Experiential learning allows you to learn about yourself and have an enhanced university experience, all while building your future.
The hands-on practice related to your domain of study, mixed with the skills you will develop doing so will allow you to supplement your resume and be better prepared for your future career.
Explore the categories below (curricular, extra-curricular, or stream/program), or connect with our Career Corner experts to discover opportunities tailored to your interests.
Find for-credit and course-related experiences.
Help others while helping yourself! Show future employers who you really are. Express your drive to change the world by putting what you learn in the classroom to good use as a volunteer.
Discover the power of personalized learning. Design your own course, set your own learning goals and earn units (credits) while exploring what interests you most.
Tackle real issues facing our local communityas identified in the City of Ottawa’s Community Safety and Well-Being Plan, while working with city staff as part of your course work.
Faculty or interfaculty challenges are short-format experiential learning courses connecting youwith students from different programs and/or faculties to tackle real-world challenges in collaboration with community and industry partners.
Through fast-paced, hands-on projects or competitions, imagine, design and develop bold solutions for pressing social, economic and civic issues, in collaboration with community and industry partners.
Discover the world while studying full time at one of our partner institutions — for one or two terms — without paying international tuition fees. It’s a unique chance to broaden your horizons and enhance your academic qualifications.
Choose from over 250 international partner institutions in 52 countries.
Enrich your studies through a research opportunity. These opportunities can provide you with concrete skills and experience to enhance your resumé, along with a deeper understanding of your in-class studies.
Cross-Campus Capstone Classroom: Summer COIL on Homelessness
Students from five universities across Canada and Brazil work together in multidisciplinary teams to design meaningful solutions for people experiencing homelessness.
Focus Areas:
Earn 3 credits working on real challenges alongside Canadian and international peers. Open to all students, reach out to register or learn more.
Did you know that your coursework may actually be experience you can mention on your resumé?
Consider all of the following options you might have, through various courses, to develop skills and experience:
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