Award Winners | ACE-WIL BC/Yukon

2025 ACE-WIL Student of the Year | University WIL Student

Award Winners, Student of the Year | February 27, 2026

Laci’s work-integrated learning experience at AVI Health and Community Services provided the opportunity to apply her academic knowledge in real-world settings, with a focus on sexual health and addiction medicine. Through this experience, she developed a deeper understanding of the complex challenges individuals face and the importance of compassionate, person-centred care. It strengthened her ability to engage with others in an empathetic and non-judgemental manner, while reinforcing her commitment to supporting individuals and communities in meaningful and respectful ways.

2023 ACE-WIL Outstanding Contribution Award

Award Winners | December 9, 2024

Outstanding Contribution Award – 2023 Recipient: Meg Thompson, UVic Meg has been an active member of ACE-WIL for the past four years, always going above and beyond to contribute to the Co-op and Work-Integrated Learning community. As the Chair of the Professional Development (PD) Committee, Meg routinely demonstrates leadership, often making difficult decisions and navigating …

2022 ACE-WIL Outstanding Contribution Award

Award Winners | December 9, 2023

Outstanding Contribution Award – 2022Recipient: Lianne Johnston, Douglas College Lianne has been a contributing member of the ACE-WIL community for almost 15 years, dedicating her time, energy and ideas in various capacities to the ACE-WIL membership. Lianne has consistently demonstrated a deep commitment to our association and a willingness to go above and beyond to …

Longtime WIL supporters Brian Train and Robert Douglas win prestigious WACE Award

Award Winners | August 7, 2023

Congratulations are in order! The World Association for Co-operative and Work-Integrated Education (WACE) has presented the 2023 Employer/Partner Contribution Award to Robert Douglas and Brian Train, both with the BC Ministry of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills. The award is in recognition of and appreciation for their outstanding contributions to work-integrated learning (WIL) in BC over …

2021 ACE-WIL Outstanding Contribution Award

Award Winners | December 9, 2022

Outstanding Contribution Award – 2021Recipient Helen Prins, BC Campus Helena has been contributing her time, energy, and ideas to the ACE-WIL Professional Development committee since 2017-2018. When Helena left her post at Royal Roads University and moved to BC Campus in 2019, she continued her involvement on the committee and brought BC Campus in as …

2020 ACE-WIL Outstanding Service Award

Award Winners | June 10, 2021

Lindsay is committed to ensuring equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) on the ACE-WIL board and in programming and training. Lindsay has advocated for WIL practitioners to become certified in emotional intelligence (EI), resulting in 76 individuals in 20 BC institutions in obtaining the EQ-i certification. Research indicates emotional intelligence is a vital skill encompassing most …

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