguish between four different worldviews regarding employer perspectives on hiring international students.

In this paper, researchers examine Indigenous international work-integrated learning (WIL) at the University of Victoria in exchange with three Australian institutions. This paper highlights key research findings and ways to decolonize WIL.

Across Canada, a growing number of academics are focusing their research on the practice of co-operative education and work-integrated learning. This body of work will become increasingly important, especially for academic institutions, as students and employers continue to prepare for the future beyond COVID-19. Here’s what we found.

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on work-integrated learning (WIL) has been significant. This paper delves into the importance of institutions developing diverse practices of WIL and shifting away from a heavy reliance on work placements.

This study explored the ways that work-integrated learning (WIL) influences the development of entrepreneurs.

In this study, researchers examine how signals aligned with student-oriented opportunities enhance job attractiveness relative to a traditional job advertisement.

In this study, researchers conducted semi-structured interviews with 50 co-operative education students. Findings reveal the importance students associate with socialization, productivity, and meaningful work in the remote context.