Emma Schuster, the 2021 Faculty of Environment Co-op Student of the Year, was recognized in the Owen Sound Sun Times on March 22, 2022. The article, titled “Port Elgin native earns Co-op award at Waterloo,” highlights Schuster’s work as a social media coordinator working for Habitat for Humanity.
Laura Bumbulis, a Cambridge native, was recognized on the Cambridge Today website on March 21, 2022, for earning the Faculty of Math Co-op Student of the Year for 2021. Bumbulis performed exceptionally during a co-op term for the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research.
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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.
In this episode of the University of Waterloo alumni podcast, Anne Fannon, director at the Work-Learn Institute, explores employee desires based on research that pulls insights from Waterloo's world-renowned co-op programs.
CEWIL kicks off National Co-op and WIL Month interviewing Ross Johnston, Executive Director of Co-operative Education at the University of Waterloo, home to the world largest co-op program.
In this episode, Ross speaks on how Waterloo has grown since its founding in 1957 and the changes and challenges that made it possible.
In this panel discussion, Dr. Norah McRae shares research and insights on how work-integrated learning prepares talent for the future of work.
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?
Working to ease children's anxiety and distress around receiving a vaccine, Waterloo Computing and Financial Management student, Anthoy Ilersich, helped to develop a game that will help children cope with getting a needle.
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