Mohawk College has received $4 million in federal funding for a second mobile classroom that will be used to introduce free skilled trades training to people who face barriers getting into those trades.
Jim Vanderveken, dean of community partnerships and experiential learning at Mohawk, said the new trailer that folds out into 1,000 square feet of learning space is currently being built in Mississauga and they expect to take delivery in the fall.
“It’s state-of-the-art instructional space,” Vanderveken said. “It can train individuals in welding, carpentry, plumbing, electrical, it can be deployed to train individuals in the apprenticeship trades across the spectrum of those trades.”
The portable 46 metre (53 feet) long classroom has space for up to 24 students at a time.
That works out to about 150 students a year and a second trailer should boost that to 250, Vanderveken said.
Mohawk started using the portable classroom two years ago, as part of its City School program to give more women, Indigenous peoples, new Canadians and people with disabilities a taste of skilled trades training.
“It is targeting those individuals, youth and adults, who have not completed their educational pathway and want to re-engage or those individuals who’ve never had an opportunity to pursue education at the post-secondary level and there are some individuals who are re-entering the workforce and need a new skill to be competitive,” Vanderveken said.
He noted the trailer has visited a few communities around Hamilton over the past two years including the Eva Rothwell Centre in the North End, the Barton-Ottawa Street area and the Beasley neighbourhood.
Vanderveken said the mobile classroom is parked in a community for three months and students can earn two college credits at no charge.
Those who wish to complete their apprenticeship or training can then attend regular Mohawk classes.
While the cost for those programs can run as much as $5,000 for the September to April school year, Vanderveken said there are a variety of scholarships, bursaries and other financial assistance programs the students can apply for to ease the financial burden.
See mohawkcollege.ca for more information.
The funding announcement was made May 17 by Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas MP Filomena Tassi.
Mohawk College has received $4 million in federal funding for a second mobile classroom that will be used to introduce free skilled trades training to people who face barriers getting into those trades.
Jim Vanderveken, dean of community partnerships and experiential learning at Mohawk, said the new trailer that folds out into 1,000 square feet of learning space is currently being built in Mississauga and they expect to take delivery in the fall.
“It’s state-of-the-art instructional space,” Vanderveken said. “It can train individuals in welding, carpentry, plumbing, electrical, it can be deployed to train individuals in the apprenticeship trades across the spectrum of those trades.”
The portable 46 metre (53 feet) long classroom has space for up to 24 students at a time.
That works out to about 150 students a year and a second trailer should boost that to 250, Vanderveken said.
Mohawk started using the portable classroom two years ago, as part of its City School program to give more women, Indigenous peoples, new Canadians and people with disabilities a taste of skilled trades training.
“It is targeting those individuals, youth and adults, who have not completed their educational pathway and want to re-engage or those individuals who’ve never had an opportunity to pursue education at the post-secondary level and there are some individuals who are re-entering the workforce and need a new skill to be competitive,” Vanderveken said.
He noted the trailer has visited a few communities around Hamilton over the past two years including the Eva Rothwell Centre in the North End, the Barton-Ottawa Street area and the Beasley neighbourhood.
Vanderveken said the mobile classroom is parked in a community for three months and students can earn two college credits at no charge.
Those who wish to complete their apprenticeship or training can then attend regular Mohawk classes.
While the cost for those programs can run as much as $5,000 for the September to April school year, Vanderveken said there are a variety of scholarships, bursaries and other financial assistance programs the students can apply for to ease the financial burden.
See mohawkcollege.ca for more information.
The funding announcement was made May 17 by Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas MP Filomena Tassi.
Mohawk College has received $4 million in federal funding for a second mobile classroom that will be used to introduce free skilled trades training to people who face barriers getting into those trades.
Jim Vanderveken, dean of community partnerships and experiential learning at Mohawk, said the new trailer that folds out into 1,000 square feet of learning space is currently being built in Mississauga and they expect to take delivery in the fall.
“It’s state-of-the-art instructional space,” Vanderveken said. “It can train individuals in welding, carpentry, plumbing, electrical, it can be deployed to train individuals in the apprenticeship trades across the spectrum of those trades.”
The portable 46 metre (53 feet) long classroom has space for up to 24 students at a time.
That works out to about 150 students a year and a second trailer should boost that to 250, Vanderveken said.
Mohawk started using the portable classroom two years ago, as part of its City School program to give more women, Indigenous peoples, new Canadians and people with disabilities a taste of skilled trades training.
“It is targeting those individuals, youth and adults, who have not completed their educational pathway and want to re-engage or those individuals who’ve never had an opportunity to pursue education at the post-secondary level and there are some individuals who are re-entering the workforce and need a new skill to be competitive,” Vanderveken said.
He noted the trailer has visited a few communities around Hamilton over the past two years including the Eva Rothwell Centre in the North End, the Barton-Ottawa Street area and the Beasley neighbourhood.
Vanderveken said the mobile classroom is parked in a community for three months and students can earn two college credits at no charge.
Those who wish to complete their apprenticeship or training can then attend regular Mohawk classes.
While the cost for those programs can run as much as $5,000 for the September to April school year, Vanderveken said there are a variety of scholarships, bursaries and other financial assistance programs the students can apply for to ease the financial burden.
See mohawkcollege.ca for more information.
The funding announcement was made May 17 by Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas MP Filomena Tassi.