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Where study meets the summer job

UBC co-op turns paid work terms into a bridge between coursework and BC’s innovation economy.

Original reporting by Brian Helberg

Where study meets the summer job
IdeasCo-op is one of the clearest places where education becomes a lived route. A classroom idea meets a workplace problem, and a student learns what changes when the audience is a client, a team or a community. The bridge is not automatic. It depends on access, supervision and a work term that gives learning somewhere real to go.Photo: Brian Helberg

Where the work begins

UBC co-op turns paid work terms into a bridge between coursework and BC’s innovation economy.

What follows

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At a glance

  • Campus: UBC Vancouver & Okanagan (Point Grey & Kelowna)
  • Focus: Research & public discovery (Ideas)
  • Outcome: Verified reporting (September 2026 issue)
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  1. Original reporting · magazine.alumni.ubc.ca

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