Co-op, Career and Entrepreneurship

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Shape your career path through co-op experiences, professional skill development, kickstarting your entrepreneurial venture, or all of the above!

Set yourself up for a successful future by stepping outside of your comfort zone. There are so many ways to build your resume and appeal to potential employers even before you graduate.

Co-op

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JADA

Check out the co-op widget in Portal to see more jobs and get answers to your co-op questions.Use JADA to find co-op jobs in Portal.

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Career

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Boost your resume, enhance your professional skills and get career support at any stage of your journey.

  • The Centre for Career Development helps undergraduate and graduate students explore their possibilities through one-on-one career advising, resources, workshops and events.
  • The Centre for Work-Integrated Learning helps students connect classroom knowledge with workplace experience by delivering professional development (PD), work-integrated learning (WIL) courses and programs that build career-ready skills.

Opt-in to an experiential education certificate program.

Open to all undergrads in regular (non-co-op) programs of study:

  • Develop a range of employer-friendly skills
  • Boost your career confidence
  • Stand out in today’s workforce

Explore unique resources designed with grad students in mind.

  • Develop core skills, competencies and participate in workshops, seminars and training programs

  • Develop your teaching skills

Entrepreneurship

Create your future. Build entrepreneurial skills and get advice from experienced coaches.

Visit our student creator spaces. Meet like-minded individuals, work on your big ideas and join the Velocity community.

  • Workshops, hackathons, networking
  • One-on-one coaching
  • Grant funding
  • Spaces to build your ideas
  • Supports for every experience level

Have an idea and not sure where to start?

We’ll help you find the program that’s right for you.

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Find us on campus!

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