Appendix: Key Terminology

Association for Co-operative Education and Work-Integrated Learning BC/Yukon (ACE-WIL)

ACE-WIL BC/Yukon is a non-for-profit comprised of post-secondary, publicly-funded institutions in the BC/Yukon region that officer Co-operative Education and WIL programs

Centre for Experiential Learning (CEL)

Is a division of Student Affairs which supports the strategic plan goals of enhancing life-enriching and career building opportunities All programs pursue the desire to exemplify and demonstrate VIU’s core values of understanding, connection, and commitment

Co-curricular Record (CCR)

The CCR is VIU’s official non-academic transcript, and it is implemented, maintained, and led by OCCEL

Co-operative Education and Work-Integrated Learning Canada (CEWIL)

As defined by CEWIL Canada in 2021, is the lead organization for WIL in Canada and partners with postsecondary institutions, community members, employers, government, and students to champion WIL.

Office of Co-curricular Engagement & Learning (OCCEL)

The OCCEL engages and supports the student experience by fostering meaningful connections, wellness, leadership development, and personal growth through creating, promoting and recognizing co-curricular activities exercised on campus and within the community

Peer Supported Learning (PSL)

Offers free, regularly scheduled, informal study sessions led by a senior student who has been successful in this course At its core the PSL program helps students integrate what to learn with how to learn and it has been successfully implemented around the world as an effective study program

Work-integrated learning (WIL)

As defined by CEWIL Canada in 2021, WIL is a form of curricular experiential education that formally integrates a student's academic studies with quality experiences within a workplace or practice setting WIL experiences include an engaged partnership of a least: an academic institution, host organization, and a student WIL can occur at the course or program level and includes the development of student learning objectives and outcomes related to: employability, agency, knowledge and skill mobility, and life-long learning