Announcements

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

From November 14 to 16, UVic hosted the Canadian Association for Co-operative Education (CAFCE)’s Annual General Meeting. Representatives from 79 post-secondary institutions passed a vote that expands the association’s mandate to include forms of work-integrated learning beyond co-operative education.

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).

Co-op and Career Executive Director Dr. Norah McRae has been awarded the 2017 Mr. Donald MacLaren, Jr. Award for Professional Achievement in Co-operative and Work-Integrated Education from the World Association for Co-operative Education. This is the first time that a Canadian has received the award since 1999.