Every year, co-op employers in Canada and around the world provide support, mentorship and extraordinary work-integrated learning experiences for students.

Alumna Tanya Lloyd Kyi (BA ’96) is a superstar children’s author—keeping the focus on fun and trusting in her young readers’ innate curiosity about the world.

Physics and astronomy student Tess Grindlay's co-op work term with the Canadian Space Agency is one of more than 100,000 that students UVic students have completed since the program was established in 1976.

Alec Krawciw had the highest academic standing of any student graduating from UVic with a bachelor’s degree this spring and also found time to lead a student engineering team, earn a minor in software engineering, and volunteer in the community. Krawciw found plenty of ways to follow his passion in robotics during his time at UVic, including a co-op in which he designed and built a prototype electric hydro-foiling catamaran from scratch.

The Victoria Hand Project team, led by alumnus Michael Peirone, designs low-cost 3D-printed prosthetics for amputees in need while providing UVic students with valuable skills and training.

The University of Victoria’s activities, students and alumni help generate $3.3 billion to BC’s economy and overall prosperity, an independent study and analysis has determined. The independent report by Emsi Burning Glass, released today, indicates that UVic’s total impact in BC supported 40,595 jobs. The economic impact for Greater Victoria is $1.8 billion, or one of out of every nine jobs.

Astrophysicist and UVic alum Louise Edwards was one of the first Black Canadians to earn a PhD in physics. She’s an expert on the evolution of galaxies, her face has appeared on a Canadian stamp—and she’s only getting started.

From co-op, work-study and volunteering to graduating with honours, international visual arts student Dieu Anh Hoang embraced all her degree experience had to offer

UVic is proud to be recognized in the 2022 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings for our innovative and impactful research, campus operations and partnerships to protect the environment and improve conditions for the planet and people.

Less than 0.1 mL of blood is all that UVic researchers need, in an exciting commercial-academic partnership that has developed a “gold standard” test for COVID-19 using cutting-edge technology.

Whether they’re conducting research on cancer treatments, founding sustainable and innovative businesses or upgrading on-campus lab facilities, UVic’s co-op students are enriching their communities with their expertise and skills.

Growing up, Liam Sprangers spent long hours building tree houses out of scrap lumber, erecting makeshift bike ramps and designing bridges to span nearby creeks. Sprangers says he was drawn to study civil engineering by the prospect of being able to work in the construction industry.

Writing grad Paula Raimondi Cantú's five-year journey to her undergrad degree carried her through several co-op and work study positions—building skills and supporting her quest to hone the craft she hopes will be her life’s work: screenwriting.

Classicist Brendan Burke is now appointed in Athens to the most significant position in his field for North America at one of the oldest and largest overseas research centres in the world.

Kashtin Apsassin, who graduates with a Master of Global Business degree this spring, is one of many new grads around the world who finished their degrees during a pandemic. In his case that also meant starting a co-op, beginning a job hunt and starting a new career, all without leaving his home.

As a high school student trying to decide on a university major Robert Lee, who graduates this spring with a Bachelor of Engineering in computer engineering, recalls wanting to find a field where he could cultivate his keen interest in science, develop innovative technologies, and make a positive impact in the world.