Thank you to everyone who joined us at EWO 2026. Alongside Shenelle Payne Cuffy of Ontario Tech University, we talked about how institutions and intermediaries can partner so more students reach work-integrated learning (WIL) without adding to anyone’s workload. This page gathers the reports and articles behind that session, Delivering inclusive, accessible and scalable WIL through virtual mentorship, and the session deck is posted here too.

The research tells a consistent story: too many students reach the point of hiring without ever having met an employer, and access to professional networks is built unevenly. Virtual mentorship is one way to redesign that entry point so every student can reach a WIL experience. It is the work Wavemakers does every day as Canada’s first national WIL program delivered entirely in virtual reality. If you want to talk partnership or dig into the research, write to us at contact@wavemakers.network.

Krista Pawley, Founder of Wavemakers