What is WIL?
Work-integrated learning is a form of curricular experiential education that formally integrates a student’s academic studies with quality experiences within a workplace or practice setting. WIL experiences include an engaged partnership of at least: an academic institution, a host organization, and a student. WIL can occur at the course or program level and includes the development of student learning objectives and outcomes related to: employability, personal agency, knowledge and skill mobility and life-long learning. To learn more about the various types of WIL click here.
CEWIL Canada's WIL Practitioner Certification Program
Our CEWIL WIL Practitioner training modules are open for registration for Summer 2024. All three courses will begin on May 1st with an expected end date of July 31st, 2024.
Module #1: Foundations of Work-Integrated Learning
Module #2: Student Engagement in Work-Integrated Learning
Module #3: Employer and Community Partner Engagement in Work-Integrated Learning
This nationally developed training program offers common curriculum to practitioners across institutions and types of work-integrated learning, to enhance understanding of WIL and consistently deliver high quality WIL programming. If you are looking to improve your practice, gain insight into better supporting your students and external stakeholders, and be recognized by CEWIL Canada as a certified practitioner in work-integrated learning, then this program is for you!
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Faculty Toolkits
CEWIL Canada is pleased to introduce the Faculty Toolkits designed to assist with the onboarding and support of work-integrated learning community:
- Community Industry Research Project (CIRP) Toolkit - Download
- Community Service Learning (CSL) Toolkit - Download
- Entrepreneurship Work-Integrated Learning Toolkit - Download
- Field Placements Toolkit - Download
E-Book on WIL
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IJWIL Special Canadian Edition
- CEWIL is proud to have sponsored a Canadian Special Issue of the International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning (IJWIL) focusing on the research and practice of WIL in Canada which was released in the summer of 2021.
- CEWIL Canada alongside University of Waterloo’s Work-Learn Institute were pleased to sponsor the publication of “The practice and research of cooperative education and work-integrated learning in the Canadian context”. Lead Editors, Dr. Judene Pretti and Dr. Ashley Stirling, were instrumental in the development, creation, and dissemination of this special edition.
- As the leader of quality WIL in Canada, CEWIL prides itself on using research-based evidence to inform its accreditation, quality standards, and best practices. Through many of the works presented in the Canadian special edition, we are pleased to see Canada continue to take its place as an innovator and leader in the field of WIL globally. Congratulations to all the authors who contributed to the work.
- Please click here to view the issue.
Co-operative Education Recruiting Ethics
The successful recruitment of co-operative education students depends upon the collective activities of three parties: the interested employer, the co-op student, and the associated educational institution. All participants must adhere to Provincial and Federal legislation in their recruitment and employment practices. However, CEWIL (formerly the Canadian Association for Co-operative Education) supports additional guidelines concerning recruiting ethics that support the development of a mutually beneficial and fair process for all concerned.
- Inform students, employers, and other interested parties of institutional policies and procedures.
- Provide equal services to all students and employers.
- Accommodate employers' reasonable requests for job postings, interview space, and presentation facilities.
- Provide students with accurate information on all recruiting employers.
- Notify the employer of any hiring limitations prior to them conducting interviews.
- Notify employers of any students who, after being hired, are not academically eligible to continue in their program.
Download a complete copy of Recruiting Ethics - Employer, Student, Institution.
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