Trexo Robotics was co-founded by Waterloo alum Manmeet Maggu after his nephew developed cerebral palsy and had limited ability to walk. Trexo's first hire was a co-op student as the co-founders say value in their problem-solving and innovative mindsets.
Waterloo students support Engineers Without Borders Canada in various roles helping small African organizations like FullSoul to develop projects, help with planning and organization. Learn more about FullSoul and the work co-op students undertake when working for Engineers Without Borders Canada.
Co-op students travel to the Himalayan region of Uttarakhand, India to work for clean energy company, Avani Bio Energy, who converts destructive tinder into a renewable energy source. Avani won the first-ever Impact in Sustainability from Waterloo Employer Impact Awards presented by CEE.
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.
A message from CEE in Waterloo's Daily Bulletin stresses the importance of co-op students being a possibility for hiring for departments in the University.
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.
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The CEWIL Research Series is a collection of presentations by WIL scholars across Canada. Over four webinars, the Series features eight research papers published in The Practice of Co-op and Work-Integrated Learning in the Canadian Context (2021) .
In this presentation, Dr. Judene Pretti and Dave Drewery discuss a study that addresses a fundamental question underpinning the influence of work-integrated learning (WIL) on students’ employability: will participation in multiple WIL experiences lead to greater competency development and, in turn, greater employability?