But as employers scramble to move their operations online, McRae said many simply don't have the capacity to onboard a co-op student. Others are struggling with tough economic conditions and are starting to lay employees off — they aren't hiring new ones, she said. Prithika Hariharan, who is studying management engineering, said she secured a job in Georgia for the summer and was let go about a week later due to the pandemic. Eventually, she found a second job with an entrepreneurship program through the University of Waterloo business school and is now working remotely.
Kinesiology student Terrance Zhang was first laid off from a winter co-op job with a Toronto construction company when the provincial state of emergency was declared. Then, his spring co-op job with a local municipality was at first delayed and then cancelled altogether.
The university is making changes so that students can still meet the program requirements. Shorter work terms, a combination of multiple part-time jobs and certain jobs paid by stipends or honorariums are currently allowed. Students are allowed to start terms later, and if they can't find anything, can complete one less co-op term without affecting their academic standing. Using federal wage subsidy money, the university has also hired about students for campus jobs, often helping faculty move their classes online, McRae said.
Megan Town, a vice-president with the Waterloo Undergraduate Students' Association, said many are disappointed about the loss of a normal co-op term, and have financial concerns about paying for tuition if they'd counted on working full-time this summer. To graduate with a co-op degree designation, you must follow our co-op roles and responsibilities and receive credit for the minimum number of work terms, work reports and professional development credits for the co-op program you are enrolled in.
To learn more about what co-op looks like for your specific program and when your next work term is scheduled, visit the co-op section of the Undergraduate Calendar. Similar to tuition, students enrolled in co-op programs pay fees to support the cost of running the co-op program at Waterloo. For a deeper look at why you pay, when you pay and where your money goes, visit our co-op fee page. If you'd like to know more about the co-op life and how to make the most of your co-op experience, check out stories told by our students here.
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Our active work toward reconciliation takes place across our campuses through research, learning, teaching, and community building, and is centralized within our Indigenous Initiatives Office. Skip to main Skip to footer. All Co-operative Education students are required to participate in a pre-employment session that emphasizes health and safety and the skills needed to succeed in the placement.
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