Ottawa gives Mohawk College $20M for new technology lab building
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Mohawk College is set to receive $20 million from the federal government for new infrastructure at its Fennell campus.
Filomena Tassi, MP for Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas along with MPP for Ancaster-Dundas-Flamborough-Westdale, Ted McMeekin, made the announcement Friday morning. The ministers were highlighting the benefits of its new Post-Secondary Institutions Strategic Investment Fund.
Mohawk will break ground on a new Centre for Partnership and Innovation. It will build and renovate 120,000 square feet of labs and classrooms with a focus on technology. Construction will include a new 90,000 square foot building, the largest addition to the campus since its doors opened five decades ago.
"The Government of Canada's record-setting $20 million investment in Mohawk will support the largest ever renewal of labs and classrooms in our 50-year history," said Mohawk College President Ron McKerlie in a statement. "This renewal will allow Mohawk to educate more students than ever before in high-demand technology programs and put our students to work with even more industry partners on job-creating and prosperity-building applied research projects."
Construction will begin in October with the building expected to be open in Fall 2018. It will also be the area's first zero carbon building, generating potentially more energy than it consumes.