Riipen in the Media
News
- How Higher Ed Can Prepare Students for Today's Digital Jobs
Harvard Business Review - November 24, 2021 - Alumni Look Back In Anger
Forbes - November 21, 2021 - Work-Integrated Learning: Empowering The Future of Canada's Workforce
Canadian Government Executive - November 11, 2021 - The Market for Micro-Internships is "Riipen-ing"
Edulab Capital - August 19, 2021 - The Future of Work-Integrated Learning
Course Compare - July 19, 2021 - Rethinking Higher Education - Dana Stephenson from Riipen
Zanichelli Venture - June 3, 2021 - With Unique Pandemic Response, Canada's Riipen Helps Both Students and Businesses
Magnet - April 6, 2020
- Overcoming the 9% Problem: New Ways to Unleash Alumni Social Capital at Colleges
EdSurge - February 12, 2021 - Connecting Work to Education Should Be Priority Beyond Pandemic
Polytechnics Canada - November 12, 2020 - Lakeland College Business Students Getting Real Work Experience With New Platform Partnership
My Lloydminster Now– November 26, 2020 - Outcome Campus Connect (OCC) Partners with Riipen, Deploying Industry-Focused Experiential Learning Projects to all University and College Students in Canada
Orbis Communications – October 7, 2020 - Remote Working Expands Types Of Internships Available To Students
WBBM Newsradio – June 7, 2020 - Connecting college students with virtual internships
Fox 26 Houston – May 15, 2020
- What Students Can Do On A Gap Year During the Pandemic
Forbes – May 7, 2020 - For This Year’s Graduates, A Year Of Purpose
Forbes – April 26, 2020 - Some employers are finding innovative ways to maintain student hiring
Globe and Mail – April 23, 2020 - Don’t cancel summer internships – redesign them
The PIE News – April 16, 2020 - Students Are About To Enter The Most Challenging Job Market, Riipen Steps Up
Techcouver – April 15, 2020 - As Cities Axe Summer Youth Work Programs, Here Are Alternatives to Consider
EdSurge – April 14, 2020 - Riipen's Massively Successful Crowdfunding Campaign Has One Important Lesson
Future of Good – January 24, 2020
University Press
- Medicine Hat College Signs on to Rural Roots Program
Medicine Hat News - December 3, 2021 - University Canada West - Empowering Global Leaders of Tomorrow
BC Business - November 30, 2021 - How Does The School of Continuing Studies Prepare Graduates For The Job Market?
York University - August 18, 2021 - ASU Goes Big with Work-Based Learning "Marketplace"
Workshift - August 11, 2021 - Student Creates Board Game for Class Project To Be Used In School Across Canada, Sold on Amazon
Coast Mountain College - August 5, 2021 - TSoM Announcement Collaboration with Riipen
Toronto School of Management - July 16, 2021 - Riipen Partners with University Canada West to Ramp-Up BC Tech Talent
Techcouver - July 8, 2021
- Students Receive Commemorative Coins Recognizing Their Contribution To The Advancement of Gender Equity
University of Lethbridge - February 5, 2021 - UND Partners with Company to Connect Businesses with Faculty, Students
Grand Forks Herald - January 17, 2021 - Pandemic Reshaping How Sask. Universities Think About The Future
MSN - December 28, 2020 - Tourism Students Adapt to Industry Challenges of COVID-19
College of New Caledonia - December 16, 2020 - Elevate Your Course Project Using Riipen
University of Saskatchewa– December 15, 2020 - Business Students Take Learning From Class to Corporate World
University of Alberta - December 9, 2020
- Riipen, "Match.com for Academia", Helps Faculty Find Industry Projects For Students
University of North Dakota - December 8, 2020 - Computer Technology Grad Says Virtual Work Placement Launched His Career
George Brown College - November 20, 2020 - RBC Future Launch, Riipen and Saskatchewan Polytechnic continue to deliver new work-integrated learning experiences for students
Saskatchewan Polytechnic - October 15, 2020 - Mohawk receives expanded opportunity for work-integrated learning
Mohawk College – August 10, 2020 - Online work experience for students
University of Southampton – July 24, 2020 - How to adapt experiential learning activities in the time of COVID-19
University Affairs – June 8, 2020 - Students’ Internships Are Disappearing. Can Virtual Models Replace Them?
The Chronicle of Higher Education – May 13, 2020
Press Releases
- Riipen and Rural Development Network Partner To Help Rural Canadian Businesses and Non-Profits Level Up Their Work Through Learner-Powered Projects
December 2, 2021 - Le chef de file de l'apprentissage par l'expérience, Riipen, organise une table ronde sur la stratégie de redressement post-pandémie du milieu de travail pour l'Ontario
Mai 27, 2021 - Experiential Learning Leader, Riipen, Hosts Panel Discussion on Ontario's Workplace Pandemic Recovery Strategy
May 27, 2021 - RBC Foundation Sponsors Learning Partnership Between TRU and Riipen
January 11, 2021 - RBC and Riipen Expand Experiential Learning Partnership for Youth Across Canada
October 15, 2020 - BHER and Riipen partner to provide 12,000 students with access to work-integrated learning
June 9, 2020
- RBC Future Launch and Riipen Partnership Update
March 4, 2020 - Pearson Canada and Riipen partner to expand and scale work-integrated learning opportunities to all areas of Higher Education
March 3, 2020 - Riipen Raises $3.75M to Connect Students with Real-World Projects from Employers
December 11, 2019 - Riipen Wins Reimagine Education’s “Nurturing Employability” Award for Collaboration With The Ontario Government
December 11, 2019 - RBC et Riipen annoncent un partenariat national d'apprentissage expérientiel pour les jeunes Canadiens
October 9, 2019
- New partnership between George Brown and Riipen offers workplace scenario training for students
September 18, 2018 - Riipen Partners with Thales on Innovation Championship
September 6, 2018 - Riipen and the Canadian Marketing Association Team Up to Deliver Experiential Learning Opportunities to Post-Secondary Students
June 21, 2018 - BC Public Service Pilot with BCIC & Riipen: Bridging the Gap
June 1, 2018 - SUCCESS STORY: Deloitte Digital Design Thinking – Riipen Experience at a Glance
May 28, 2018 - 2018 Ready to Rocket lists Announced to Profile Growth Companies in B.C.’s Technology Sectors
March 19, 2018 - Riipen Awarded Career Ready Funding
May 5, 2018
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Riipen’s Level UP Remote Internship Program Enters Impact-Driven Second Phase to Continue Making Work-Integrated Learning Accessible for Students and Employers Beyond the Pandemic
A new round of Federal Government funding for the Level UP program will support 18,000 new fully-subsidized remote paid internships for Canadian post-secondary learners and employers over the next two years.
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Riipen Life - Forming our DE&I Council
In 2021, after building a strong foundation for many of our people processes, we began to explore how we could approach Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) at Riipen more intentionally and company-wide.
Business + Higher Education Roundtable and Riipen bring sustainable change and equitable access to Canada’s work-integrated learning ecosystem
Launched in 2020 with $2.6 million in funding from the Business + Higher Education Roundtable (BHER), supported by the Government of Canada, the multi-year partnership between BHER and Riipen has focused on engaging and connecting leaders in Canada’s academic and industry sectors to build a sustainable work-integrated learning (WIL) ecosystem for Canada’s future workforce. To date, the partnership has created over 12,000 student experiences, and brought 1,212 new employers and 61 new higher education institutions across all 10 provinces into the Canadian WIL ecosystem.