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.
There is growing focus on graduating global citizens who can advocate for and operationalize sustainable futures. In this paper, researchers conducted a pilot study to classify a sample of international internships in terms of their impact on one or more of the 17 United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.
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.
In this study, researchers used Q methodology to distinguish between four different worldviews regarding employer perspectives on hiring international students.
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.
As disruptive technology becomes more readily available, having talent with the right skills, attitudes and capacity presents one of the greatest challenges for many organizations.
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.
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.
In this study, researchers examine how signals aligned with student-oriented opportunities enhance job attractiveness relative to a traditional job advertisement.
This study explored the ways that work-integrated learning (WIL) influences the development of entrepreneurs.