By: Ryan Kehoe (he/him)
To help students prepare for a rapidly changing workforce, Esteban Veintimilla (BMath ’18) founded an education tech company called 1Mentor. The company recently received recognition as a top 100 tech company to watch for in 2022.
By: Matthew King (he/him)
It can be challenging enough to be a first work term student looking for a co-op job without adding a global pandemic to the equation. Yet, in 2021, that is exactly what Aseel Osman (she/her) and many students like her faced.
By: Namish Modi (he/him)
After recovering from a concussion last year, Madison Greenough (she/her) took on a new challenge.
The concussion, which halted Greenough’s Winter 2021 co-op term at British Columbia Investment (BCI) Management, started her journey into entrepreneurship.
By: Namish Modi (he/him)
Work-integrated learning (WIL) at the University of Waterloo steps into the spotlight with the Co-op Student of the Year Awards ceremony on March 21. Organized by Waterloo’s Co-operative and Experiential Education (CEE) unit, the awards recognizes students for outstanding contributions to their employers in 2021.
By: Krista Henry
When it comes to following her passion and carving a space for Black rights in the environmental movement, Celine Isimbi is leading with purpose.
By: Namish Modi
Pioneering her own health tech start-up helped Katie Aubrey develop entrepreneurial skills for the future.
By: Namish Modi
After four traditional co-op work terms, Andrew Leest decided it was time to take on a new challenge.
By: Matthew King
The University of Waterloo’s innovative work-integrated learning program, Waterloo Experience (WE) Accelerate, will once again be offered for the Winter 2022 term.
By: Namish Modi
A student and a professor from the University of Waterloo are working to improve COVID-19 vaccine uptake in rural Ontario.