Future Ready Blog

By John Jonaid, 1st semester Journalism student As a graduate, you are a valued member of our Mohawk College community. Your knowledge, skills, and experience can make a real difference in the lives of current students. Mohawk offers numerous volunteer positions that provide alumni with...

By John Jonaid, 1st semester Journalism student Hamilton is facing a crisis as the number of skilled-in-demand workers in the market is declining. To respond to this crisis, Mohawk College has taken an ambitious step with the launch of Challenge 2025. This five-year workforce-recovery initiative...

By John Jonaid, 1st semester Journalism student Mohawk College empowers students to positively impact their community through the innovative Campus to Community program. With a focus on hands-on, real-life experiences, students can apply what they learn in the classroom to their community. It helps...

Two Mohawk College graduates, Jacqueline Cantar ’17 and Felicia Van Dyk ‘10 are helping provide food access for our most vulnerable community members. By Lindy Yang ‘22 For two community organizers, their time at Mohawk College helped them develop the skills to bring community fridges to life in...

Getting a fresh start can be challenging yet exciting. The world is full of new and exciting opportunities, but that excitement is coupled with the uncertainty that things may not work out. For Marcelo, a student in the Computer Systems Technology – Software Development program at Mohawk College...

When looking back on your past, it can be hard to recognize how far you’ve come since starting your journey. With each step that we take, whether it’s big or small, it takes us that little bit further away from where we started and closer to who we will become. Three Mohawk College Alumni from the...

John Paul ‘21 finished his Mohawk program nearly 20 years after he began his studies, crediting his mature student journey as one of his greatest strengths. “I started at Mohawk in 2004,” John Paul says. “Then, I unfortunately had to leave in 2005 due to illness in the family.” Disheartened to pause...

Apprenticeship Community Hub Mohawk College is one of the largest trainers of apprentices in Ontario, with more than 2,900 apprenticeship students enrolled in a wide variety of apprentice programs. Mohawk apprentices are recognized as industry-ready by employers. Located at the Stoney Creek Campus...

In June, we welcomed graduates to Fennell Campus for the first in-person Convocation ceremonies since 2019. The excitement was clearly on display by all our new alumni, friends and family. Thank you to our alumni speakers for sharing their words of advice with the Class of 2022. Mohamed Ibrahim...

In 2017, Mohawk College participated in a Canada 150 Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) workshop. Participants at this workshop identified the need for females in technology to network as a community. Also in 2017, Mohawk conducted a research project on women in trades that confirmed...