City School is an innovative initiative for Mohawk College, which means our research is an important way to support our work.
City School Research and Reports
The City School Model: Researching the Impact of Employer-Designed Career Access Programs in Improving Outcomes for Underserved Communities
Funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Status: Completed 2021
The City School Mobile Classroom: Evaluating a Response Method to Improving Access to Education
Funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Status: Completed 2020
"Teaching is a learning experience": Exploring Faculty Engagement with Low-Income Adult Learners in a College-Community Partnership Program (2020)
Canadian Journal of Education
Read the Article (opens new window)
The City School Partnership: A Community-Built Response to Improving Access to Education
Funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Read the Final Report (opens PDF - 804 KB)
Status: Completed 2019
Bringing College Classrooms to the Community: Promoting Post-Secondary Access for Low-Income Adults Through Neighbourhood-Based College Courses (2019)
Canadian Journal of Higher Education
Read the Article (opens new window)
Jobs for Locals at the Hamilton Port: Building accessible, demand-led postsecondary pathways
Funded by the Ontario Centre for Workforce Innovation
Status: Completed 2018
Pathway Transfer to Postsecondary: Exploring the Connection between Tuition Free Credit Courses and Postsecondary Studies
Funded by the Ontario Council on Articulation and Transfer
Status: Completed 2017
Community Reports
- Fall 2018 Community Report (opens PDF - 3.4 MB)
- Summer 2018 Community Report
- Winter 2018 Community Report (opens PDF - 875 KB)
- 2017 Annual Report (opens PDF - 685 KB)
- Fall 2017 Community Report (opens PDF - 856 KB)
- Fall 2016 Community Report (opens PDF - 221 KB)
Lead Researcher, Alan Bourke, Ph.D: Alan is a Professor in the School of Liberal Studies at Mohawk College where he teaches a variety of courses in the social sciences and humanities. He has an MA in sociology from the National University of Ireland (Cork) and a PhD in sociology from York University (Toronto). He has published work in international academic journals and with a Canadian Press in areas of community engagement, higher education, and social inequality.
City School in the News
- Breaking down barriers with mobile classrooms (opens new window)
- President Ron McKerlie launches Challenge 2025
- Mohawk College gets funding for second mobile classroom
- Mohawk College asks to partner again with Haldimand
- Finding a New Passion in Welding
- Mohawk College Mobile Classroom enrolls 100 students in its first year
- Mohawk College's City School program gets $600,000 funding boost
- Haldimand County to partner with Mohawk College for local post-secondary opportunities
- Mohawk to work with employers to develop City School courses
- Skilled trades training initiative in Hamilton gets provincial funding boost
- Construction course helps women build lives
- City School and Burlington Public Library
- International Women's Day
- Transgender job fair will help with barriers - from interviews to LinkedIn photos
- Province supporting women in skilled trades
- Mohawk Launches City School Mobile