Waterloo Centre for the Advancement
of Co-operative Education (WatCACE)
University of Waterloo
200 University Avenue West,
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
N2L 3G1
Phone: 519-888-4567 x32355
Students participating in entrepreneurship leverage resources, space, mentorship, and/or funding to engage in the early-stage development of business start-ups. They may also advance external ideas that address real-world needs. In either case, students receive academic credit for their entrepreneurial efforts.
Entrepreneurship program profiles
Co-op on the Edge students build their own ventures using either a co-op term or an internship.
Students learn entrepreneurial skills by completing an internship at a start-up.
Students work on bringing their own business to market during a 16 week work term.
Relevant literature
- Andrade, A., Chopra, S., Nurlybayev, B., & Golab, L. (2018). Quantifying the impact of entrepreneurship on cooperative education job creation. International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, 19(1), 51-68.
- de Villiers Scheepers, M. J., Barnes, R., Clements, M., & Stubbs, A. J. (2018). Preparing future-ready graduates through experiential entrepreneurship. Education + Training, 60(4), 303-317.
- Cochran, S. L., (2019). What's gender got to do with it? The experiences of U.S. women entrepreneurship students. Journal of Small Business Management, 57(S1), 111-129.
You can view more relevant literature on entrepreneurship by visiting WatCACE's WIL research portal.