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Faculty of Science Co-op Program lets students earn while they learn

“Earn While You Learn”: Sound too good to be true? The Faculty of Science Co-op Program wants students to know that it’s not. Whether it’s gaining practical experience in their chosen field, building future business connections, or test-driving a career they’re not sure about, the Co-op program has it all. Currently on offer to students...

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“We get experience; they get new ideas”: Science Co-op partners with Wawanesa Insurance to spectacular effect

What happens when you combine a respected 122-year-old insurance company with university students hungry for work experience? You have Wawanesa Mutual Insurance’s visionary version of the University of Manitoba Science Co-op Program. January 2007 marked the beginning of Wawanesa’s partnership with the Science Co-op Program. It’s been a mutually beneficial arrangement, to be sure. Just...