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This blog brings together the three key levers of systems change—convening, financial policy, and statutory policy—and explores why lasting transformation occurs when they align. It highlights the role of trust, ecosystem building, and the ADVE Framework in creating scalable work-based learning systems that better connect education, employers, and learner opportunity.

This blog explores how statutory policy helps embed work-based learning into higher education systems by moving it from optional programming to an institutional expectation. Using state examples, it examines how legislation can create consistency, accountability, and scale, while emphasizing the need for funding, partnerships, and infrastructure to turn policy into meaningful learner opportunities.

International student Jane Pham turned a Bow Valley College Digital Marketing Capstone into paid client work with OnLocation through Riipen. With support from instructor Laurie Wright and the OnLocation team, Jane gained Canadian work experience, strengthened her portfolio, and built confidence for her marketing career.