2025 Co-op Awards of Excellence Recipients

The Co-op & Career Centre is proud to honour its 2025 Co-op Awards of Excellence winners!

On March 10, 2026, the Co-op & Career Centre honoured six exceptional employer partners with the Outstanding Contribution to Algonquin College Cooperative Education Award, and six outstanding co-op students were recognized with the Cooperative Education Student Achievement Award. Additionally, this year one student is being recognized as the eCo-op Venture of the Year.

Award recipients were selected by a committee comprised of Faculty, Support staff and Co-op staff members, who reviewed the nominations according to the pre-determined selection criteria.

Employer Recipients - Outstanding Contribution to Algonquin College Cooperative Education Award

Éric Sigouin, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Outstanding Contribution to Algonquin College Cooperative Education

Caitlin Kealey, Emdash

Recipient of the Outstanding Contribution to Algonquin College Co-op Award

Trevor Lehouillier, Transport Canada

Recipient of the Outstanding Contribution to Algonquin College Cooperative Education

Verlyn Nischuk, BlackBerry QNX

Recipient of the Outstanding Contribution to Algonquin College Cooperative Education

Annabelle Faia & Zachary Smith, Arkalumen

Recipient of the Outstanding Contribution to Algonquin College Cooperative Education

Jennifer Farrell, BluMetric

Recipient of the Outstanding Contribution to Algonquin College Cooperative Education

Student Recipients - Cooperative Education Student Achievement Award

Gabriel Al-Rahi, Computer Programming Co-op Student

Recipient of the Cooperative Education Student Achievement Award

Employer: Optovia

Amira Nasser, Interactive Media Design Co-op Student

Recipient of the Cooperative Education Student Achievement Award

Employer: ParriagGroup Inc.

Tavish Taylor, Bachelor of Digital Marketing Communication (Honours) Co-op Student

Recipient of the Cooperative Education Student Achievement Award

Employer: Ottawa Board of Trade

Matthew Miceli, Computer Programming and Analysis Co-op Student

Recipient of the Cooperative Education Student Achievement Award

Employer: Department of National Defence

Nicole Dacyshyn, Bachelor of Interior Design Co-op Student

Recipient of the Cooperative Education Student Achievement Award

Employer: Hilltop Interiors Inc.

James O'Brien, Computer Systems Technician - Networking Co-op Student

Recipient of the Cooperative Education Student Achievement Award

Employer: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

eCo-op Venture of the Year Award

Bingchen Jing, Computer Engineering Technology – Computing Science

Recipient of the eCo-op Venture of the Year Award

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