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Experiential and work integrated learning (2019-2022)

Ontario Tech University has a long history of offering experiential and work-integrated learning to its students. These activities enrich student learning while preparing them for their future careers. For the organizations who hire them, it is a valuable and effective way to access the fresh thinking, skills and capabilities that students offer while also building a network of future employees.

Experiential learning includes:

  • Paid co-ops and internships (4-16 month)
  • Practicum and clinical placements
  • Capstone projects
  • Industry or community agency-sponsored research projects
  • Teaching and research assistantships
  • Entrepreneurship programs
  • International placements
  • Work-study opportunities

Between 2019-2022, over 8400 students participated in experiential learning opportunities with over 1000 organizations across a variety of dynamic sectors—healthcare, manufacturing, information technology, energy, education, professional and technical services and public administration.

Ontario Tech University—opening doors for students:

  •   Ontario Tech students secure jobs within two years of graduation
  •   Graduates share that the skills developed while at Ontario Tech were closely related to their employment
  •   As a result, Ontario Tech graduates report that their program of study was related to their employment

Academic programs with experiential learning opportunities:

All programs
  • Communication and Digital Media Studies
  • Criminology and Justice
  • Forensic Psychology
  • Legal Studies
  • Liberal Studies
  • Political Science
  • Psychology

Experiential learning opportunities

  • Paid co-ops and internships
  • Practicum 
  • Industry or community agency-sponsored research projects
  • Teaching and research assistantships
  • Entrepreneurship programs
  • International placements
  • Work-study opportunities
Students engaged in work integrated learning
Partners

Select partners

  • AIDS Committee of Durham Region
  • Back Door Mission
  • Bayfield Treatment Centres
  • Big Brother and Sisters of Clarington
  • Boys and Girls Club of Durham Region
  • Canadian Municipal Network on Crime Prevention
  • Child Development Institute
  • Community Justice Alternatives of Durham Region
  • COPE Mental Health Services
  • Crown Attorney
  • Durham Regional Policy Service
  • Invest Durham/Regional Municipality of Durham
  • John Howard Society
  • Ministry of Infrastructure
  • Ontario Provincial Police
  • Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences
  • Peterborough Police Service
  • Rebound Child & Youth Services
  • Toronto Hydro
  • Town of Whitby
  • York Regional Police 

Did you know?

  •  Experiential learning plays an essential role in mapping out your career pathways and/or graduate school opportunities.
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