Hello everyone,
On behalf of the FAS Co-op team, there is currently an opportunity for a professional development bursary program for the upcoming Spring semester which grants an $800 bursary. Applications deadlines are January 5th and 26th for each of the respective sessions.
If you are in enrolled in a course that has a WIL component that involves a community organization or business in the Spring 2023 semester (this includes co-op!), you are eligible to apply for the program. All questions can be directed to the program organizers at jei_wil@sfu.ca.
For full details, please refer to the posting below:
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Learn and Earn!
Removing Barriers to WIL: EDI Bursary & Professional Development Opportunity for Students
What: EDI bursary and professional development opportunity for students: Learn and Earn! Removing Barriers to Work-Integrated Learning
Where: Online
Deadline to apply: Thursday January 5th 2023 for Option 1 (Jan 9 – Feb 3, 2023) and Thursday January 26th 2023 for Option 2 (Jan 30 – Feb 24, 2023)
Audience: SFU graduate and undergraduate students (must be Canadian, Permanent Resident, or with refugee status), unfortunately, International students are not eligible
Link: www.sfu.ca/wil/funding/ediwil
SFU undergraduate and graduate students from all Faculty areas are invited to join the Learn and Earn! Removing Barriers to WIL initiative.
Selected students will participate in a 4 week online EDI professional development opportunity, Effective Intercultural Communication for WIL (EICw), and upon completion will have funds deposited into their SFU student account. The $250 cost of the opportunity is free to all participants. Upon completion, $800 will be added to participants’ SFU Student Account as a credit. Enrollment is limited - students are encouraged to apply early. Deadline to apply: January 5, 2023 for Option 1 and January 26, 2023 for Option 2.
The initiative is funded in part by the Government of Canada's Innovative Work-Integrated Learning Initiative and CEWIL's iHUB Project. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Justin Yan
Vice President | Computing Science Student Society
Simon Fraser University
8888 University Dr., Burnaby, B.C. V5A 1S6
justin_yan_3@sfu.ca
SFU Computing Science Student Society
