Canada’s Top 100 for Greater Toronto, Hamilton-Niagara, Waterloo features Canadian PSE

Canada’s Top 100 has released its regional lists of the top employers—including members of the postsecondary sector—for the areas of Greater Toronto, Hamilton-Niagara, and Kitchener-Waterloo. For the Greater Toronto area, George Brown Polytechnic was recognized for its sabbatical leaves, University Pension Plan Ontario was recognized for its health spending account, and the University of Toronto […]

Postsecondary institutions across Canada created video holiday greetings for their community members. The presidents of two universities played the leading role these greetings: Mount Royal University Dr Tim Rahilly fell asleep at his desk as the university mascot came alive to create festive chaos on campus, while the University of Windsor’s President JJ McMurtry explored […]

Re$earch Infosource Inc has released its 2025 list of Canada’s top 50 research colleges. The ranking focused on funding and considered factors such as the government funding and non-government funding that each institution received, research income growth, and research intensity. The top three institutions were Cégep de Trois-Rivières (#1), Mohawk College (#2), and the Northern […]

Mohawk College is launching a Bachelor of Technology in Sustainability and a Bachelor of Management in Sustainability, both to begin accepting students in Fall 2026. These applied degrees will use an interdisciplinary approach to prepare graduates to meet the demand for sustainability professionals across multiple sectors and disciplines. Students will have the option of pursuing […]

Brock University and Mohawk College have signed two transfer pathway agreements that will offer students flexible options for pursuing a Bachelor of Therapeutic Recreation or Bachelor of Recreation and Leisure Studies. Eligible Mohawk Recreation Therapy program students will receive a block of seven transfer credits towards either Brock degree. “The pathways facilitate greater access to […]

Ontario college support workers gathered for rallies and demonstrations on college campuses on Thursday after talks between CEC and OPSEU broke down earlier this week. CHCH reports that staff gathered at institutions such as Algonquin College, Collège Boréal, Humber Polytechnic, Georgian College, Mohawk College, and St Clair College. Several colleges—including Algonquin, Mohawk, and St Clair—cancelled […]

The Canadian Colleges for a Resilient Recovery has announced a nationwide initiative called Advancing Access and Skills Training for Green Buildings and Retrofits, which will support Canada’s low-carbon transition. The initiative consists of training programs—accessible through Quick Train Canada and delivered at 13 C2R2 member institutions—which are supported with federal funding from the Sectoral Workforce […]

A man has been arrested in relation to the shooting of Mohawk College student Harsimrat Randhawa that occurred in Hamilton in April. Randhawa, an international student from India, was an innocent bystander who was killed by a stray bullet. The man has been charged with one count of first-degree murder and three counts of attempted […]

Mohawk College has opted to close its downtown Hamilton residence just one year after opening due to enrolment woes, reports the Hamilton Spectator. Mohawk leased the nine-storey residence and opened it in April 2024 as part of its efforts to accommodate a growing student population. However, the introduction of the international student cap reportedly had […]

Canada’s Top 100 has released its 2025 Canada’s Greenest Employers list and nine institutions have appeared among the leaders. The competition assessed employers across the country, ranking them based on employee-led initiatives, programs focused on creating a culture of environmental awareness, and in-house sustainability efforts. The postsecondary institutions that made the ranking were the British […]