I'm a Public Relations student from the Philippines studying at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. My work-integrated learning story started in my 1st co-op program in the summer of 2019. With no prior work experience, going through the co-op program has allowed me to...

The University of Toronto Mississauga Career Centre has run a Job Shadow Program (JSP) for many years, allowing students to visit work sites, explore career options, gain workplace knowledge and connect with industry professionals. University students benefit from experiencing careers with a hands...

Providing students with real-world experience is one of George Brown College's biggest priorities and we are part of a new partnership that will create even more opportunities. Funded by the Ministry of Labour, Training, and Skills Development (MLTSD), the Drive Ability Opening Doors program...

I'm from Vancouver, BC, a city that attracts large numbers of international students. Over the years, we've hired international co-op students and took on interns from language schools who were seeking to improve their English. We worked with co-op students from Hong Kong, Ecuador, South Korea...

I coordinate the Step Out of Your Box program at Red River College in Winnipeg, Manitoba. This program offers students the opportunity to enhance their understanding of diversity, challenge biases and stereotypes, and help build a socially involved campus and community. Students are asked to select...

We found that it was very valuable to make sure students had practicum experiences in both school systems as part of their degree. Sometimes students are reluctant to go to a system they have no experience with. All students in this program, both First Nations and non-First Nations students have at...

By far the best WIL my students have ever experienced was the Global Village Program, a summer program at LeHigh University for students from all over the world, sponsored by the Iacoca Institute. Over a three-year period I was able to send six undergraduate students who worked with CEOs from major...

I have been with SFU's coop program for 20 years overseeing the Faculty of Applied Sciences Coop programs (Engineering, Computer Science, Interactive Art and Technology, Sustainable Energy Engineering & Software Systems)

Simon Fraser University's Co-operative Education Program (SFU Co-op) has been...

In our industry, customer care agent is one of the most widespread entry-level jobs. Our company hires students every summer to fill in for the summer vacation period. Some of these students stay on part-time while they're in school and some stay after graduation. My story is about one of these...

Work-integrated learning can help build organizational capacity and culture of evaluation. When I began working at my current company - a health sector organization with a focus on digital health - evaluations were done ad hoc and occasionally contracted out. I had a research background and some...