Mohawk College

In 2024 Mohawk introduced a layoff plan to cut a significant number of staff due to decreased international student enrolment.

• Name — Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology • Motto — Scientia Opus Omnium • Motto Eng — Knowledge, the work of all • Type — Public college • Endowment — million (2021) • Chair — Anna Filice • President — Paul Armstrong • Vice President — Cebert Adamson • Administrative Staff — 1,100 • Students — 30,000 (2025: 10,450 FTEs) • Other Students — * 4,000 apprenticeships • 2,000 international • City — Hamilton • Province — Ontario • Country — Canada • Campus — Urban • Free Label — Other campuses • Free — * Burlington • Mississauga • Sporting Affiliations — CCAA – OCAA • Colours — Burgundy, crimson, and orange • Mascot — Mo the Hawk • Sports Nickname — Mountaineers • Academic Affiliations — * ACCC • AUCC • CBIE • Website — www.mohawkcollege.ca

Mohawk College was established during the formation of Ontario's college system in 1966. The school was founded in 1967 as part of a provincial initiative to create many such institutions to provide career-oriented advanced diploma, diploma, and certificate courses, as well as continuing education programs to Ontario communities.

Mohawk offers two-year Ontario college diplomas, three-year Ontario college advanced diplomas, one-year Ontario college graduate certificates and four-year collaborative degree programs, the latter in association with McMaster University. Mohawk offers more than 130 full-time programs, apprenticeship programs and more than 1,000 continuing education courses. Mohawk specialise in health science and engineering technology education and is the largest trainer of apprentices in Ontario. The college provides English language instruction and bridging programs for internationally trained professionals in health sciences and engineering technology. In 2021, Mohawk opened a centre for aviation technology, consisting of a 75,000 square foot classroom and laboratory space located at the Hamilton International Airport. That same year, Mohawk introduced an accelerated training program for Personal Support Workers, which allows students to become fully credentialed graduates within a six month time period.

The college operates a campus radio station, 101.5 The Hawk, and an online student newspaper Ignite News.

Mohawk College has five library locations, one of which is an e-Library. The Fennell Campus library is named the Harold Cummings Library after a $4 million donation by the late Harold Cummings and father of a Mohawk library employee. At the time of the donation in 2009, it was the largest private donation in Mohawk's history.

The faculties include the McKeil School of Business, Faculty of Media and Entertainment, Faculty of Engineering Technology, Faculty of Health Sciences, and the Faculty of Community and Urban Studies.

• Illustration — Mohawk College, Fennell Campus, Hamilton, Ontario • Illustration — Mohawk College, Fennell Campus, Hamilton, Ontario • Illustration — Joyce Centre For Partnership & Innovation (EA Wing) Atrium The Fennell Campus in Hamilton is Mohawk's main campus and is home to programs from Mohawk's McKeil School of Business, Communication Arts, Technology and Community Services programs. The Joyce Centre for Partnership & Innovation (Fennell Campus EA Wing) opened in 2018, containing technology laboratories and instructional spaces. The Fennell Campus includes the McKeil School of Business, named after donors Blair and Kathy McKeil of McKeil Marine. The school hosts programs in advertising, business, marketing, public relations, and office administration. Mohawk is a member of the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association. In September 2013, Mohawk officially opened the 64,000 square foot David Braley Athletic and Recreation Centre. The $35 million centre is open to all students for varsity and intramural sports and personal fitness. The McIntyre Performing Arts Centre accommodates up to 1039 people and is only second to Hamilton Place in size in the area.

Mohawk claims to be the largest trainer of apprentices in Ontario, with more than 4,000 apprentices at the Stoney Creek Campus. The newest addition to the campus is a 12,000 square foot building now under construction across from the Gerald Marshall Centre for Transportation. Half of the $3 million building is dedicated to a shop where apprentices from across the campus will work together on large scale community projects. The centre will also include classrooms and programmable control labs.

Opened in 2021, the Centre for Aviation Technology, located at the John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport provides specialized facilities and learning spaces designed for students in the 4 aviation technology programs offered by Mohawk College. The campus is equipped with a variety of aircraft located in the hangar and tarmac, practical learning labs, classrooms, common areas, and a cafeteria. The Centre for Aviation Technology is part of a 3 hangar complex owned by aviation maintenance overhaul firm KF Aerospace. The campus takes up the first of the 3 hangars, and provides a strategic partnership between the college and KF Aerospace.

More than 1,700 full-time students attend the Mohawk-McMaster Institute for Applied Health Sciences (IAHS), the first facility in Canada to combine college and university health sciences education and research under one roof. The IAHS is home to collaborative nursing and medical radiation sciences programs that have achieved the highest level of accreditation possible. The IAHS includes a clinical simulation lab modelled after a hospital ward and a fully operational medical radiation lab where students gain hands-on experience prior to clinical placements. Starting in 2016, more than $3 million in renovations will transform the campus into a one-of-a-kind simulated hospital and long-term care centre. Students from Mohawk's Nursing, Practical Nursing, Medical Radiation Sciences, Personal Support Worker and Pharmacy Technician programs will learn together in cross disciplinary teams, mirroring how they'll work during their clinical placements and throughout their careers.

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