Co-op and careers
Co-op helps you start building your career while you're still at university. It's designed to work around your academic courses, so you'll complement what you're learning in class with practical workplace experience.
Co-op enables you to try out a range of jobs before you graduate; gain work experience and skills; and make connections with employers. And you get paid for the experience!
Meet our alumni
History and environmental studies
ElectroRecycle; Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt
Graduate Will Chaster worked for ElectroRecycle as an ambassador, travelling across the province to raise awareness of the organization. He is now completing a work term as a communications writer at the Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt.
Slavic Studies
Student curator, Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum
When Rowan Meredith came to UVic several years ago, she knew she had a unique opportunity to explore her passions. Her path to law school could follow any route that would allow her to excel.
Professional communications
Environmental researcher and podcast producer
Professional Communication student Riley Vlooswyk recently completed a co-op term working for award-winning writer and environmentalist Mark Leiren-Young, author of The Killer Whale Who Changed the World. During his co-op term, Riley helped develop Skaana, Leiren-Young’s new podcast about orcas, oceans, and the environment.
French
BC Legislature; AbeBooks; Western Digital Thailand
French major Lexi Mills knows that it’s never too late to join the co-op program at UVic. After completing the coursework for her degree in four years, Lexi went on to do twelve months of back-to-back co-op work terms that have taken her from the BC Legislature to international bookseller AbeBooks to Western Digital Thailand.
Learn more
Discover co-op
Develop your career
- Attend career development workshops
- Explore résumé, cover letter and interview resources
- Meet with a career educator
Gain hands-on experience
- Explore what you can do with your degree
- Work with community through volunteer and extracurricular opportunities
Search for work
Contact co-op
- General inquiries: coopinfo@uvic.ca, 250-721-7628
- Find your co-op office