photo by James Park
Carleton University has awarded master’s student Tatiana Nesviginsky with the very first Graduate Co-op Student of the Year Award. The International Affairs major worked at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) as a co-op student for one year.
Nesviginsky was assigned the task of working on the templates for grant and contribution agreements for the International Scholarships Program in the International Education and Youth Division. She had to learn the complex end-to-end process of creating legally binding agreements for use by DFAIT to award scholarship funds to Canadian colleges, universities and researchers. Thanks in large part to her commitment to the project, the program successfully awarded approximately 600 student scholarships for study in Canada last fall.
“I highly recommend the co-op program to any Carleton University student, as it bolsters the quality of one’s resumé and career development,” says Nesviginsky. “Co-op should not stand for co-operative education, but for: ‘Can Offer Other Possibilities!’”
Six graduate programs at Carleton offer co-op opportunities. These placements provide an opportunity for students to apply theory to practice and develop a meaningful view of the working world, while cultivating an awareness of themselves as professionals. Employers supervise their students and evaluate their performance, and co-op co-ordinators monitor their progress on the job. Students are paid by their employers.
For more information about co-ops, please visit: carleton.ca/cc
