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What do you imagine when you think about a university education? Sitting in large lecture halls, listening to experts at the front of the room? Working hard on lab experiments or participating in discussion groups? Spending hours in front of books at the university’s library? 说到大学教育，你脑海中会浮现出什么样的画面呢？是坐在大阶梯教室前排听专家讲课？在实验室里努力做实验？参加小组讨论？还是在大学图书馆泡上几小时“啃书”？ While all of these activities are likely to be part of most students’ experience at Canadian universities, increasingly students are also being encouraged to participate in activities that take them outside the classroom and into the community. Look at the web sites of most major Canadian universities and you’ll see that “hands-on” learning that allows students to integrate theories with practice is increasingly viewed as central to the university experience. 在加拿大，虽然这些都可能是多数大学生在校生涯的一部分，但学校也越来越鼓励学生走出校园，到社区去参加各种活动。浏览加拿大主要大学的网站就会发现，其中大多数都有“动手”学习内容，也就是让学生把理论和实践结合起来，而且这种学习正越来越被看作是大学生涯的核心。 This focus on Work Integrated Learning (WIL)—programs that combine work with formal education—is the result of several factors. First, studies, including a series from the Higher Education and Quality Council of Ontario, show that students who complement classroom learning with learning in the community usually feel they learn more deeply and are more confident about themselves and their academic choices direction | 
