Positive and negative work-integrated learning (WIL) experiences help to develop entrepreneurs. Judene Pretti, former director of the Work-Learn Institute at the University of Waterloo, says that WIL enables students to become problem solvers.
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.
This article in The PIE News addresses the Professionals in International Education (PIE) program in North America. The program discusses employability, recruitment, well-being and policy making. Norah McRae, associate provost of Co-operative and Experiential Education at the University of Waterloo is closing the panel.
Economics professor, Joel Blit, explains Waterloo’s ability to produce tech founders is a combination of their intellectual property policy, co-op programs, and commercialization programs.
The University of Waterloo is compared to Californian schools in Computer Science by overall rank, student employability, program size, research capabilities and entrepreneurship.
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.
R+T Park has hired many co-op students including Rose Matthews who helps to coordinate events through both digital and in-person engagement.
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 Mechanical Engineering student Orianna Min develops her Elpis startup through Enterprise Co-op Program (E Co-op). The story in Waterloo News highlights Min’s business, which uses biotechnology to assist people living with spinal cord injuries.