International education has a significant impact on our campus community and Canadian social, economic and cultural well-being. Opportunities to work and volunteer around the world broaden our students' perspectives, expose them to different models of health care practice, and build cultural competency. Take a look at some of the unique co-op and volunteer international experiences completed by pharmacy students.
Learn more about working internationally at the Waterloo Co-op working abroad page.
John Kim: World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
John completed his co-op work term as a member of the Global Influenza Programme team at the World Health Organization.
Read about John's experiences.
Heidi Fernandes: Canadian-African Health Alliance, Kammengo, Uganda
Heidi volunteered with the Canadian-African Health Alliance and travelled to a rural village in Uganda where she helped run a medical clinic.
Read about Heidi's work on the interdisciplinary team.
Olivier Millette: Pharmacists Without Borders, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Olivier Millette joined a Pharmacists Without Borders team to provide pharmacy care in a hospital in Haiti's capital.
Hear about Oliviers experiences providing trauma care to patients in Haiti.
Jung In Kim: Haydom Lutheran Hospital, Haydom, Tanzania
For co-op, Jung In spent three months as a pharmacy student at a rural hospital in north-east Africa.
Check out some of the key insights Jung In had from her experience.
Loran Ellero-Dionne, Sonya Dhanjal and Saptha Navaratnam: Solidarity Experiences Abroad, Lima, Peru
Three pharmacy students joined an interdisciplinary medical mission running a clinic in Lima, Peru.