By: Fatima Muni | 4 min read
2021 Arts Co-op Student of the Year Award recipient, Ingrid Kaffka, a fourth-year Rhetoric, Media, and Professional Communication (RMPC) student at Waterloo, discusses the great contributions she has made while completing her third co-op term at Red Canari!
By: Fatima Muni | 3 min read
Camille Huo (she/her), a third-year Pharmacy student at the School of Pharmacy, shares her experience working in a pharmacy during the rise of the COVID-19 pandemic and how she navigated the pressures of it as a co-op student. Her accomplishments led her to be named the recipient of the 2021 Science Co-op Student of the Year Award!
By: Fatima Muni | 3 min read
Laura Bumbulis (she/her), a fifth-year Math student in the Statistics and Combinatorics & Optimization program, talks about the projects she was part of while at the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) and gives some advice on finding a co-op job. Laura is also the recipient of the 2021 Math Co-op Student of the Year Award!
By: Fatima Muni | 4 min read
The job search is stressful, challenging and can sometimes make you lose your patience. Not to mention, you’re on a study term so that just adds even more to your plate. Searching for a job can be difficult, but just like most things, it’s a learning process. You might apply for a hundred jobs and end up getting one or two interviews, or sometimes even zero. But don’t lose hope just yet! There are many ways for you to find a job and I’m here to sprinkle a little bit of guidance into your job search tactics.
By: Harshminder Sidhu | 2 min read
Harshminder Sidhu (she/her), a 3B Planning student, shares her co-op experience as a Waterloo Experience (WE) Accelerate student in the D2L stream.
By: Fatima Muni | 3 min read
Ceanna Aranha (she/her), a third-year Accounting and Financial Management (AFM) student, shares what her experience was like working at one of the Big Four accounting firms, KPMG, and how this co-op term has helped strengthen her soft skills and career knowledge!
By: Fatima Muni | 5 min read
Balancing your work life and personal life can get challenging. If this is something you are struggling with, check out these 5 tips to help you maintain a healthy lifestyle while doing co-op at Waterloo!
By: Fatima Muni | 6 min read
Jeffrey Ren, a fourth-year Urban Planning student at Waterloo, shares his co-op experiences working for the City of Windsor and the City of Ottawa, and how the connections he built through co-op got him an offer for a full-time job!
By: Fatima Muni | 4 min read
Madison Greenough, a fifth-year Math and Business double degree student, shares her transition from a traditional co-op to E co-op and what her experience has been like building her own business.
By: Jonny Hsu | 6 min read
For the past four years, I've been a student at the University of Waterloo studying in the Science and Business co-op program, specializing in Biochemistry. Being from B.C. - one of the reasons why I chose to fly across the country to attend Waterloo was because of the co-op program.