Viet Vu
BA: Major in Economics (Honours), 2016 Where did Viet work? Work Term 1: Research Assistant, Vancouver School of Economics Work Term 2 and 3 (8 Months): Strategy Analyst, UBC IT What were Viet’s responsibilities? Vancouver School of Economics To assist in a microeconomics research project, Viet developed an online auction simulation that simulated the […]
Bashara Hussain
UBC Arts Co-op Student Awarded Top University Co-op Student in BC/Yukon Bashara Hussain honoured for exceptional contributions to BC Ministry of Jobs, Trade and Technology UBC Arts Co-op student Bashara Hussain has been recognized as the 2019 University Co-op Student of the Year by the Association for Co-operative Education and Work-Integrated Learning in BC/Yukon (ACE-WIL), […]
Ayan Aman
BA: Major in Geography and Minor in International Relations Where did Ayan work? Work Term 1 and 2 (8 months): Research and Knowledge Mobilization, Canadian International Resources and Development Institute (CIRDI) What did Ayan accomplish? Main Tasks Ayan has been working on a few main projects during his work term with CIRDI. The first is […]
Prerna Dugar
BA: Major in Economics and Minor in International Relations Where did Prerna work? Work Term 1 and 2 (8 months): Business Programs Assistant | Ministry of Jobs, Economic Development and Competitiveness What did Prerna accomplish? Main Tasks During her first 4 months, Prerna worked in the Stakeholder Division, supporting the Executive Director of Stakeholder Engagement […]
Maddy Stewart
BA: Major in Geography Where did Maddy work? Work Term 1 and 2 (8 months): Student Initiatives Engagement Co-op Student | UBC Centre for Community Engaged Learning (CCEL) What did Maddy accomplish? Main Tasks At CCEL, Maddy’s main tasks were based on communicating with students at the Centre, including promoting events and workshops, and coordinating […]
Deborah Komkov
BA: Socio-Cultural Anthropology Where did Deborah work? Work Term 1 and 2 (8 months): Research Assistant, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNA) What did Deborah accomplish? Main Tasks Deborah gathered and organized evidence to support Indigenous litigation at CIRNA. Many of her projects included analyzing historical documents such as colonial correspondence. Additionally, she researched […]
Pavlina Pajot
Background In Fall 2020, Pavlina—who was then a UBC English PhD candidate and PhD Co-op student—completed a paid work term with the UBC Knowledge Exchange (KX) Unit. In her role as a Training Development Assistant, she developed the foundations of a self-paced training module on using social media as a tool for the two-way exchange […]