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Insurance program leads to a varied 23-year career

From commercial account manager and commercial service team leader to commercial lines supervisor and department trainer, Mohawk College Insurance program graduate Wendy Hazell has done it all. Over the past 23 years since she completed the diploma offering, Wendy has made a varied career...

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Career exploration at Mohawk results in various insurance industry options

Emma Giammichele wanted to attend a business-related college program, but she wasn’t exactly sure which path was for her. Mohawk College’s one-year General Arts and Science certificate proved to be low risk and high reward. Emma was able to explore her post-secondary options, discover what it was...

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Urban Homesteading

Mohawk Sustainability recently hosted a webinar featuring the owners of Sentimental Farm. Rob and Chris are homesteaders who live a self-sufficient lifestyle on their farm by growing their own organic vegetables, raising chickens and collecting eggs, preserving the food they make and creating...

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Identifying and avoiding job scams

Job scams can be sophisticated and elaborate schemes that often target students or people new to a field. Whether you are a student looking for a part-time job or a recent graduate searching for a full-time position, it is possible you may experience a fraudulent job offer at some point. As a job...

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Bringing creativity to recreation therapy

While in her final semester and preparing to graduate from the Recreation Therapy program, Julie Thompson could not have predicted the “new world” she would be entering as a graduate in the spring of 2020. During her two-year program, she completed much of her training before the pandemic swept...

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Continuing to learn virtually

By Deborah Konig Throughout the spring and into our fall semester, many courses and programs that were customarily delivered in a classroom environment were effectively transitioned to remote learning. Traditionally a leader in online delivery, the necessity to offer even more remote learning was a...

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Mohawk partners on digital health projects

One of Canada’s leading applied research centres in health IT is based at Mohawk College. Globally recognized for its expertise in Digital Health, Mohawk’s mHealth & eHealth Development and Innovation Centre (MEDIC) partners with government institutions, public health teams, clinician groups...

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Grad partners with Mohawk professor for restricted airspace drone work

By Meaghan Drury ‘12 In the summer of 2020, Kary MacMillan ’18 was presented with a problem and an opportunity. Working as a proposal coordinator at Construction Demathieu & Bard (CDB) Inc. Kary wanted to use a drone to film the work her company was completing on the Rainbow Bridge. Although filming...

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Mohawk continues to adapt to pandemic circumstances

By Meaghan Drury ‘12 As we all know, COVID-19 has changed the way we live. The way we work, learn and interact with others has been dramatically transformed. Over the past seven months, Mohawk students and staff have had to adapt to new ways of learning and working in remote environments. As leaders...

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Introducing Mohawk's Future Ready Premium Employer Program

In the fall of 2019, a new initiative was launched at the college to more actively engage industry and community partners in the training of job-ready college graduates. The Future Ready Premium Employer Program aims to give students greater opportunities to build careers with leading employers in...

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Future Ready Blog

Insurance program leads to a varied 23-year career

Career exploration at Mohawk results in various insurance industry options

Urban Homesteading

Identifying and avoiding job scams

Bringing creativity to recreation therapy

Continuing to learn virtually

Mohawk partners on digital health projects

Grad partners with Mohawk professor for restricted airspace drone work

Mohawk continues to adapt to pandemic circumstances

Introducing Mohawk's Future Ready Premium Employer Program

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