Julie is the Founding Director of the UBC Arts Co-op Program, and has worked in the field of co-operative education since 1997 when she piloted a co-op program in the English Department. During 2008/09 she completed a secondment with the UBC Go Global International Learning Programs Office, creating a Student Safety Abroad policy and resources for UBC, and resources for faculty members leading Group Study Programs Abroad. In her current role she oversees the Arts Co-op Program, the Compass Arts Student Engagement Hub, and Student Engagement programming in Arts, and facilitates the Arts Career Design Studio and other career programming for Arts students. She also leads the Arts Practical Learning team, supporting faculty members to bring practical and career learning into the classroom.

Julie has served as Co-Director of the Canada Japan Co-op Program, is past chair of the BC Work Integrated Learning Council, and Past President of CEWIL Canada and ACE WIL BC/Yukon. A graduate from UBC’s B.A. and M.A. programs in English, Julie taught in the English department from 1993-97 and co-edited Landmarks: A Process Reader for Canadian Writers. She is also a certified Designing Your Life coach.

“Applying Principles of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Access in Work-integrated Learning.’ Goldman, Djulus, Lowes, Henville, Gillies, Soikie, Koffi, Shah, and Walchli. International Handbook of Work Integrated Learning, 3^rd Edition forthcoming 2022. World Association for Co-operative and Work Integrated Education. Eds. Dr Karsten Zegwaard, University of Waikato, New Zealand and Judene Pretti, University of Waterloo, Canada

“Making it Work: Piloting Co-operative Education for English PhD Students at UBC.” Elizabeth Hodgson, Tiffany Potter, and Julie Walchli. English Studies in Canada, 39.4, December 2013: 9-12.

“Co-operative Education and Student Recruitment, Engagement and Success: Early Findings from a Multi-Institutional Study in British Columbia.” ACE WIL BC Research Committee, Julie Walchli, Chair. Co-operative Education and Internships Association Journal, Fall 2012. (Article received the Dr. Graham Branton Award for Research Excellence from the Canadian Association for Co-operative Education).

• CEWIL Canada’s Service Award
• UBC President’s Service Award for Staff Excellence
• Association for Co-operative Education in BC/Yukon award for outstanding contributions to the Association