Post-secondary school work placements go virtual
Post-secondary school work placements go virtual
Online job placements and co-op programs have opened up opportunities for students to work internationally By Julia Mastroianni
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When the news of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown broke in March post-secondary school students relying on co-op and work placements to graduate were left scrambling.
Derek Stockley, principal of Humber College’s Lakeshore Campus and dean of the faculty of social and community services: “Suddenly, we had up to 4,000 students who were in a placement who no longer were, and still needed it to meet learning outcomes in order to graduate.”