CityLAB is an innovative program between the City of Hamilton, Mohawk College, McMaster University, and Redeemer University. It matches students and faculty with municipal staff to develop solutions to city-identified projects that align with Hamilton’s strategic priorities. Starting as a pilot project in 2017, the program has become a permanent program, with Mohawk College contributing 28,838 hours of civic engagement through 41 unique projects involving 1,348 students and 30 faculty members. Through this collaboration, CityLAB provides rich experiential learning and leadership opportunities for students and community engagement for city staff to co-create a better Hamilton for all.
About Mohawk College
Mohawk College educates and serves 30,000 full-time, part-time and apprenticeship students at three campuses in Hamilton, Ontario. More than 1,200 international students from over 70... Learn more
The Program Excellence Award
The Program Excellence Award recognizes a program or an initiative that is innovative, portable, sustainable, and effective and focuses on one or more of the following areas: Indigenous Education; Sustainable Development; Global Engagement; Equity, Diversity and Inclusion; Applied Research and Innovation.
CICan and TD Insurance
TD Insurance is proud to be the exclusive sponsor of the CICan Awards of Excellence Program. TD Insurance will give an award of $1,000 to each Gold level Award of Excellence recipient.
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