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As a co-op student at Laurier, I will be accountable, treat people with dignity, and act with integrity. I recognize the importance of conducting myself professionally and ethically during the job search process and in the workplace.
Job Applications
I will:
Interviews and Selection Process
I will:
Work Terms
I will:
Failing to Comply with Conditions
I understand:
The section below outlines the process for submitting a petition to request an exception to co-op requirements.
You may request an exception due to illness or a medical condition.
If you contravene co-op requirements and regulations, we will require you to submit a petition to explain your circumstances and help us decide whether you are eligible to remain in co-op.
Notes:
Please review the co-op admission conditions for your program carefully.
You may initiate a request for an exception to co-op requirements or regulations through the petitions process outlined below.
If your request is due to illness or a medical condition, we will ask you to provide supporting documents.
If you contravene co-op requirements and regulations, we will review your eligibility to remain in the program. We will require you to submit a petition to explain your circumstances, unless you wish to withdraw from co-op.
This is the formal process for a) considering student requests for exceptions to co-op requirements or regulations and b) investigating contravention of co-op requirements:
Note: The petitions process outlined above is for exceptions to co-op requirements and regulations. You will find the process for investigating cases of academic misconduct outlined in the Student Code of Conduct: Academic Misconduct.
By accepting admission to co-op, you agree to meet the conditions of admission. Please review the admission conditions for your program.
You must be eligible to work in Canada.
If you are at Laurier on a study permit, you are responsible for obtaining a co-op work permit and for ensuring that your visa documents, including passport and entry, study and work permits, remain valid for the duration of your co-op program.
Note: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada takes at least four months to process applications for work permits. Please apply, or re-apply, for a work permit, as early as possible.
To be eligible to apply to co-op job postings, you must:
If you reside outside Canada in the study term before your work term, there is no guarantee that you will be allowed into the country before first work term. For this reason, please identify where you are located when applying to co-op job postings and during interviews:
Taking a term off can have a negative impact on the status of your Canadian study and work permit.
You are required to do the following:
While you reside in your home country you may ask the Co-op Office for permission to work for an employer in your home country.
Your country may restrict admittance to citizens who have worked in certain industries related to cannabis or liquor or other substances. It is your responsibility to check into the restrictions in your country and to seek legal advice if applicable.
If you wish to take a leave of absence, you must seek approval from both the Co-op Office and your academic department. We normally approve leaves of one full year for co-op students. This allows you to return at the same point in your sequence of academic and work terms. On your return to campus after your LOA, you must honour any commitments you had made to an employer.
Screening Requirements
Health Requirements
Code of Conduct
Discretion and Confidentiality
Conflict of Interest
Withdrawing from Co-op
Waiver of Intellectual Property Rights
Overall Conditions
Accepting Admission
Declining Admission
By declining admission online, you understand that you will not be admitted to co-op.
You must be eligible to work in Canada.
If you are at Laurier on a study permit, you are responsible for obtaining a co-op work permit and for ensuring that your visa documents, including passport and entry, study and work permits, remain valid for the duration of your co-op program.
Note: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada takes at least four months to process applications for work permits. Please apply, or re-apply, for a work permit, as early as possible.
To be eligible to apply to co-op job postings, you must:
Taking a term off can have a negative impact on the status of your Canadian study and work permit.
You are required to do the following:
Work Term Requirements
While you reside in your home country you may ask the Co-op Office for permission to work for an employer in your home country.
Restricted Industries
Your country may restrict admittance to citizens who have worked in certain industries related to cannabis or liquor or other substances. It is your responsibility to check into the restrictions in your country and to seek legal advice if applicable.
You must meet all academic requirements of your honours program(s) as specified in Laurier’s undergraduate calendar (and in the University of Waterloo’s undergraduate calendar if you are enrolled in a double-degree program at both schools).
The only entry point for co-op is at the beginning of the fall term in Year 2. If you have withdrawn or have been removed from a double degree program and you register in the BBA program at Laurier, you may not continue in co-op, or graduate with the co-op designation, unless you are successful in the competitive co-op admission process at the beginning of second year, as outlined in the applicable Co-operative Education section of the calendar. If you have completed at least one work term and you transfer to a single degree program other than the BBA program, you need to consult with the Co-op Office about your eligibility to continue in co-op.
If you wish to take a leave of absence, you must seek approval from both the Co-op Office and your academic department. We normally approve leaves of one full year for co-op students. This allows you to return at the same point in your sequence of academic and work terms. On your return to campus after your LOA, you must honour any commitments you had made to an employer.
Exception for transfer students:
If you are enrolled in Sequence Two and fail to meet requirements for progression to third year by the end of April, we will allow you to remain in co-op only if you meet the following conditions:
You agree not to reveal the names or identifying information of co-op employers, employees or their business, clients, customers and suppliers in discussion or in writing with anyone other than Laurier's co-op staff members without specific permission from the employer.
You will not disclose any confidential or sensitive information about co-op employers to anyone.
Withdrawing from Co-op
Waiver of Intellectual Property Rights
Acknowledgement and Assumption of Risk
Overall Conditions
If you do not understand all the terms of participation, please ask a co-op consultant to clarify before accepting admission to co-op online through Navigator.
The co-op website contains the most current, official version of this admission agreement.
By accepting admission, you confirm that you have read the conditions of admission to co-op, understand them and agree to meet the conditions.
You must be eligible to work in Canada.
If you are at Laurier on a study permit, you are responsible for obtaining a co-op work permit and for ensuring that your visa documents, including passport and entry, study and work permits, remain valid for the duration of your co-op program.
