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October 18, 2022 – Mohawk College will expand its applied research operations to support dozens of industry and community partners and create as many as 300 new student research jobs thanks to $3.25 million in funding announced today by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research...

May 31, 2022 – Research has shown that it’s beneficial to talk to plants but wouldn’t it be nice if the plants could talk back? A new applied research collaboration between Mohawk College and sustainable tech startup EarthOne will help give plants a “voice,” thanks to a...

May 27, 2022 – Dr. Tony Cupido, Research Chair, Sustainable Building Technologies, was featured on an episode of the 360 on Energy & Carbon podcast about operating a zero-emission building.This episode features what goes into operating a zero-emission building, maintenance practices, occupant expectations, and more....

April 26, 2022 – Congratulations to the team from Mohawk College’s IDEAWORKS for being selected as the Bronze recipient of the Applied Research and Innovation Excellence award from Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan). The award was presented at CICan’s national conference in Halifax, N.S. on...

April 5, 2022 – Mohawk College is pursuing new research using remotely piloted vehicles and is helping companies address digital and communication challenges in their operations, thanks to $2.6 million in funding announced today by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)....

April 1, 2022 – Mohawk College is proud to be a recent signatory of the SDG Accord, the university and college sector’s collective response to the United Nations’ sustainable development goals (SDGs). Mohawk is among 21 colleges and polytechnics in Canada that have signed the accord and committed...

March 25, 2022 – Sherif Adbou, General Manager (Interim) of the Additive Manufacturing Innovation Centre at IDEAWORKS, was part of the successful team (Tenomix) that recently won the Synapse Life Science Pitch Competition. The innovative commercialization plan was featured in inTheHammer  – Creator of ‘Lymphonator’ cancer...

February 18, 2022 – YMS and Mohawk College have partnered to develop a reimagined billing application that will support healthcare providers by introducing much needed automation and reducing the time they spend on administrative tasks. This project was featured in Canadian Healthcare Technology magazine. ...

February 17, 2022 – Mohawk College’s mHealth & eHealth Development and Innovation Centre (MEDIC) announces the appointment of seven members to its advisory board. MEDIC at IDEAWORKS, is a federally-funded Technology Access Centre (TAC) in Digital Health, globally recognized for its expertise in accelerating the development of interoperable...

February 4, 2022 –A recent podcast episode of Trillium Network for Advanced Manufacturing’s ‘Making it in Ontario’ series featured Jeff McIsaac, Dean of Applied Research, and Andrea Johnson, General Manager of the Centre Emerging Research Initiatives, in Mohawk’s IDEAWORKS applied research division. Making it in Ontario...

January 27, 2022 –Mohawk College retained its position as a top-10 research college in Canada and ranked first in Industry Research Income, according to national rankings released today. Reflecting the growth and success of IDEAWORKS, Mohawk’s applied research division, Mohawk has earned a top-10 position...

November 12, 2021 – Research partners Sparkgeo has worked with the Accessibility Research Lab at Mohawk College to conduct user-testing with people who are blind and partially sighted. They tested how they perceive and understand sites that display web maps and the maps themselves through the assistive technology...