Blog

By: Cameron Stirrup | 5 min read

Salma Marzouk (she/her) is a fourth-year Science and Business student with four co-op terms under her belt. She discusses her experienced co-op resume, her switch from a healthcare position to ones in tech, her impressive queue of projects and how collaboration, as well as quality, are key to being a leader and keeping a company’s strategy in line.

By: Cameron Stirrup | 5 min read

Gillian Trasuk (she/her), is a fourth-year Honours Math student, specializing in business and minoring in computing. Her blog displays her shining business pedigree and how co-op was always on her Waterloo agenda.

By: Cameron Stirrup | 5 min read

In middle school, Todd Tang (he/him), discovered a passion that has led him to co-op at the University of Waterloo. Today, the second-year Mechatronics Engineering student talks about his goal to lend a helping hand to the field of robotics and bring robots, as well as his career, to life.

by: Dhruvi Shah & Mariam Jawanbakht | 6 min read

Dhruvi Shah (she/her) is a fourth-year Science and Business student at the University of Waterloo. She recently finished an 8-month internship at Microsoft Canada from January to August 2022.

by: Mariam Jawanbakht | 3 min read

Vikram Bhatt (he/him), a third-year management engineering student, shares how he improved his networking and professionalism skills while working on his co-op terms.

by: Mariam Jawanbakht | 4 min read

Anjali Gupta (she/her), a third-year computer science student, describes her experiences working for a mobile development team for the first time and shares a few tips for gaining confidence at work.

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.

by Mariam Jawanbakht | 3 min read

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.

by Brandon Goh | 5 min read

A photo of Brandon standing by the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California.My name is Brandon Goh and I am a third-year Mechatronics Engineering student. I will be sharing my co-op experiences that range from debugging financial applications to programming cutting-edge innovations, such as Tesla’s humanoid robot!

By: Esha Awan | 4 min read

Esha Awan (she/her), shares her co-op experience as a fourth-year Science student, working in a variety of industries — from pharmaceuticals to robotics— in addition to her passion for veterinary sciences.