By: Audrey Gunawan | 3.5 min read
Audrey Gunawan (she/her) is a third-year Psychology student in the Faculty of Arts. She shares details about her first co-op term at Dr. John W. Lee Psychological Consulting.
By: Alison Chase | 5 min read
Ciara Fletcher (she/her) is a fourth-year Honours Arts student in Legal Studies with a minor in Philosophy. She talks about learning to pivot and try new things in co-op. Ciara also offers advice to other Faculty of Arts and Legal Studies students exploring co-op opportunities, highlighting the rewards of stepping outside traditional Legal Studies roles to explore new fields and sectors, such as human resources and technology companies.
By: Sara Gatti | 3 min read
Sara Gatti (she/her) is a third-year Health Sciences student. She talks about learning to adapt and finding confidence during her co-op experience. Sara also shares her advice for students balancing work, school and extracurriculars while gaining hands-on industry experience.
By: Alison Chase | 6 min read
Misha Niculeanu (he/him) is an Honours Mathematics double major in Actuarial Science and Statistics, with a minor in Management Studies in his 4A term. He discusses how he stands out in interviews and shares tips on how he has dealt with struggles in his co-op terms.
By: Alison Chase | 5 min read
Maliha Karim (she/her) is an Honours Arts student majoring in Communications and minoring in Digital Arts Communication (DAC) in her 4A term. Maliha talks about working outside her faculty and bringing her knowledge to the Faculty of Environment to boost their social media presence.
By: Lauren Ballard | 4.5 min read
Megan MacGregor (she/her) is a third-year Health Sciences student. She discusses her role at Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre and gives advice on asking your co-op supervisors for help when you’ve hit a roadblock.
By: Aadya Dixit | 3 min read
Jaspreet Kaur Gill (she/her) is a third-year BSc. Honours Health Sciences (minor in Medical Physiology, Health Research specialization) student. She highlights her experience presenting and travelling to the American Society of Clinical Oncology – Genitourinary Cancers Symposium in San Francisco, CA, one of the key prostate cancer events globally.
By: Sarah Bayrakdarian | 2 min read
Sarah Bayrakdarian is a third-year Public Health student in the Faculty of Health. She discusses her recent co-op term at Sunnybrook Hospital.
By: Lauren Ballard | 3 min read
Alison Baird (any), a third-year Gender and Social Justice student discusses how they made the most of their experience working in the University of Waterloo’s Sustainability Office and how she approaches applying to a co-op position.
By: Jacqueline Cardoso | 6 min read
Prabhsharan Singh Sethi (he/him), a second-year Mathematics student, shares what he’s learned from his first co-op term at the Centre for Work-Integrated Learning. From interview preparation to finding a sense of belonging in his first year, Prahbsharan shares real challenges facing co-op students.