FAQs

Visit Langara’s C3 online job board to view full-time, part-time, and casual jobs posted by employers looking to hire students and recent graduates. You may also want to check out other external job boards such as Indeed or LinkedIn.

We offer career workshops and resume reviews for students every semester. See the career workshops page for more details and registration.

Each Co-op work term is a minimum of 420 hours of work, which can be completed as 4 months of full-time work or 8 months of part-time work. Contact us at coop@langara.ca if you have any questions.

The Co-op program is available for students in select program areas. To get started with the Co-op program, students must first take the pre-requisite course, EXPE 2300. Upon completing the course, students can submit a Co-op application.

If you have already completed EXPE 2300 and are looking to submit a Co-op application, login to C3 and complete the Co-op application found under the Experiential Learning section. If you have any questions, contact coop@langara.ca.

Learn more about How Co-op Works.

International students enrolled in a program with a co-op option available may apply for the Co-op program. Upon acceptance into the Co-op program, students will receive documentation to help them apply for their Co-op work permit. Please note that the processing time for the Co-op work permit can take from weeks to months.

Contact your Co-op instructor to review the job description for approval.

All Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) students must complete the BBA Work Experience Requirement (either COOP 2301, COOP 2302/2303, or BUSM 3000) before they can take BUSM 4200. Learn more about the BBA Work Experience Options.

A Flexible Assessment (BUSM 3000) is an evaluation of completed past work experience. The completed experience must be a minimum of 420 hours and the job description requires approval from a co-op instructor. To initiate a Flexible Assessment, email coop@langara.ca. Please note that these requests will only be accepted during the first six weeks of the fall and spring semesters and the first three weeks of the summer semester.

Learn more about the BBA Work Experience Options.

The minimum hours of work for a PDD Work Expereince Term is 300 hours. Contact us at coop@langara.ca if you have any questions.

Students who have a confirmed work placement should contact their EXPE instructor for approval of the work placement.

In the PDD Business Administration and PDD Marketing Management programs, there is a mandatory Work Experience Term (EXPE 4814) in the final semester of the program. Before this work term, students will take the EXPE 4800 course which will prepare students for their Work Experience Term. Students should contact their course instructor for information regarding the course details and their work term.

To request an extension letter for either your co-op work permit or study permit, contact the Langara Global department at international@langara.ca for support. To update your co-op work permit letter, contact coop@langara.ca.

Students can contact their current EXPE instructor for support with questions regarding their work term.

Any questions regarding your work permit or study permit should be directed to the International Education department at international@langara.ca, as they have coordinators who are RCIC or RISIA certified.

We invite you to post employment opportunities on our C3 online job board viewable by our students and recent graduates. We welcome job postings for full-time, part-time, and temporary paid positions within Canada at no cost to the employer. To post a job, please create an employer account on our C3 job board and submit a job posting.

Contact us at coop@langara.ca with the job description of the position(s) you are hiring for. A co-op instructor will review your job posting to see if it qualifies for the co-op program.

For regular full-time, part-time, and casual jobs, you can login to your C3 job board account and adjust the expiration date. For co-op jobs, please contact coop@langara.ca.

ACE-WIL BC Co-op Funding Resources
Resources from the provincial co-op and work-integrated learning association.

Canada Summer Jobs Program
Not-for-profit, private and public sector employers are eligible to receive funding for up to 100% of the provincial or territorial minimum hourly wage for each employee.

Innovate BC Resources
See the funding options outlined by Innovate BC to help you hire a student.