C1.1

identify and explore a variety of topics, issues, and/or processes related to the cooperative education experience (e.g., emerging trends in specific industry sectors; wages, benefits and potential employment opportunities; pathways to apprenticeship; the impact of social media on the workplace; new equipment available for improving workplace safety; the need for a new app related to the organization or sector; a recycling program for a construction project; innovative hair-colouring techniques; new soldering techniques; the relationship between merchandising and sales; conflict-resolution techniques and strategies; poverty, racism, sexism, mental health [as these issues relate to workplaces]; biodiversity, pollution, climate change, natural disasters [as these issues relate to particular sectors]; getting workers to adopt changes that make food-processing safer; legal processes for developing a patent; business plan models for starting your own business; design processes for developing a computer application; how marketing plans are drawn up).