Note: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada takes at least four months to process applications for work permits. Please apply, or re-apply, for a work permit, as early as possible.
Co-op Job Posting Eligibility
To be eligible to apply to co-op job postings, you must:
If you reside outside Canada in the study term before your work term, there is no guarantee that you will be allowed into the country before first work term. For this reason, please identify where you are located when applying to co-op job postings and during interviews:
Taking a term off can have a negative impact on the status of your Canadian study and work permit.
You are required to do the following:
Work Term Requirements
Working While Abroad
While you reside in your home country you may ask the Co-op Office for permission to work for an employer in your home country.
Restricted Industries
Your country may restrict admittance to citizens who have worked in certain industries related to cannabis or liquor or other substances. It is your responsibility to check into the restrictions in your country and to seek legal advice if applicable.
Meeting Academic Requirements
You must meet all academic requirements of your honours program(s) as specified in Laurier’s undergraduate calendar
You must meet all requirements of the Co-op Office, as outlined on this page.
Leave of Absence
If you wish to take a leave of absence, you must seek approval from both the Co-op Office and your academic department. We normally approve leaves of one full year for co-op students. This allows you to return at the same point in your sequence of academic and work terms. On your return to campus after your LOA, you must honour any commitments you had made to an employer.
Record of Marks
Exception for transfer students:
Exchanges
Scholarships and OSAP
Courses During Work Terms
Graduate Recruiting
Participation
Academic Credit
Communication
Release of Identity and Personal Information
Approved Positions
Participating in the Co-op Recruiting Process
Independent Job Search
Applications
Job Postings
Employers
Interviews
Screening Requirements
Health Requirements
Rank/Match Process (Employer Ranking Process)
Job Offers
Intentions
Honouring Commitment
Salary
For Students with a Disability
Length and Hours of Work Term
Vacation
Housing
Work Term Reports
Performance Evaluation Forms
Performance
Liability
Conditions
Varying or Deferring Work Terms
Code of Conduct
Discretion and Confidentiality
Conflict of Interest
Withdrawing from Co-op
Waiver of Intellectual Property Rights
Acknowledgement and Assumption of Risk
Overall Conditions
If you do not understand all the terms of participation, please ask a co-op consultant to clarify before accepting admission to co-op online through Navigator.
The co-op website contains the most current, official version of this admission agreement.
Accepting Admission
By accepting admission, you confirm that you have read the conditions of admission to co-op, understand them and agree to meet the conditions.
Declining Admission
By declining admission, you understand that you will not be admitted to co-op.
By accepting admission into a graduate co-op program (Master of Arts in Business Administration, Master of Applied Computing, Master of Arts in Communication Studies, Master of Business Administration or Master of Finance) at Wilfrid Laurier University, you agree to meet the following conditions.
Exception: If you have accepted an approved work term position before failing courses, the Co-op Office expects you to honour your commitment to the employer. Your status, however, will be under review until your academic department has determined whether you may continue.
MFin Students:
Screening Requirements
Health Requirements
Rank/Match Process (Employer Ranking Process)
Code of Conduct
Discretion and Confidentiality
Conflict of Interest
Waiver of Intellectual Property Rights
Acknowledgement and Assumption of Risk
Overall Conditions
If you do not understand all the terms of participation, please ask a co-op consultant to clarify before accepting admission to co-op online through Navigator.
The co-op website contains the most current, official version of this admission agreement.
You must be eligible to work in Canada.
If you are at Laurier on a study permit, you are responsible for obtaining a co-op work permit and for ensuring that your visa documents, including passport and entry, study and work permits, remain valid for the duration of your co-op program.
Note: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada takes at least four months to process applications for work permits. Please apply, or re-apply, for a work permit, as early as possible.
To be eligible to apply to co-op job postings, you must:
If you reside outside Canada in the study term before your work term, there is no guarantee that you will be allowed into the country before first work term. For this reason, please identify where you are located when applying to co-op job postings and during interviews:
Taking a term off can have a negative impact on the status of your Canadian study and work permit.
You are required to do the following:
While you reside in your home country you may ask the Co-op Office for permission to work for an employer in your home country.
Your country may restrict admittance to citizens who have worked in certain industries related to cannabis or liquor or other substances. It is your responsibility to check into the restrictions in your country and to seek legal advice if applicable.
If you wish to take a leave of absence, you must seek approval from both the Co-op Office and your academic department. We normally approve leaves of one full year for co-op students. This allows you to return at the same point in your sequence of academic and work terms. On your return to campus after your LOA, you must honour any commitments you had made to an employer.
Varying or Deferring Work Terms
Code of Conduct
Discretion and Confidentiality
Conflict of Interest
Withdrawing from Co-op
Waiver of Intellectual Property Rights
Acknowledgement and Assumption of Risk
Overall Conditions
If you do not understand all the terms of participation, please ask a co-op consultant to clarify before accepting admission to co-op online through Navigator.
The co-op website contains the most current, official version of this admission agreement.
Accepting Admission
By accepting admission, you confirm that you have read the conditions of admission to co-op, understand them and agree to meet the conditions.
Declining Admission
By declining admission, you understand that you will not be admitted to co-op.
Contact Us:
Waterloo Campus
E:
coopadmissions@wlu.ca
T:
519.884.0710 x4484
F:
519.884.8829
Office Location: 192 King Street North
Office Hours:
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday.
Brantford Campus
E:
coopadmissions@wlu.ca
T:
519.756.8228 x5844
Office Location: One Market - OM206