On the job: Sudbury high school co-op students talk about their experiences in the working world
CBC Sudbury co-op student Maxim Gionet from École secondaire du Sacré-Cœur meets fellow co-op students on placements with construction companies, real estate brokerages and even their own school board.
Four co-op students speak with CBC Sudbury's co-op student Maxim Gionet.
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Lasalle Secondary student Bryce Broglio and his mentor, Rainbow District School Board electrician Adam Dempsey. (Faith Greco/CBC)
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Since September, École secondaire du Sacré-Cœur student Maxim Gionet has been working in the CBC Sudbury newsroom as a co-op student.
He did a series for Morning North speaking to other Sudbury area co-op students about their experiences trying out a career this past semester.
Up first was a student who did his placement at his own school. Lasalle Secondary student Bryce Broglio was interested in learning to be an electrician and his mentor was the Rainbow District School Board's electrician Adam Dempsey.
LISTEN | Co-op series entry No. 1:
Morning North5:51High school co-op students series - learning the trades with an electrician
We kick of a series of interviews with high school co-op students... and the interviews were done by CBC's very own co-op student, Maxim Gionet. This is his conversation with co-op student Bryce Broglio and his electrician mentor, Adam Dempsey.
Isaiah Meilleur is a student at ÉSC Champlain and is completing his placement with Royal LePage North Heritage Realty and his supervisor Stephanie Desrivières. (Erik White/CBC)
Sometimes a co-op placement is how you find out which career you don't want to go into.
That's what we heard from Isaiah Meilleur, a student at École secondaire catholique Champlain in Chelmsford, who did his placement at Royal LePage North Heritage Realty in Sudbury.
LISTEN | Co-op series entry No. 2:
Morning North4:23High school co-op students series - finding out real estate is not for you
We continue our series on high school co-op students. Today, we meet a Sudbury teen who found out they don't want to go into real estate thanks to a co-op placement.
Alek Presely, a student from ÉSC Horizon and his co-op mentor Jamie Lorenger, a shop supervisor with Garson Pipe Contractors Ltd. (Erik White/CBC)
Alek Presely, a student at École secondaire catholique Horizon in Val Caron, wore coveralls for the past few months, doing his co-op placement at Garson Pipe Contractors.
LISTEN | Co-op series entry No. 3:
Morning North3:57High school co-op student series - heavy equipment repair
We meet a Sudbury high school student who has been spending his days working in a garage. It's the next installment in our series on co-op students, put together by CBC's own co-op student, Maxim Gionet.
Peyton Wills is a student from Bishop Alexander Carter high school in Hanmer. He is finishing his co-op with William Day Construction Ltd. (Erik White/CBC)
For the final installment in his series, CBC co-op student Maxim Gionet went to William Day Construction and heard from Peyton Wills, a student at Bishop Alexander Carter Catholic high school in Hanmer, about how he's going to miss the "chaos" of the shop.
LISTEN | Co-op series entry No. 4:
Morning North4:09High school co-op student series - working in construction
CBC co-op student Maxim Gionet wraps up his series of interviews with other co-op students... with a visit to William Day Construction.
