City School is an innovative initiative for Mohawk College, which means our research is an important way to support our work.
The City School Partnership: A Community-Built Response to Improving Access to Education
Funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Status: Complete
Read the Final Report (opens PDF)
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Canadian Journal of Higher Education - Bringing College Classrooms to the Community: Promoting Post-Secondary Access for Low-Income Adults Through Neighbourhood-Based College Courses (opens new window)
- Fall 2018 Community Report (opens PDF)
- Summer 2018 Community Report (opens PDF)
- Winter 2018 Community Report (opens PDF)
- 2017 Annual Report (opens PDF)
- Winter 2017 Community Report (opens PDF)
- Fall 2016 Community Report (opens PDF)
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: Ongoing
Interim Report coming soon.
Pathway Transfer to Postsecondary: Exploring the Connection between Tuition Free Credit Courses and Postsecondary Studies
Funded by the Ontario Council on Articulation and Transfer
- Read the Executive Summary and Final Report
Status: Complete
Jobs for Locals at the Hamilton Port: Building accessible, demand-led postsecondary pathways
Funded by the Ontario Centre for Workforce Innovation
- Read the Final Report
Status: Complete
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
- 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
- $1.6M for City School by Mohawk will help students learn for free
- Province supporting women in skilled trades
- Mohawk Launches City School Mobile
Download our Updates
- Fall 2018 (opens new window)
- Spring-Summer 2018 (opens new window)
- Winter 2018 PDF
- Spring 2017 PDF
- Winter 2017 PDF
- Fall 2016 PDF
- Summer 2016 PDF
- Winter 2016 PDF