Are you interested in preparing our students for the evolving world of work by helping to shape the future of Waterloo’s experiential education curriculum?
The Centre for Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) is striving to enhance the University of Waterloo's commitment to expanding work-integrated opportunities across the curriculum in all disciplines. One of the ways we are setting out to achieve this is through our WIL curriculum development strategy.
Our curriculum strategy focuses on co-creation with faculty, industry partners and students and aims to prepare our learners to be change makers in future workplaces, equipping them with the skills and knowledge to address and anticipate the world's most pressing challenges.
Here, you will find information about our partnerships, our curriculum content development strategy and learn more about opportunities to get involved.
WIL Global Futures curriculum developments
WIL authorship collaborative
The WIL authorship collaborative is an interdisciplinary group of faculty members from various disciplines who, with guidance from the curriculum development team at the Centre for WIL, co-create student-facing content aligned to key institutional themes. Currently, this work is focused on Waterloo’s Global Futures. Through the intentional inclusion of diverse, multi-disciplinary perspectives, this curriculum frames complex, future-facing topics within the workplace context, positioning students to lead transformative change across industries. This model also offers a powerful knowledge mobilization opportunity, enabling faculty members and graduate students to mobilize their research into applied learning that can reach broader audiences.
Strategic industry advisors
Strategic industry advisors are industry, community and co-op employer partners who collaborate with the Centre for WIL team to create real-world activities and assignments to reflect workplace tasks. Our partners provide valuable insights from the perspective of various industries and sectors to help shape the curriculum and enhance student learning outcomes.