The value of work-integrated learning
May 09, 2016
“…the benefits of work-integrated learning … levels the playing field. It democratizes access to jobs. Work-integrated learning improves economic access for minority groups… I often see that … those great jobs go to someone who knows someone in society, who already has pull and influence. And new immigrants trying to break in, Indigenous people trying to break into those big jobs, don’t have a chance. Co-op and integrated learning levels the playing field.”
– says David McKay, president and CEO of the Royal Bank of Canada, at Universities Canada’s spring membership meeting.
