SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY: SFU mentorship co-op program receives national recognition.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-18 March 1999-SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY: SFU mentorship co-op program receives national recognition (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:170399 The SFU Mentorship Co-op Program has been awarded the ConferenceBoard of Canada's prestigious National Partners in Education Award.

The prize is presented each year to exceptional programs that partner business and education in order to prepare youth for their future in the workforce. The program teams secondary students (proteges) with SFU co-op students (mentors) and their employers. For four weeks during the summer, the teams work together with mutual benefit. The proteges gain invaluable work experience in career fields of their interest, mentors gain essential supervisory experience and...