Work-Integrated Learning

Seneca Funding Opportunities

There are a variety of wage subsidies and tax credits available to employers who hire WIL students. Contact our team to explore the right funding option for your organization.

Student Work Placement Program

Tax Credit and Incentives

Canada Summer Jobs and Other

Business Funding

Post a WIL Job

To post a job, visit the Seneca Works Career Portal and register an account or log in. Upload your posting. If you have any questions, email our team.

Hire Seneca talent

Contact Us

416.764.0343 senecaworks@senecapolytechnic.ca

If you are a student, visit The Service Hub.

Critical Recruitment Dates

Winter 2025 Postings for Summer 2025 WIL Jobs

WIL job board goes live¹	January 13, 2025
Earliest WIL job closing date²	January 26, 2025
Application bundles sent³	January 27, 2025
First date of interviews⁴	January 29, 2025
Last date to post a Summer 2025 WIL job	April 25, 2025
Last date for employers to offer a Summer 2025 WIL job to WIL students	May 9, 2025
Summer 2025 work term dates	May 5, 2025 to August 15, 2025

Notes:

¹“WIL job board goes live” refers to the first date that WIL students will be able to view WIL jobs and begin applying to them.

²“Earliest WIL job closing date” refers to the earliest date that we recommend employers set their application deadlines for WIL jobs – this is to give WIL students enough time to view your WIL job(s) and apply. The WIL job board remains open all term for students to view and apply to WIL jobs, until the last date to offer a WIL job.

³“Application bundles sent” refers to the first round of student application bundles that will be sent to employers posting WIL jobs. Application bundles are always sent to employers the day after their WIL job closes, if the employer has indicated they would like to receive student application bundles.

⁴“First date of interviews” refers to the earliest date employers may begin interviewing WIL student applicants if you would like us to schedule the interview(s) for you. Please remember that we require at least two business days’ notice to schedule interviews.

Important: We recommend employers allot themselves approximately two weeks of time to post their WIL job(s), review applicants, interview candidates and offer a role to student(s).

Frequently Asked Questions

While the Summer work term runs from Monday, May 5 to Friday, August 15, there is flexibility with job start and end dates as long as students meet their minimum work hour requirements. An earlier start date can be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please confirm with your WIL Co-ordinator.

Please contact your WIL co-ordinator to initiate the process for changing work locations. The approval process to change a student from remote to on-site work can take between seven to 14 days.

Yes. You must adhere to Seneca’s Conflict of Interest Policy that includes providing a copy of your job posting to the Associate Director, Compliance, for approval prior to posting the position for student viewing.

Yes, there a number of government-funded options to support the hiring of WIL students. Please refer to Funding Opportunities for more information.

Please refer to Tax Credits and Incentives for more information.

International WIL students are required to have a co-op work permit for their WIL experience, regardless of it being remunerated or not.
If an international student has applied for a co-op work permit but does not have the co-op work permit prior to starting the WIL position, they can work a total of 24 hours per week until they receive their co-op work permit; however, the 24 hours includes both the hours worked at the WIL position and those worked at another regular paid job, if the student has one. The student's study permit must also have the condition stating that they may accept employment on or off campus and there are no restrictions preventing them from engaging in related field of work stated on the study permit.
If an international student already has a co-op work permit but applied to extend it prior to the expiry of their existing co-op work permit, they may continue to work full time until a decision is made on the extension. A student will have to stop working if the co-op work permit extension is refused.
International students are expected to have health insurance for the duration of their co-op work term. Health insurance is charged every Fall term and if the co-op work term is in the Fall, international students are required to pay international insurance fees to ensure continued coverage.
Students can refer to this webpage for information pertaining to the temporary work rules for international students and the resource tool to understand off-campus working hours.

The minimum hours vary depending on the WIL program the student is enrolled in.

Diploma, advanced diploma and graduate certificate programs require that WIL students work a minimum of 350 hours for their WIL placement.

Degree programs require that WIL students work a minimum of 420 hours for their WIL placement.

Please note that as of September 1, 2024, any unpaid WIL opportunity cannot exceed a student’s minimum required hours for their WIL program. If you have questions about the total hours, please confirm this with your WIL Co-ordinator.

Seneca Works accepts unpaid WIL positions; however, any unpaid WIL position cannot exceed a student's minimum required hours for their WIL program. Diploma, advanced diploma and graduate certificate programs require that WIL students work a minimum of 350 hours for their WIL experience. Degree programs require that WIL students work a minimum of 420 hours for their WIL experience. If you have questions about the total hours, please confirm this with your WIL Co-ordinator.