"Whenever I enroll for a new semester, I never know what to expect.
"Hi-FIVE is a mental health movement on campus that aims to eliminate mental health stigma. As one of the past social media leads, we tried to reach as many students as we can to raise awareness for mental health.
I joined the World Languages and Literatures Student Union (WLLSU) because I wanted to get involved as well as make connections within my department.
When describing Dr. Nadine Caron, extraordinary is a word often used. Even as a student Nadine was extraordinary, winning more than 20 major academic awards.
“I started volunteering in the special education department in high school and it sparked my passion for wanting to support people with diverse abilities in their school journey.
When I came to SFU I did not know much and I made lot of mistakes along the way.
I joined SFU Red Cross two years ago and about a year later I joined the executive team as an event co-coordinator.
I did an exchange in Malmo, Sweden, studying Interactive Design. If you are on the fence about studying abroad, as I was prior to my exchange, my only advice would be to just do it!
“I heard that the co-op program here was one of the best, and before starting post-secondary, I wanted to make it my goal to participate in the co-op program to gain work experience.
I chose to get involved in order meet new people with similar interests to mine, make networking connections and develop my skills.
As a Career Peer, I do one-on-one advising sessions with students on resumes and cover letters. When I see that a student leaves the room knowing something more about writing a proper resume, I feel rewarded.
When I was in high school, my football coach played a TED talk for me titled ‘Grip’. The key message of that particular one was that life is more of a marathon than a race.
“During my BA Honours in Psychology at the University of Victoria, I became interested in the application of psychology to understand crime and violence, which drew me to the graduate program in Forensic Psychology and Law at SFU. I
Carol Huynh’s parents fled Vietnam in 1980 with their two eldest children and settled in Hazelton, a small community in west-central BC.
“I was hired as a work study student in Fall 2016 at the Autism and Developmental Disorders Lab (ADDL) at SFU.
I always knew that I wanted to volunteer, but I wasn't sure in what capacity. I saw a CNIB (Canadian National Institute for The Blind) advertisement seeking volunteers so I decided to give it a shot.
I really didn't expect SFU to have a club about airspace or defence, so I was really motivated to join the Satellite Design Club when I found out about it at Club Days.
As a first year student, I struggled to adjust to student life and didn't know what to expect.
I attended one of the Management of Information Systems Association's annual events about three years ago when I was still a Computer Science student and it opened my eyes to a world that I had no idea existed.
When I first came to college, I wanted to make more friends and gain some experiences, so I joined Student Trade Center (a club that connects students with job and volunteer opportunities).
I've been with the FASS Mentorship program since it was inaugurated last year. With this program, Peer Mentors are the point of contact for new students throughout the semester.
I volunteer for the Attention and Memory Lab of the Psychology department. Currently, I'm a research assistant who runs participants through their experiments.
A few years ago, one of my friends told me that he thought I could use some improvement in my public speaking skills and suggested the Toastmasters’ club to me.
Our primary objective as Engagement Peers is to help students find engagement opportunities that interest them.
When I initially got interested in cryptocurrency, I was really fascinated by how it went up and down; it seemed like a stock market to me.
Being the president of Enactus was definitely the best experience I've had during university. We helped a lot of people in our community and created programs to meet their needs.
I’m one of the Co-presidents of UNICEF SFU this year, and I was the president last year. We’re the largest humanitarian club on campus.
I’ve been interested in human trafficking and slavery issues for a long time. At International Justice Mission we’re raising awareness for the human trafficking that goes on around the world, including in Canada.
When one of my lecturers approached me 2 years ago, to ask if I’d be open to becoming a peer tutor, I was honored, but also slightly nervous.
BPK Co-op student Mike Lam is currently working at Vancouver Coastal Health as a Fitness Attendant!
As a Cloud Technologist @tractionondemand in Burnaby, Branden has grown to understand the large CRM platform Salesforce.
BPK Co-op student, Marvin Ly, is currently working as a Student Kinesiologist at ProMedicals, where he's gaining practical experience in occupational health testing by performing comprehensive physical assessments.
Kenny @kenny.ngyn spent his first co-op term working as a Business/Operations Analyst at FI.SPAN, a FinTech Startup located in Vancouver.
Jahnavi Kochar @kocharjahnavi is our featured student this week! She was working at TTT Studios as a Marketing Assistant in Vancouver!
Madelaine Carter, a third year SFU health sciences student, is completing her first co-op work term at British Columbia Mobility Opportunities Society (BCMOS), a non-profit organization that provides outdoor recreational activities
Our featured student this week is from @sfubeedie, Vikas did his co-op at Canucks Sports & Entertainment as a Membership Experience Intern!
Ian Chagunda is a chemistry co-op student that did his placement working for Canfor Pulp Innovation!
From the Beedie school of Business @sfubeedie, meet Robert Tanra @roberttanra, who worked for
Yasmeen Asia @yasmeenayy is in @fass.engage in the French program and she spent the summer working as a facilitator at
@sfubpk major Brandon Watson did his co-op work terms, as a research assistant for SFU's Laboratory for Exercise and Environmental Physiology and Rebalance MD as a student ki
Coming from the capital, Megan Lui @megglui from @sfubeedie she was employed at Health Canada as an HR Assistant!
@sfucmns student Simba @simba_smexythg worked as a Marketing Assistant for
"Doing Co-op was one of the best decisions I made while being a student-athlete at SFU"
Bringing it back to Summer 2018! Meet Breeanna Jantzen, a Masters of Public Policy Student. She worked as a Research Officer with the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing- Housing Policy Branch in Victoria!
Meet one of our new Faculty of Health Sciences graduates: Marco Zenone!
“Engineering stimulates the mind. Kids get bored easily. They have got to get out and get their hands dirty: make things, dismantle things, fix things. When the schools can offer that, you’ll have an engineer for life.” ― Bruce Dickinson
As a Junior Policy Analyst at Health Canada, Kate (@fass.engage Co-op Student) participated in a team responsible for promoting positive mental health and employee well-being
“I majored in Psychology because I was interested in examining the influence that culture has on behaviour, especially with how socio-cultural environments shape perception and the transference of knowledge.
“I originally started school thinking I would go into kinesiology. I switched my focus to Psychology because I thought I would be more motivated to learn about it.
As a tax analyst in @DeloitteCanada in the Scientific Research & Experimental De
I did my exchange at the University van Amsterdam in Amsterdam, Netherlands and honestly my semester abroad was the most amazing experience of my life.
Young Women in Business (YWIB) is a community of creative women who support each other in business and in each other’s various aspirations.
I obtained my Class 4 Drivers License in preparation for excursions to places like Buntzen Lake and Harrison Hot Springs as a Project Worker for Holiday Options at Developmental Disabilities Association (DDA) last summer.
As a Knowledge Management student at Nexen, Janice Lam worked with different business units to focus on collaboration, efficiency and knowledge sharing through their internal collaboration platform, Jive.
During Co-op recruit I was able to land a placement with my firm of choice MNP LLP in the International Tax Services division.
Rosie Dhillon saves lives. After she graduated from SFU with a BSc in 2006 she moved to the beautiful island of St. Maarten in the Caribbean where she attended the American University of the Caribbean to become a doctor.
Rebeka Thompson has been working as the HR Jr. Business Analyst Co-op with the Clinical & Systems Transformation project since February 2017.
“The goals of the CuBED lab include learning about culture, behaviour, development, and evolution in a psychological sense.
I was looking at the Career Peer Program as a possible area of experience that I wanted to gain in terms of helping people and also possible career options.
“Romantic relationships can be difficult, but at times we have a desire to seek them. Why are we constantly driven back to seek more of it?