Each year, our co-op program opens our doors to students from other schools who want real workplace experience. This year, we had the privilege of working with Loïc Pereira, a student from a nearby French school.

Through our co-op program, we welcome students from other schools into our facility at 950 Dupont Street to gain hands-on experience in a real sports-and-education environment – earning high school credits while discovering what a career might actually feel like. This year, that student was Loïc Pereira, who joined us from a nearby French school and embedded with our media and production team.

A little bit of everything

Loïc described his placement as “doing a little bit of everything,” and his work backs that up. Under the guidance of our media manager, Aniket Rao, he designed posters and brochures in Canva, edited video in CapCut, and produced content for the Uchenna Academy and Ballmatics Instagram pages. He built player highlight reels, cut our graduation livestream into shareable clips, recorded game stats, and gave shooting feedback to our junior team – even helping set up our graduation event along the way.

What he took away

Loïc sharpened his design and video editing skills, but just as importantly, he learned to work in a professional environment — meeting deadlines, communicating with coworkers, and reviewing his work carefully before it went public. Asked whether he’d continue in this field, his answer was a clear yes:

“I enjoyed designing graphics, editing videos and helping manage social media content. This experience showed me how creative media can be used to promote sports programs and athletes, which is something that interests me.”

He called the workplace “professional, welcoming and very collaborative” — exactly the environment we work to build for every student who walks through our doors.

Thank you, Loïc, for your hard work and great energy. We can’t wait to see where you go next.

Interested in a co-op placement with Uchenna and QSLA? Email us at info@uchenna.ca to learn more.