Your next health and wellness experts
Innovate your healthcare practice with skilled talent from Waterloo’s leading department of Kinesiology. Our Kinesiology program is the first in the world and one of the largest in North America.
Students gain critical skills, hands-on lab experience and knowledge in anatomy, biomechanics, physiology, nutrition and neuroscience. Their diverse expertise prepares them to provide support in clinic and patient care, sport medicine, fitness, corporate wellness, science and research.
Why hire Waterloo?
Maclean’s Student Voices Survey 2022
QS World University Subject Rankings 2023
Research Infosource Canada’s Top 50 Research Universities 2023
Fresh talent, huge impact
Claire Lemon boosted clinic operations, patient care, and marketing
Claire, a fourth-year Kinesiology student, assisted with patient treatments, managed front desk duties, marketing, and gained valuable insights into clinic operations at Breslau Chiropractic and SOS Physiotherapy.
Kaija Donaldson and Megan Davitsky create and deliver successful outreach programs at the School of Anatomy
Kaija Donaldson and Megan Davitsky, third-year Kinesiology students delivered innovative programs like "Anatomy on the Road" to local schools while at the University of Waterloo's School of anatomy.
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Roles co-op students can fill
Tap into valuable skills of Waterloo co-op students in areas such as:
Fund your next hire
Hiring a co-op student through subsidies and grants can be an affordable way of building a sustainable talent strategy!
Student Work Placement Program (SWPP)
Through SWPP, Canadian organizations that offer full-time employment opportunities for full-time Canadian post-secondary students can receive wage subsidies.
Funding will cover up to 50 per cent in wage subsidies (to a max. of $5,000) per co-op student hired for each 12–16-week work term. Students hired from under-represented groups may be eligible to have up to 70 per cent of their wages subsidized. Eligbility is determined on a case-by-case basis at the end of each work term.
Ontario Co-operative Education Tax Credit
Large corporations can claim 25 per cent of expenditures, up to $3,000 per work placement. Small businesses can claim 30 per cent, up to $3,000. Each work placement must be at least 10 weeks and up to 4 months. This tax credit is available for each eligible work placement. Employers may have multiple work placements at the same time and throughout the year.
The tax credit is per eligible work placement and there is no cap. If an organization decides to hire for an eight-month work term, or two students for four-month work terms, both would be considered as two work placements and would be eligible for a total tax credit of up to $6,000.
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Connect with Raymond! 🚀
Raymond is a business development and industry strategist with the University of Waterloo’s Co-operative Education department. He can help guide your recruitment strategy and answer questions about recruiting top talent with us.
Email: raymond.li2@uwaterloo.ca
Phone: 519-888-4567 x41285
Industry-leading companies hire co-op students
Sunnybrook’s global vision shapes future health-care leaders
By: Micaela Kelly (she/her)
Sunnybrook Odette Cancer Centre (Sunnybrook) is shaping the leaders of the future with a global mindset. With the support of hands-on mentorship, co-op students are leading cutting-edge research at Sunnybrook.
PhysioMira is focused on changing health care with the strength of Waterloo co-op students
By: Jed Bick (he/him)
Students are applying health, kinesiology and business acumen to transform the experience of physiotherapy.
How Randox turned “mission impossible” into a win with Waterloo co-op talent
By: Christie Zeb (she/her)
From project rescue to product innovation, Waterloo co-op students are shaping the future of diagnostics at healthcare laboratory, Randox.