Career centres are well-equipped to support international students in developing a sense of identity and purpose.
This keynote describes the strengths of an intentional, integrated work-integrated learning (WIL) and career education ecosystem to prepare students for the future of work.
Waterloo students have more opportunities to participate in international work-integrated learning with new funding through the Powering Change program.
Norah McRae delves into a recent study about how co-op students are carrying out work related to the United Nations’ sustainable development goals.
Study findings show 13 per cent of students from the Faculty of Environment's co-op terms work is directly related to the UN SDGs. The study's findings suggest more could be done to increase awareness for the SDGs and better assessment is required.
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.
Anne-Marie Fannon joins Human Resources Director (HRD) magazine and a panel of experts hosted by the Editor of Canadian HR Reporter Group.
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.
Norah McRae discusses ways to develop talent for a complex future post-pandemic and useful information for workers at any stage of their career.
Pharmacy co-op student Daniel Stuckless and Waterloo School of Pharmacy assistant professor, Dr. Feng Chang teamed up with The Gateway Centre of Excellence in Rural Health to combat vaccine hesitancy.