Success Stories

Dara Jarallah – University of Victoria – Master of Global Business

Dara Jarallah is a social entrepreneur who started Shoppinglee – a social enterprise – while she was pursuing her undergraduate business degree at Ryerson University. She completed a Masters of Global Business (MGB) at the University of Victoria in Canada and…

Salehah Hakik – Kwantlen Polytechnic University – Bachelor of Arts in Criminology

Salehah Hakik recently graduated and successfully obtained her Bachelor of Arts -Criminology (Honours) Degree with Co-op distinction at Kwantlen Polytechnic University.  Salehah completed her third and fourth co-op work terms with the RCMP in their Integrated Homicide Investigation…

Lucy Morrow is a third-year BBA Marketing student who recently completed a four-month co–operative education work experience in India as part of a new initiative called “The India Connect Scholarship Program”. This program is a partnership between Langara College, Optimus Information Inc. and the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. Selected as one of…

Lara Griner is the Alumni Relations Officer, at Alumni & Community Engagement, in Langara College. An alumna of the Post Degree Diploma program in Marketing Management, she creates motivating projects and activities for alumni, connects with stakeholders to develop programming, and provides opportunities for former students to reconnect with the…

Kira Cheeseborough is a Thompson Rivers University Bachelor of Social Work student in her third year of the four-year degree program. She is also a part-time Youth Advisor and Peer Support Navigator for A Way Home Kamloops, the organization where she completed a work-integrated learning practicum experience from January-May 2018.…

Biology Co-op Student, Brandon Huntington, is a gifted and dedicated young biologist who excelled in all of his Co-op work terms and academics, and contributions to Co-op and to the UBC Community.

Brandon’s Co-op journey allowed him to gain experience in broad range of subjects including Agriculture, Neuroscience and Biophysics. From his…

In 2015, Capilano graduate Jillian Courteau was preparing for a summer co-op placement role in Vancouver with Destination Canada. She had landed the role as a component of her Tourism Management Cooperative Education Diploma at Capilano University—after having applied for every available position that looked interesting.

“Especially the jobs I had no…

Passionate about oceanography, Camosun College alum Peter Van Buren credits his experience in the Co-operative Education program with landing his dream job with Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s Institute of Ocean Science.

Getting insights from co-op staff into employers’ recruitment needs and processes “greatly impacted my approach in seeking employment,” he…

Andrew Hunt can speak to the value of co-op education.  As a former Okanagan College student, Hunt’s career began with a Co-op placement, and after completing two Co-op terms with Metro Vancouver (then the Greater Vancouver Regional District), he was offered a job immediately after graduation.

As superintendent of the…

UVic biochemistry and physics graduate Ainsleigh Hill is currently studying Mathematics and Computer Science at UBC. A long-time advocate for Co-op, Ainsleigh has blended real-world work experiences into her programs at both universities. Despite only being 21 years old, Ainsleigh seriously impressed her co-op employer during her two work terms…

In 2016, UVic Sociology student Finn Deschner was awarded the “Co-op Student of the Year” award from his department after his successful placement with Alberta Environment and Parks. We spoke to Finn during his second Co-op term, asking him to reflect on the experience of working a long way from…

Selkirk College alumna Genevieve Thibault had actually graduated from the Recreation Fish and Wildlife Program when she walked through the doors of Selkirk’s Co-op Education & Employment Services (CEES) office.

Thibault was looking for an opportunity that would be pertinent to her completed studies, and as Selkirk College’s CEES Assistant Olga…