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EWO Conference - From Legacy to Innovation: Charting a New Path for WIL & EL


BHER will join professionals from across Canada at this year’s Experiential & Work-Integrated Learning Ontario (EWO) Virtual Conference. As the landscape of WIL continues to evolve, this conference offers a unique opportunity to gain fresh insights and tools through thought-provoking sessions, hands-on workshops, and meaningful networking.

Val Walker, CEO of the Business + Higher Education Roundtable (BHER), will give her opening keynote on Strengthening Canada’s Talent Infrastructure: What It Takes to Make WIL Work.

Employers are hungry for job-ready talent. Students expect their education to lead to real opportunities. And post-secondary institutions are under pressure to deliver both relevance and return. WIL remains the most effective way to bridge the gap between school and work, but Canada needs a lot more than one-off WIL projects that end when funding ends. Val will speak about how BHER’s focus on building sustainable infrastructure and deep collaborations ensures that WIL works for learners, institutions, and industry alike, and what lessons we have learned from supporting over 70,000 successful WIL opportunities nationwide.

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