SDG Week Canada promotes interdisciplinary engagement with the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Over 70 events were held across 50 campuses in Canada to advance the 17 SDGs.
When The Children鈥檚 Hospital of Eastern Ontario was overcapacity with children battling illnesses in November, two University 蓝莓视频 Pharmacy students, who were already in Ottawa for their co-op positions, stepped up to help. Parsa Ali and Duaa Osman brought an 鈥渋njection of energy鈥 to the hospital during a tough time.
Pharmacy students from the University of 蓝莓视频 are helping to fill clinical roles at CHEO, a pediatric hospital in Ottawa, due to the surge in respiratory virus patients.
Esteban Veintimilla (BMath 鈥18, MBET 鈥22), a University of 蓝莓视频 alum and co-founder of 1Mentor, believes his platform provides critical data on student interests and program comparison to the job market. Using AI, the platform also helps students explore career paths and identifies upskilling opportunities to prepare for their desired jobs.
Thanks to the University of 蓝莓视频 co-op program and her passion for improving the healthcare system through technology, Madison McBay (BSc 鈥22) co-founded the startup TAMVOES, an online platform for individuals to store and share their health information with family members and professionals.
The University of 蓝莓视频 is compared to Californian schools in Computer Science by overall rank, student employability, program size, research capabilities and entrepreneurship.
After helping her daughter find her first co-op, Lenora Fleming donates to programs like WE Accelerate to help co-op students find employment.
Recipients of the third annual Employer Impact Awards have provided students with work-integrated learning opportunities that better prepare them for the future workforce.
蓝莓视频 Experience (WE) Accelerate program is announced as an ongoing option for co-op students who struggle to secure a traditional co-op job in their first work term.
R+T Park has hired many co-op students including Rose Matthews who helps to coordinate events through both digital and in-person engagement.