August Meyer
BA: Major in Human Geography, Minor in Law & Society Where did August work? Work Term 1 and 2 (8 months): Special Events Assistant, Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) What did August accomplish? Main Tasks In his role, August focused on the Daffodil Ball, which is the Canadian Cancer Society’s signature fundraising event, based around an […]
Rishabh Gunvante
BA: Double Major in International Relations & History Where did Rishabh work? Work Term 1 and 2 (8 months): Development Assistant | Union Gospel Mission (UGM) What did Rishabh accomplish? Main Tasks As a Development Assistant, one of Rishabh’s major responsibilities was to enhance relationships with donors, which was done by devising a stewardship matrix […]
Jiejun Wu
BA: Double Major in English Literature and Creative Writing Where did Jiejun work? Work Term 1: Production Assistant, Arts Umbrella Work Term 2: Associate Producer, Theatre Replacement What did Jiejun accomplish? Arts Umbrella Main Tasks In her role as a Production Assistant with Arts Umbrella, Jiejun worked backstage as a stagehand, assisting with set moves, […]
Vanessa Kim
2020 Undergraduate Arts Co-op Student of the Year Excellence in the Workplace During her term as Community Worker at Dixon Transition Society, Vanessa worked alongside the Communications & Development Coordinator by conducting social media campaigns to raise awareness about domestic violence, developing the 2019/20 Annual Report, and soliciting donations from approximately 200 businesses for fundraising […]
Grace Chen
2019/20 iSchool MLIS Co-op Student of the Year Excellence in the Workplace During her time as Library Technician at the Royal British Columbia Museum, Grace’s primary duty was to design and single-handedly manage the Archives Library Barcoding Project, a volunteer program that facilitated the barcoding of the museum’s collections, which carries over 100,000 titles. As […]
Henry John
Background In early 2020, Henry—a UBC History PhD candidate and PhD Co-op student—began his first full-time paid work term with the Kaatza Station Museum and Archives in Lake Cowichican, Vancouver Island, on unceded Ditidaht, Ts’uubaa-asatx, and Quw’utsun territories. Posed with the initial task of archiving a 300-box collection of records from the International Woodworkers Association […]
Patrick van den Brink
BA: Major in Geography, Minor in Education Where did Patrick work? Work Term 1 (4 months): Community Relations Associate, BC Lions Football Club Work Term 2 (4 months): Co-op Student, BC Corporate Services for the Natural Resource Ministries Work Term 3 (8 months): Strategy and Engagement Student, Department of Fisheries and Oceans – Fish and […]