Announcements

A new internship will empower UVic students to help businesses adapt to the new economic reality in the wake of COVID-19, thanks to a partnership between the Gustavson School of Business and Mitacs, a national non-profit research organization that supports industrial and social innovation. This Business Strategy Internship (BSI) program will help small-and medium-sized enterprises and non-profit organizations (SME under 500 employees) adapt in the wake of COVID-19.

Almost 200 student exchanges, thousands of miles traveled, and hundreds of employers and communities impacted—that is the conclusion of a 20-year partnership between the University of Victoria’s Co-operative Education Program and Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW) Heidenheim in Germany, that is celebrating its anniversary this week.

Claudia Sperling (Co-operative Education Program and Career Services) has received the 2017 ACE-WIL Outstanding Service Award from the Association for Co-operative Education BC/Yukon (ACE).

The University of Victoria (UVic), the Suranaree University of Technology (SUT) in Thailand and Western Digital Thailand have signed a co-operative education exchange agreement to foster international student mobility and work-integrated learning opportunities for students from both post-secondary institutions.

Part of $5.8M "to cultivate the next generation of global leadership" among young Canadians

Co-op and Career Director of Operations Andrea Giles has been awarded the inaugural Co-op Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Co-operative Education BC/Yukon (ACE).