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When tech and business collide

Thursday, November 24, 2022 by Kaitlin Trendel | 4 min read

Anna Bordioug is a fourth-year co-op student completing a double degree in computer science and business. She shares her varying work experiences in tech and business.

Co-op #1: Software developer, InSpark Analytics

Co-op #2: Software developer, TunnelBear Inc.

Co-op #3: Associate consulting operations, SAS Institute Inc.

Technology

Mathematics

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Developing skills in the insurance industry

Thursday, November 17, 2022 by Mariam Jawanbakht | 4 min read

Ashley Chetram (she/her) is going into her third year of Honours Arts, with a major in psychology and a minor in social development studies. She gives us details about completing her first co-op term at an insurance company.

Arts

Overcoming challenges

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Supporting veterans in long-term care

Thursday, November 10, 2022 by Mariam Jawanbakht | 6 min read

Lauren Mitchell (she/her), a third-year Faculty of Health student, talks about her co-op working at KW Habilitation and Sunnybrook Health Science Centre as well as the ups and downs that come along with co-op.

Lauren's co-op story

Health

Arrange your own job

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WE Accelerate-ing into tech

Thursday, November 3, 2022 by Mariam Jawanbakht | 3 min read

Cecilia Qiu standed in the snow during sunset

Cecilia Qiu, a third-year computer science student, shares with us her experience with the WE Accelerate program as well as her co-op role as a program developer.

Technology

WE Accelerate

Mathematics

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Working remotely across time zones

Thursday, October 27, 2022 by By: Mariam Jawanbakht | 4 min read

Anand Nair, a third-year Chemical Engineering student, shares what it was like working and completing courses remotely, all in a different time zone.

Work term 1 & 2: HelloFresh – Procurement analyst

Engineering

Working remotely

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You are capable of more than you think

Thursday, October 20, 2022 by Mariam Jawanbakht | 3 min read

Prachi Dhanky (she/her), an Honours Arts and Business student with a major in Psychology, shares the story of how she realized she is much more capable of doing things than what she originally believed.

Prachi's work terms so far:

Arts

Teaching

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Fishin' in the field

Thursday, October 13, 2022 by By: Mariam Jawanbakht | 4 min read

Shelby standing in a creek in overalls and a hat.

Shelby Robertson (she/her), a fourth-year student in Environmental Science Ecology, has been working towards making an impact on the environment through her co-op position at Parks Canada. She shares with us her experiences working in an aquatic field and how her courses helped her throughout her work terms.

Shelby has completed a total of five co-op terms:

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Crash testing aircraft batteries

Thursday, October 6, 2022 by By: Mariam Jawanbakht | 3 min read

Brielle standing in front of a small, grounded, colourful plane

Brielle Chenier (she/her), a second-year Mechatronics Engineering student, shares her role working within a sustainable aircraft company along with the ups and downs of her co-op term.

Overcoming challenges

Engineering

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A snippet in the life of a co-op student

Monday, October 3, 2022 by Maham Surahyo | 3 min read

Maham Surahyo standing in front of a Peel Regional Police backdrop

Maham Surahyo, a third-year Public Health student, shares her experience working for the Peel Regional Police as a community safety and well-being analyst.

Q & A with Maham

What are your responsibilities in the workplace and what does your work entail?

Health

Research

UN SDGs

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When sports and business collide

Thursday, September 29, 2022 by Mariam Jawanbakht | 6 min read

A photo of Riana standing at the Toronto Raptors basketball arena.

Riana Ismail, a fifth-year health student, shares with us how she arranged all of her co-op jobs so far in the sport business sector.

Riana is in her fifth year in the Recreation and Sport Business program, with a minor in Event Management. She has completed one internship and five work terms so far, all of which she arranged on her own.

Health

Arrange your own job