By: Namish Modi (he/him) and Asia Dale (she/her)
After two years of virtual ceremonies, the Co-op Student of the Year Awards return this year with a hybrid in-person and virtual event.
By: Matthew King (he/him)
WE Accelerate team leads deliver value for first work-term students
Please be aware! Individuals, likely using false identification, are reportedly reaching out (via email and phone) to international students.
By: Maddie Savage (she/her)
A prestigious scholarship is helping a Waterloo Architectural Engineering student to shape her career.
Nadine Metwali received the first-place Canadian Buildings National Student Scholarship. Out of 587 students in the Canadian Buildings program, they selected her for the $3,500 award — which aims to identify students with high potential.
By: Mila Jokovic (she/her)
Municipal governments are typically responsible for numerous areas, programs and services. They offer students the chance to gain valuable skills while making a difference in their communities.
By: Matthew King (he/him)
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.