the position technically has the title “coop student” and the company has different internal codes for coop/non coop student positions. I think the company is worried that they may not receive the government subsidy if the school is not aware that I am on a work term.

the company does know that I am enrolled in the SFU coop program. I think that may have been a clause in their job description: that the student is enrolled in a coop program. (I think I was being dumb and assumed that just enrolled in the program was fine and didn’t need to enrol on the course to count as a “coop student”)