BHER Expands National Work-Integrated Learning Network to Strengthen Canada’s Talent Pipelines

The Business + Higher Education Roundtable (BHER) is expanding its national work-integrated learning (WIL) network with  23 new delivery partners across Canada, making a significant step towards  strengthening the talent pipelines Canada urgently needs to support productivity, economic growth, and major industrial investments.

With support from the Government of Canada, BHER is working with post-secondary institutions and industry organizations to create thousands of new WIL opportunities, accelerating the connection between  classroom learning and the real-world skills required in high-growth sectors.

Our delivery partners are embedding structured WIL into academic programs and scaling industry paid placements across Canada. At a time when workforce capacity is increasingly a constraint on growth, institutions are modernizing employer engagement models, leveraging AI and shared digital infrastructure, and standardizing practices to expand SME participation and improve coordination across the country. 

Together, these 23 partners, including 14 BHER members, are strengthening Canada’s national WIL infrastructure and building more resilient, demand-driven talent pipelines to meet the needs of today’s economy. 

Our Delivery Partners

Bow Valley College Concordia University Digital Campus Canada Emily Carr University of Art + Design First Nations University of Canada George Brown Polytechnic McMaster University New Brunswick Community College NorQuest College Okanagan College Royal Roads University Seneca Polytechnic

Trent University Université Laval University of British Columbia University of New Brunswick University of Ottawa University of Toronto Scarborough University of Toronto (St. George) University of Waterloo Wayble Work in Culture York University

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