Future Ready Blog

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...

At Walters Group Inc., Mohawk Alumni are in every shop and department where they get to connect and share their Mohawk College pride every day. By Emmett Steele ‘22 For many years, Mohawk College and Walters Group Inc. have worked together closely to help the next generation of skilled tradespeople...

Sustainability is everyone’s responsibility. Mohawk graduate, Emilee Schevers, agrees. During her final semester in the Early Childhood Education program, Emilee came across a social media post for the Sustainability Office’s Sustainability Initiatives Fund (SIF) Ideabank that calls on students to...

Stephanie Maki '17 has always had her heart set on helping people, one way or another. As she graduated high school, she began studying to become an early childhood educator. It was a start, but as time passed, the path she was on didn’t fulfill her. “After studying for 2 years away from home, I...