Students bring new knowledge and fresh thinking to businesses

By Paul Davidson. Young people across Canada are packing up and heading off to university for the fall semester. Those of us a little older may feel a twinge of envy, as we remember our own time on leafy campuses in September. But, in fact, their experience will be quite unlike ours. More than ever before, these students will be learning by doing.
Today, more than 50 per cent of undergraduate university students across all fields of study will have a co-op, internship or service learning experience over the course of their studies. And that number is growing. More...