Why Hire a Co-Op Student?
We can connect you with students equipped with the academics, technical and digital skills you’re looking for from world leading co-op education programs.
Hiring a co-op student can provide you with top talent for job openings including:
• Actuarial Student/Analyst/Assistant
• Software Engineering/Developer
• Web Developer
• Project Coordinator
• Insurance Broker
• Business/Data Analyst

University of Waterloo
University of Waterloo students are available year-round to support your brokerage with a four or eight month work term. You may be eligible to receive up to 75% of the student’s wage along with an Ontario Co-operative Education tax credit to subsidize the cost of hiring.
To find out more about Waterloo’s 3-step hiring process and requirements, how to obtain funding and connect with a dedicated service team to support your hiring process, join a 30-45 minute webinar Optimizing Co-op Talent In Your Brokerage hosted by the University of Waterloo.
For inquiries, please contact Gabriela Bejarano at gbejarano@ibao.on.ca.

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Centennial College
Centennial college has a 2-week non-paid field placement that commences during the winter semester.
Contact: Richard Karim, rkarim13@my.centennialcollege.ca
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Conestoga College
Conestoga college has a co-op term for their students in their Business-Insurance program.
Contact: Sean Lichty, Slichty@conestogac.on.ca
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Fanshawe College
Fanshawe college has a co-op program with their Business – Insurance program.
Contact: Robyn Naylor, rnaylor@FanshaweC.ca
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Humber College
Humber college has a Work Placement program for students in their 3rd semester that complete their first 2 semesters.
To hire a student, the work placement needs to:
- Consist of 160 hours that can be applied to a Part-time or Full-time role.
- Work terms are typically a 3-month term.
- Can be paid or unpaid, however students tend to opt-in for paid roles.
Brokerages that are interested in hiring a Humber College student in this program can submit a job description that will be placed on Humber College job board/site called Career Connect.
Upcoming work placement is May to August 2022.
Contact: JEAN DSOUZA, JEAN.DSOUZA@humber.ca
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King’s University College
King’s University College has a job shadowing program over the course of two consecutive days within the fall (November 1-5) or spring (February 21-25) reading weeks.
Also has a paid summer internship program that runs for 4 months.
Contact: Jenny Richmond-Bravo, jenny.Richmond-Bravo@kings.uwo.ca
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Lambton College
Lambton college has a work term placement in the 4th term of their Financial Planning & Wealth Management program. The co-op placement runs for 4 months that requires 420 hours and students can work anywhere in Canada.
Contact: Kyle Walker, Kyle.Walker@lambtoncollege.ca
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Mohawk College
Mohawk college has a broad range of co-operative education programs. To inquire about hiring a student within their insurance program, connect with the program contact.
Contact: Jorge Bettencourt, jorge.bettencourt@mohawkcollege.ca
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More Questions?
If you have further inquires, please reach out to Gabriela Bejarano at gbejarano@ibao.on.ca