Success depends upon the co-operative efforts of each party.
Students graduating from post-secondary programs are now facing profound social, technological and economic change. Through Co-operative Education, employers and educators share the responsibility to prepare students for these rapidly changing conditions. The employer becomes a co-educator helping to develop today s students become productive members of society. While the goal is to develop high calibre, well trained graduates ready to assume productive careers in a dynamic and demanding work market, all parties benefit. For the majority of placements, the student becomes an employee of the employing organization and is expected to be treated as any other temporary employee regarding benefits and other employment requirements as defined by the Employment Standards Act or a Collective Agreement.