By: Krista Henry (she/her)
When Conestoga Meats looked to the future of the Canadian pork industry, the company saw a talent gap on the horizon. To assist, they tripled the number of co-op students they hired across all departments.
By: Maddie Savage (she/her)
Empowering patients to make informed health decisions inspired the mother-daughter combo, Jessica and Jordan Lunshof, to create a health management platform called TAMVOES and to launch a company called TAMCARE Home Health.
By: Krista Henry (she/her)
To help meet the demands of the growing bioeconomy, healthcare start-up CleanSlate UV is leveraging co-op students’ creativity and future-ready mindset.
By: Namish Modi (he/him)
At BioPed Footcare & Orthotics, Waterloo Kinesiology co-op students are highly valued and are making strong contributions in this fast-growing industry.
By: Ryan Kehoe (he/him)
You have six months to complete and implement a brand-new health information system at the largest research hospital in Canada. What do you do? Hire a talented group of co-op students to help.
By: Krista Henry (she/her)
A small and rapidly growing company, MedMe Health utilizes co-op students to tackle all areas of their business.
By: Delia Loveless (she/her)
According to the National Institutes of Health, one in every three women will experience pelvic health issues in their lifetime. However, the technology used to help women rehabilitate their pelvic floor muscles has not been updated since the 1930s.
By: Krista Henry
When University of Waterloo co-op student Anthony Ilersich faced the challenge of easing vaccine-related anxiety in children, he used his love for gaming to make a difference.
By: Krista Henry
Not-for-profits, Year Zero Studios and Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH), already see the value in hiring new talent, hiring Waterloo co-op students for fresh ideas and perspectives each 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.