University of British Columbia Okanagan

This January, the BC Chamber of Commerce and ACE-WIL launched Talent Forward, a program that seeks to raise awareness in the BC business community about the value of bringing work-integrated learning and co-op students onboard. This program is funded through the Ministry of Advanced Education, Training, and Skills.

Talent Forward helps businesses find the right student talent for their business in…

In September, ACE-WIL BC/Yukon partnered with the BC Chamber of Commerce on a survey through the Chamber’s BC MindReader™ platform, which gathers opinions and insight from businesses across BC. The goal of the research was to understand employer perspectives regarding work-integrated learning (WIL), including their awareness of the different types…

For this month’s Humans of Ace blog, we spoke to Brandy Welles, co-op coordinator with the Arts and Social Sciences co-op program at Simon Fraser University. Brandy rejoined SFU last year after having previously worked at SFU and UBC in work integrated learning roles, and also has extensive communications experience…