Due to the impacts of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), we
* are experiencing delays in receiving applications
* can’t process applications normally
* can’t provide accurate processing times
For guidance on your situation, find out how you’re affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19).
Follow these tips to track, update or change information about an application in progress.
## Check the status of your application
Find out how to check if we received your application.
We’ll send you your application number by mail or email when
* we made sure your application is complete
* we begin processing your application
Once you have your application number, you can check the status of your application. There are a few ways you can do that, depending on if you applied online or on paper.
## Update your application
If we need more information to process your application, we’ll contact you by mail, email or through your account.
If you have a question about our request, you can
* send us your question through our Web form, or
* ask your question through your online account (if you have one). Upload a document with your question in place of the document we asked for
Make sure you keep your contact information updated. This way, we can contact you if we need to.
### Change your mailing address
There are different ways of changing your address depending on your type of application and where you applied from.
Find out how to change your address.
### Change other information
You must use our Web form to tell us about changes to your situation, even if you applied online.
Examples of changes include
* marriage or divorce
* birth or adoption of a child
* death of an applicant or dependant
* changes that could affect your eligibility for the program you’re applying for, including changes in your
* job situation
* education
* language skills
* contact information updates, including:
* email
* phone number
If you change your contact information, make sure you check your old contact information until we update your application.
Don’t mail us changes for your contact or application information. If you do, we won’t acknowledge your request and we won’t update your application. This could lead to a delay in processing your application.
Source: cic.gc.ca
FAQ
Most frequent questions and answers
Co-operative education is a three-way partnership between the university, students and employers. Students apply their classroom knowledge in a series of four-month work experiences. You, the employer, enhance a student’s education, while reaping the unique benefits of CO-OP employees.
- Year-round access to well-motivated, qualified employees.
- Access to potential full-time staff in a controlled environment, reducing your costs and risks.
- Access to a cost-effective source of temporary employees for peak periods or special projects.
- A say in what students learn by working with the university.
- Promotion of your organization as one that believes in developing the potential of young people.
- Access to a great pool of French-speaking, English-speaking and bilingual students.
Most work terms run at least 15 weeks, or four months. They can be no shorter than 13 weeks. Some master’s students, as well as some science and engineering students, are available for 8 or 12 months’ work terms.
All jobs are reviewed by a CO-OP Program Coordinator, and only those providing students with work experience related to their professional development are approved. Administrative activities involved in a job should be less than 10% of the entire workload.
When you first contact SSC, you are assigned one of our Program Coordinators, depending on your discipline of interest. This person is your main contact in our office. As you move through the recruitment process, you also work with a representative from CO-OP Administrative Services, who assists with job posting and interview scheduling.
Internships offer usually one discipline-specific, supervised, structured paid or unpaid, and for academic credit work experience or practice placement.
Work Experience intersperses one or two work terms (typically full-time) into an academic program, where work terms provide experience in a workplace setting related to the student’s field of study and/or career goals.
Community Service Learning (CSL) integrates meaningful community service with classroom instruction and critical reflection to enrich the learning experience and strengthen communities. In practice, students work in partnership with a community-based organization to apply their disciplinary knowledge to a challenge identified by the community.
Field Placement provides students with an intensive part-time/short term intensive hands-on practical experience in a setting relevant to their subject of study. Field placements may not require supervision of a registered or licensed professional and the completed work experience hours are not required for professional certification. Field placements account for work-integrated educational experiences not encompassed by other forms, such as co-op, clinic, practicum, and internship.
