#TechHour – Importance of Co-Ops
Posted Sep 23, 2014 02:54:43 PM.
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Co-op students are incredibly important to the local startup ecosystem. Along with the 3 post-secondary institutions, University of Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier University and Conestoga College, Kik Interactive have been actively involved in helping co-op students.
12:00- Heather Galt, Marketing Manager at Kik Interactive Inc. – @Kik
With former students who are now employees:
Josh Dunton, Corporate Recruiter at Kik Interactive, Inc.
Ben Finn, Marketing Associate at Kik Interactive, Inc.
Mike Costa, Android Developer at Kik Interactive, Inc.
12:15- Teresa Lee, Employer Relations Consultant at Conestoga College – @ConestogaC
Samantha Clark, Bachelor of Public Relations student and Media Relations Associate (co-op placement) at Communitech.
12:30- Rocco Fondacaro, Director of student and faculty relations, University of Waterloo Co-op Education Department – @UWaterloo
Brooke Bondy who is studying speech communication, arts and business, and human resources management at University of Waterloo. Bondy has had co-op positions at Desire2Learn in Kitchener.
12:45- Amy Wolf, Co-op Coordinator at Wilfrid Laurier University – @LaurierNews
Jourdan Bousfield who completed a work term at Formulating Change (ChangeIt) and is currently on work term at Canadian Tire Innovation space at the Hub.
Henry Goddard, a WLU student who has had co-op terms at Axonify and Desire2Learn
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