UN SDGs

Architecture student Simone Delaney's work term in Indonesia earned her a United Nations Public Service Award for advancing the work of the UN SDGs. Working for Yayasan Peta Bencana, an organization dedicated to helping manage climate disasters, she was able to help them foser equitable and collaborative resistance to climate change in Indonesia.

Canadian tech company Communitech hires Waterloo students to work on "supporting and growing the tech ecosystem" through digital transformation to help tech start-ups develop strong business growth strategies. They share their top digital accelaration tips and how they've hired students from all departments to enhance their business.

Co-op for Community is a unique partnership between United Way Waterloo Region and the University. The donor-funded program creates meaningful co-op jobs to work at local non-profits in Waterloo Region that need talent.

Waterloo Magazine's piece focuses on how co-op students are contributing to the United Nations' Sustainable Development goals in their work terms.

University of Waterloo co-op students are fast learners and can multi-task and shift priorities quickly. These skills were just what the University Health Network (UHN) needed to help implement their new health information system from Epic, with a project called Synapse. The hospital hired 114 UWaterloo co-op students for this transformational project.

Will Tatham says the most meaningful gift he’s made to the University of Waterloo isn’t the $4 million he donated to help build the largest co-operative services building at a Canadian university, which bears his name. Nor is it the $1 million he later gave for a new student lounge.

Waterloo co-op students are making significant impacts to the United Nation's Sustainable Development goals.

The Waterloo Region Record highlighted a story regarding Waterloo's co-op students being key in the transformation to a new medical system at University Health Network.

Waterloo's Co-op for Community program, which greatly benefits the community and non-profit organizations as well as students, was highlighted by City News Kitchener on April 17.

Ross Johnston joins this panel to discuss how increased collaboration can help University graduates find successful jobs in Canada's Bio-Health Economy.