Student experiences
The biggest way co-op has helped you
What are the benefits of co-op? UVic co-op students share the biggest ways co-op has helped them.
Getting your first co op job
How hard is it to land your first co-op job? UVic co-op students share the challenges they faced coming in to to the working world.See more videos from the Co-op in action: students tell their stories playlist on YouTube.
My UVicLife blog
A Comprehensive List of All the Ways you can Go Abroad at UVic
October 31, 2019
Throughout my past five years at UVic, I was always frantically researching all the ways I could go abroad and get credit for my studies. Like many people,ever since I was little I’ve had this deep urge to travel, to get out of my city and go somewhere new....
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A Funny Little Thing Called “Culture Shock”
October 28, 2019
Whenever I heard the term “culture shock”, I naively assumed it referred to someone who was ill-equipped to deal with their new cultural settings whiletravelling. I thought that if you did enough research about the place you were going to, or tried to learn...
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Oh, the Places You’ll Go (at UVic)
September 25, 2019
This year, I’m entering my sixth year at UVic. While taking this long to get a Bachelor’s degree was never what I intended, I’m sure happy it worked out thisway. My degree here at UVic has taken me places I never expected to end up, and looking back on...
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