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CO-OP STUDENT [2 records]

Record 1 2014-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Education (General)
  • Labour and Employment
CONT

Co-operative education program means a program which alternates periods of academic study with periods of work experience in appropriate fields of business, industry, government, social services and the professions in accordance with the following criteria: ... the co-operative student is engaged in productive work rather than merely observing; the co-operative student receives remuneration for the work performed; ... the time spent in periods of work experience must be at least thirty per cent of the time spent in academic study.

OBS

co-op student : term in use at the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada(NSERC).

Key term(s)
  • cooperative student
  • coop student
  • student registered in a co-op programme
  • student registered in a coop program
  • student registered in a coop programme

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pédagogie (Généralités)
  • Travail et emploi
CONT

L'étudiant inscrit à un programme coopératif (alternance travail-études) doit [...] effectuer ses stages en entreprise, même s'ils ne sont pas rémunérés. Le stage doit faire partie intégrante du programme d'études et doit être obligatoire pour l'obtention du diplôme. [...] Pour faire sa demande l'étudiant doit avoir une offre de stage, un permis d'études valide, et une confirmation de la part de [l'établissement d'enseignement] que ce stage est obligatoire dans sa formation.

OBS

étudiant inscrit à un programme de type alternance travail-études : terme en usage au Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada (CRSNG).

OBS

étudiant coop : remplace «étudiant du programme coopératif». L’élément «coop» renvoie au «programme coopératif» et non pas à l'adjectif «coopératif».

Key term(s)
  • étudiant co-op

Spanish

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Record 2 1996-01-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Personnel Management (General)
CONT

With the proposed TBS student employment policy, co-op students would no longer be considered employees. They would have an ab initio status. Thus, they would be removed from the Public Service Employment Act and offered learning contracts containing development objectives.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion du personnel (Généralités)
OBS

C'est apparemment l'équivalent employé dans la politique proposée par le Conseil du Trésor.

OBS

Source(s) : Unité des programmes d'emploi étudiant. Document interne de la Commission de la fonction publique.

Key term(s)
  • statut ab initio

Spanish

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