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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...

October 10, 2021 – Mohawk College’s mHealth & eHealth Development and Innovation Centre (MEDIC) has received a renewal grant of $1.75 million for its nationally recognized Technology Access Centre in Digital Health. Over the next five years, funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)...

July 30, 2021 – The free white paper helps companies understand how to keep patient data safe and secure. Mohawk College’s mHealth and eHealth Development and Innovation Centre (MEDIC) has released a white paper that will help Canadian digital health start-ups navigate the complex privacy and consent...

July 16, 2021 – IDEAWORKS supported 224 industry & community partners with their R & D challenges. IDEAWORKS has released this year’s IDEAWORK Year in Review, a look back at the academic 2020/2021 year. The IDEAWORKS Year in Review provides an overview on the accomplishments and...

July 7, 2021 – Mohawk College researcher partners with Motsai to develop prototype of a unique IoT sensor device the size of a postage stamp A new applied research collaboration between a Mohawk College research team and Quebec-based Motsai will help determine if a postage...

(first published in Perspective magazine, June 2021) Reshaping your company post-COVID: How applied research can help June 10, 2021 – Innovate or fold? The question sounds dramatic but with Canada just past the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, many business owners have started to ask themselves if...