Future of work

Associate Provost, Co-operative and Experiential Education, Dr. Norah McRae (she/her) and Director of International Strategic Initiatives, Shabnam Ivković were awarded best paper at WACE’s 4th International Research Symposium on Cooperative and Work-Integrated Education in September, 2022.

CEE was honoured with a gold designation at the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Reimagine Education Awards in December. CEE’s Power of Partners for Prosperity program earned the honour in the Power of Partnerships Award category. 

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.

Recipients of the third annual Employer Impact Awards have provided students with work-integrated learning opportunities that better prepare them for the future workforce.

The Future Ready Talent Framework developed by The Work-Learn Institute at the University of Waterloo is a fantastic guide to explain the skills needed in Future of work. In this episode of The Art & Science of Learning Inc. podcast, host Dr. Kinga Petrovai has a conversation with Anne Marie Fannon, Director of The Work-Learn Institute, about what employers & students need to know about skills & lifelong learning.

2021 recipient of the Math Co-op student of the Year Award, Laura Bumbulis, discusses her experience of working as a bioinformatic analyst at Ontario Institute for Cancer Research. Focusing on pancreatic cancer, she worked with a team to determine specific treatments based on cancer types.

As a clinical research assistant for LMC Manna Research, Noah Franco participated in advancing the research for a COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial. He shares insights into his unique opportunity and what he learned.

Recipient of the Environment Co-op Student of the Year Award, Emma Schuster, shares her experience working in social media for Habitat for Humanity - Ontario Gateway North.

Not-for-profit organizations look to Waterloo Psychology co-op students to fill their talent pipeline as they aim to help vulnerable populations in their declining mental health. They value their critical thinking, ability to analyze problems and thinking outside of the box.