Maryn Wallace
BA 2006: Major Sociology When Arts Co-op alumna, Maryn Wallace entered the program in 2003 she never thought it would lead to a career working for her Alma Mater, but when she heard about an opportunity with the UBC Development Office through an Arts Co-op Alumni email she couldn’t resist. Wallace’s education in Sociology and […]
Ryley Humphry
BA 2014: Major Sociology, Minor Health and Society Where did Ryley work? Work Term 1 (8 months): Special and Annual Giving Assistant, Union Gospel Mission (UGM) Work Term 2 (4 months): Community & Special Events Assistant, BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre What did Ryley accomplish? Union Gospel Mission Ryley works in a department responsible […]
Vicki Yan
BA 2008: Psychology Vicki Yan sees her career path as an ongoing, evolving concept. Typically, Yan says, students will “spend at least the next 30 years or so in their career. I like to think of these 30 years as a journey for me to continuously discover my potential.” As a person who has always […]
Stephen Ullstrom
BA 2012: Double Major Creative Writing, Political Science Where did Stephen work? Work Term 1 (4 months): Summer Teen Program Assistant, Burnaby Association for Community Inclusion (BACI) Work Term 2 (12 months part time): Journal Assistant, Canadian Literature Work Term 3 (4 months): Production Assistant, UBC Press Work Term 4 (8 months): Production and Editorial […]
Ashwini Canagaratnam
2018 Undergraduate Co-op Student of the Year, Honourable Mention Each year, the Arts Co-op Program recognizes an undergraduate co-op student for outstanding achievement in all aspects of the student’s performance, including academics, the workplace, and professional/community involvement. This year’s honourable mention, Ashwini Canagaratnam, was recognized for her work term with TRIUMF. “To say Ashwini went […]
Zoe Mitchell
Master of Library and Information Studies What were Zoe’s major responsibilities? While Zoe had many responsibilities, her main task was completing an “archives overhaul project,” in which she assessed each archival box. She also worked on rehousing materials in archival quality material if necessary, removing what did not belong and reorganizing the archival boxes to […]
Aaron Tong
BA: Double Major in Human Geography and Visual Arts Where did Aaron work? Work Term 1: Collections Assistant, Nikkei National Museum What were Aaron’s main responsibilities? Aaron’s work as a Collections Assistant allowed him to become an integral part of the archives team at the Nikkei National Museum. His main responsibilities were constructing the […]
Rhiannon Wallace
2018/19 iSchool MLIS Co-op Student of the Year Excellence in the Workplace During her term as a Children’s Programmer at the Invermere Public Library (IPL), Rhiannon planned and co-facilitated IPL’s 2019 Summer Reading Club (SRC), as well as developed, prepared and implemented weekly family story times, worked at the circulation desk to assist patrons, and […]
Nicole Mulder
2018/19 iSchool MAS Co-op Student of the Year Excellence in the Workplace During her term as a Collections Management Assistant at Murney Tower Museum (MTM), Nicole was actively involved in finding ways to make the museum’s collection more accessible and readily available. Her primary responsibility was to begin migrating the paper-based collection system to a […]
Stephanie Marston
2018/19 Honourable Mention iSchool MLIS Co-op Student of the Year Excellence in the Workplace During her term as a Youth Services Librarian at the North Memorial Branch of the Halifax Public Libraries (HPL), Stephanie’s responsibilities included planning and delivering youth programs as well as providing customers with technological assistance. Additionally, Stephanie was the spokesperson for […]