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.
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.
Laura Bumbulis, 2021 Faculty of Math co-op student of the year, was recognized in the Cambridge Times/Waterloo Region Record on Friday April 1, 2022. Bumbulis is recognized for her outstanding work term at the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research.
Recipient of the Environment Co-op Student of the Year Award, Emma Schuster, shares her experience working in social media for Habitat for Humanity - Ontario Gateway North.
2021 recipient of the Math Co-op student of the Year Award, Laura Bumbulis, discusses her experience of working as a bioinformatic analyst at Ontario Institute for Cancer Research. Focusing on pancreatic cancer, she worked with a team to determine specific treatments based on cancer types.
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.
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.
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.