Yvette Rancourt
Master of Archival Studies and Library and Information Studies What were Yvette’s main responsibilities? Yvette ran the Bamfield Marine Science Centre library by herself, and so her position involved an array of library duties—circulation, collection development, and cataloguing—as well as responsibilities related to the centre’s research and learning activities, including instructing classes on databases and […]
Crystal Ngai
BA: Major in English Language, 2014 Where Did Crystal Work? Work Term 1-3 (12 Months): Support Analyst, UBC IT Work Term 4 and 5 (8 Months): Information Developer, SAP What Were Crystal’s Responsibilities? UBC IT Crystal started her co-op journey as a Support Analyst at UBC IT, where she resolved technical issues for staff […]
Namomba Shaputu
BA: Major in Economics, Minor in Commerce Where Did Namomba Work? Work Term 1 and 2 (8 Months): Community Leader Intern, Vancity Work Term 3 (4 Months): Community Engagement Initiatives Co-op, UBC Centre for Community Engaged Learning (CCEL) What Did Namomba Accomplish? Vancity Namomba designed a membership onboarding strategy, complete with a digital welcome kit […]
John Bae
BA: Major in Economics, Minor in Commerce Where did John work? Work Term 1 and 2: Sales Development Representative, Bench Accounting Work Term 3: Account Executive, Bench Accounting What were John’s main responsibilities? During his 12 months as a Co-op student at Bench Accounting, a tech-start up that performs bookkeeping for small businesses, John advanced […]
Ruby Yuen
2018/19 Honourable Mention iSchool MAS Co-op Student of the Year Excellence in the Workplace During her term as a Records Management Intern at Deloitte, Ruby mainly worked on the transition to paper-lite business operations by preparing paper audit records for future dispositions. This responsibility required the digitization of records, identifying records for disposition, and finally […]
Emily McIntyre
BA: Major in English, Minor in Environmental and Society Where did Emily work? Work Term 2 (4 months): Digital Content Writer for Arrive (RBC Ventures) What did Emily accomplish? Main Tasks Emily’s main task is writing articles for the Arrive website, which is a platform that helps newcomers access information and assistance when transitioning to […]
Devon Hayley Farrell
2019/20 Honourable Mention iSchool MAS Co-op Student of the Year Excellence in the Workplace As Data and Document Management Intern at Cornerstone Planning Group, Devon’s main project was to create a corporate archive that could house the firm’s project files dating back to 1974. Among other tasks, this involved making recommendations for digitizing and deaccessioning […]
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 […]