????凱蒂?費(fèi)多森科是另一個(gè)例子,。凱蒂于2011年畢業(yè)，獲得了英屬哥倫比亞大學(xué)的英語(yǔ)文學(xué)學(xué)士學(xué)位,。凱蒂參加產(chǎn)學(xué)合作教育課程,，是為了探索英語(yǔ)文學(xué)畢業(yè)生的職業(yè)選擇機(jī)會(huì),。她首先為當(dāng)?shù)胤菭I(yíng)利性組織英屬哥倫比亞肺臟協(xié)會(huì)組織大型募資活動(dòng)，主動(dòng)學(xué)習(xí)新的計(jì)算機(jī)設(shè)計(jì)課程,。在此經(jīng)驗(yàn)基礎(chǔ)上,，她獲得了另一份產(chǎn)學(xué)合作工作，擔(dān)任英屬哥倫比亞大學(xué)最大的學(xué)院藝術(shù)學(xué)院聯(lián)絡(luò)處的網(wǎng)絡(luò)聯(lián)絡(luò)員,。她具備了撰寫在線文章、簡(jiǎn)介和社交媒體宣傳文章的經(jīng)驗(yàn),，畢業(yè)后迅速獲得了工作機(jī)會(huì)——在加拿大最大的礦業(yè)公司Tech Resources企業(yè)事務(wù)部擔(dān)任公關(guān)協(xié)調(diào)員,。凱蒂的工作學(xué)期發(fā)揮了至關(guān)重要的作用,，使她比其他英語(yǔ)文學(xué)專業(yè)畢業(yè)生更加優(yōu)秀,，也為她畢業(yè)后找到工作建立了人脈關(guān)系。
????滑鐵盧大學(xué)的產(chǎn)學(xué)合作教育課程去年提供了1.9萬(wàn)多個(gè)實(shí)習(xí)崗位,，是加拿大規(guī)模最大,、也是歷史最悠久的產(chǎn)學(xué)合作教育課程,，但是還有許多大學(xué)也開(kāi)設(shè)產(chǎn)學(xué)合作教育課程。加拿大強(qiáng)大的產(chǎn)學(xué)合作教育生態(tài)系統(tǒng)可部分歸功于一個(gè)事實(shí),，即加拿大是世界上唯一一個(gè)擁有國(guó)家產(chǎn)學(xué)合作教育課程認(rèn)可體系的國(guó)家,。該體系由加拿大產(chǎn)學(xué)合作教育協(xié)會(huì)負(fù)責(zé)管理。這使得加拿大能在全國(guó)各地持續(xù)開(kāi)發(fā)優(yōu)質(zhì)課程,。
????通過(guò)幫助企業(yè)聘用上進(jìn)心強(qiáng)且聰明的產(chǎn)學(xué)合作教育學(xué)生來(lái)支持企業(yè)創(chuàng)新,，產(chǎn)學(xué)合作教育課程不僅能夠助推企業(yè)走向成功，也能夠?yàn)槠淙瞬盘蓐?duì)提供永久性員工,。加拿大最大的金融機(jī)構(gòu)之一加拿大皇家銀行總裁兼CEO大衛(wèi)?麥凱伊表示,，“產(chǎn)學(xué)合作教育已經(jīng)成為一種久經(jīng)考驗(yàn)的方法，它能夠培養(yǎng)學(xué)生適應(yīng)迅速變化和充滿復(fù)雜挑戰(zhàn)的社會(huì),。這是創(chuàng)新經(jīng)濟(jì)的關(guān)鍵因素,。”麥凱伊重點(diǎn)強(qiáng)調(diào),，通過(guò)為來(lái)自不同背景、不具備“有時(shí)獲得第一份工作需要的文化和家庭關(guān)系”的學(xué)生提供“通往就業(yè)大門”的機(jī)會(huì),，產(chǎn)學(xué)合作教育課程還充當(dāng)著“社會(huì)平衡者”的角色。
????隨著加拿大大學(xué)繼續(xù)創(chuàng)新和探索與當(dāng)?shù)?、?guó)家和國(guó)際組織合作的方式，產(chǎn)學(xué)合作教育有可能在聯(lián)系課堂和實(shí)際工作,、培養(yǎng)迎接21世紀(jì)復(fù)雜挑戰(zhàn)的下一代大學(xué)畢業(yè)生方面發(fā)揮更大的作用,?；蛟S，其他國(guó)家可以從加拿大產(chǎn)學(xué)合作教育的教學(xué)和商業(yè)效益中吸取經(jīng)驗(yàn),，嘗試開(kāi)發(fā)類似的課程。（財(cái)富中文網(wǎng)） |
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????Or take the story of Katie Fedosenko, who graduated in 2011 with her Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from UBC. Katie came into the co-op program wanting to explore career options for an English Literature graduate. She started co-op organizing major fundraising events for a large, local non-profit, the BC Lung Association, taking initiative to learn new computer design programs. With this experience, she secured another co-op job as a web communicator in the Communications Office at the University of BC’s largest faculty, Arts. With experience writing online articles, profiles, and social media outreach, Katie secured a job shortly after graduation as Communications Coordinator in the Corporate Affairs department of Tech Resources, Canada’s largest mining company.Katie’s co-op work terms were pivotal in helping her distinguish herself from other English Literature graduates, and make connections that led to work after graduation.
????The University of Waterloo’s co-op program, with over 19,000 placements last year, is the largest and oldest in Canada, but many other universities and colleges offer co-op programs too. Canada’s strong ecosystem of co-op programs stems in part from the fact that we are the only country in the world with a national accreditation system for co-op programs, run by the Canadian Association for Co-operative Education. This has helped Canada grow consistently high quality programs in virtually every region of the country.
????Co-op programs help businesses succeed by giving them a way to hire highly motivated, smart co-op students to support business innovation, and then feed their talent pipelines for permanent hires. David McKay, President and CEO of one the Royal Bank of Canada, one of Canada’s largest financial institutions, says that “co-op education has become a proven way to prepare students for a world in which change is accelerating and challenges are growing ever more complex. They’re essential to our creative and disruptive economy”. And McKay makes the important point that co-op programs can also act as a “social leveler” by giving students from diverse backgrounds who may not have “the cultural and family ties that sometimes lead ot the first job” a chance to “get their foot through the employment door”.
????As Canadian universities continue to innovate and seek ways to work in partnership with local, national, and international organizations, co-operative education has the potential to play an even greater role in bridging the classroom and the work world, preparing the next generation of university graduates to take on the complex challenges of the 21st century. Perhaps other countries can learn from the educational and business benefits of co-operative education here in Canada and look to develop similar programs themselves. |
