Employers

When you host a co-op student, you provide something a classroom alone cannot: the opportunity to learn alongside professionals in an authentic workplace. Through mentorship, observation and meaningful participation, students develop workplace skills, explore potential career pathways and gain greater clarity about their futures. In return, BSS students bring curiosity, enthusiasm, fresh perspectives and a genuine desire to learn.

Hosting a BSS co-op student benefits employers in a variety of ways. Supervisors tell us students bring a fresh perspective, sparking new ideas and helping staff see customers and trends differently. Our students show a growth mindset: eager to learn, receptive to feedback and quick to take initiative. They also help tackle those valuable projects that often get put on hold, like digitizing files, creating or improving organizational systems, and supporting social media content creation. Many hosts say these contributions accelerate small (but important) projects and add energy to the workplace. 

Co-op placements run from November to May, with students typically onsite two to three times per week for three hours per day, aligning with our eight-day rolling timetable. Students must be aable to travel to the workplace within 45 minutes by public transit. 

We also understand that a longer-term placement may not work for everyone. That’s why we welcome shorter-term placements, where students split their time between two different organizations. 

In-person placements are ideal; however, they can also be hybrid depending on what best suits your workplace.