Conestoga School Institute of Know-how and Superior Studying gave Brazilian pupil Victor Barbosa Nogueira the chance to check on the high faculty in Ontario and immerse himself in Canadian tradition, in addition to study nations all all over the world from his fellow worldwide classmates.
“Despite the fact that I got here to Canada, I’m not simply studying about Canadian tradition. I’m studying from numerous cultures as nicely as a result of we’re so various right here,” mentioned Barbosa Nogueira, who got here to Canada in December 2022. “In my class, I’d make buddies from all around the world and I may share with them my experiences, they usually shared their experiences so I realized lots from totally different nations though I’m right here in Canada.”
Barbosa Nogueira’s dream to check overseas grew to become actuality when he started the Software program Engineering Know-how three-year superior diploma at Conestoga, which he selected for its supreme location within the coronary heart of Silicon Valley North (Waterloo Area) and the faculty’s sturdy ties to the native innovation sector.
Presently, Barbosa Nogueira is in his third co-op placement as a product assist analyst at domestically based mostly international software program firm D2L following two co-ops at Conestoga’s Digital and Augmented Actuality Lab (VARLab), which specialises in creating digital studying simulations for college kids and coaching options for business companions.
The invaluable studying expertise college students acquire in co-op placements by placing classroom studying into real-world observe is a precedence at Conestoga, which presents greater than 85 co-op applications in numerous disciplines and credentials from levels to diplomas. Barbosa Nogueira’s co-op experiences have enormously boosted his confidence to find skilled success after commencement.
Despite the fact that I got here to Canada, I’m not simply studying about Canadian tradition. I’m studying from numerous cultures as nicely as a result of we’re so various right here
“Now I’m very comfy on discovering a job as a result of I can clarify numerous issues from a technical perspective, and it was all as a result of concept that I realized in this system and the primary two phrases of the co-op.”
Barbosa Nogueira discovered wanted help securing employment from Conestoga’s Scholar Success advisors, who provided individualised tips about tailoring his resume and interviewing, and the faculty’s on-line job openings platform narrowed his search.
He additionally appreciates the various different helps accessible to college students, together with a medical clinic, counselling companies and dialog circles for college kids like himself studying English as a second language. “Even in case you don’t use it, simply realizing it’s there provides you consolation.”
Barbosa Nogueira was impressed by the Waterloo campus and its facilities, together with the Esports hub for leisure and varsity gaming, a restaurant operated by hospitality and culinary college students, and the top-of-the-line know-how and gear for the career-focused applications from info and communications know-how to expert trades.
Conestoga was ranked the most effective faculty in Ontario in 2025 by CourseCompare, which celebrated the big variety of choices accessible to college students together with extra diploma applications than another faculty exterior the Better Toronto Space and their success after commencement.
Greater than 90% of Conestoga college students discover work inside six months of commencement, and 92.3% of employers have been very glad with their graduates. Conestoga has the best commencement price in Ontario at 72%, and 80.7% of scholars are glad with their expertise.
“I’m very grateful to Conestoga School as a result of every thing I’ve ever wanted, they have been in a position to present me,” Barbosa Nogueira mentioned.
Conestoga School Institute of Know-how and Superior Studying is a public faculty established in Kitchener, Ontario in 1967. The school expanded considerably to ship in-demand profession and abilities coaching in eight communities and their surrounding areas in Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge, Guelph, Brantford, Milton, Stratford and Ingersoll. The school delivers a complete vary of career-focused applications together with diplomas, levels and post-graduate certificates.
Concerning the writer: Johanna Weidner is a communications officer at Conestoga School, sharing information tales highlighting achievements of the faculty and its group of scholars, alumni and workers
