Work experience helps prep students for their chosen careers, and the provincial government has given an infusion of cash to Kwantlen Polytechnic University to help make such placements possible.

91原创 MLAs Andrew Mercier and Megan Dykeman confirmed KPU is receiving $125,000 in support of more co-op and work-integrated learning (WIL) opportunities.

It鈥檚 part of a $5.5 million one-time funding announcement made Friday, that will see the co-op and WIL programs expanded at 25 public, post-secondary institutions (and a total of 46 projects) in B.C.

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鈥淏y providing students with hands-on learning opportunities during their degrees, we strengthen our workforce. Co-op and work-integrated learning placements ensure that we are setting students up for success as they exit post-secondary and enter the workforce, whether it be in environmental protection technology, human resources, or a variety of other programs across the province. The sky is the limit,鈥� said Mercier, MLA for 91原创.

KPU will receive $124,681 to support multiple programs with the museum and non-profit sector startup in partnership with the Greater 91原创 Chamber of Commerce, the Township of 91原创, Kwantlen First Nation, as well as a few other partners creating placements for students in the non-profit and cultural sectors.

鈥淥ur government knows it is important to provide students with work experience that they can take back to their communities, and it鈥檚 great to see that the programs we are supporting at Kwantlen have such a strong local lens,鈥� said Dykeman, MLA for 91原创 East.

鈥淭hese work placements are going to benefit students and employers here in 91原创 and across British Columbia,鈥� she added.

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This one-time funding will expand co-op and work-integrated learning programs focussed on placements in sectors impacted by the pandemic. B.C. wide, it鈥檚 expected to create up to 3,000 new co-op and work-integrated learning placements for students.

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