Canada's Environment Minister Visits Mohawk
The Hon. Catherine McKenna tours The Joyce Centre for Partnership & Innovation
The Hon. Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada, visited Mohawk College's Fennell campus today for a quick tour of The Joyce Centre for Partnership & Innovation, Canada's largest and Hamilton's first zero carbon institutional building. President Ron McKerlie led the tour, giving the Minister an overview of the building's zero carbon features and highlighting other projects Mohawk is working on to reduce its carbon footprint on campus and in our community.
The Joyce Centre is gaining a lot of attention in Canada's building industry. It has won five awards recognizing its status as one of the first and largest zero carbon buildings in Canada. It also recently received Zero Carbon Building - Design Certification from the Canada Green Building Council.
Joining the Minister for the visit were Burlington Mayor Rick Goldring, Hamilton Mayor Fred Eisenberger and The Hon. Filomena Tassi, Minister of Seniors.
The Canadian Government supported the construction of The Joyce Centre for Partnership & Innovation with a $20 million contribution from the government's Postsecondary Institution's Strategic Investment Fund. The fund was established to enhance, modernize and improve the environmental sustainability of college and university campuses across Canada. The $20 million contribution is the largest federal infrastructure investment in Mohawk’s history.
The Joyce Centre will officially open this September. For more information on on the centre visit www.netzeromohawk.ca.
Mohawk College educates and serves more than 32,500 full-time, part-time, apprenticeship and international students at four main campuses in Hamilton, Ontario and learning hubs across Hamilton through City School by Mohawk, as well as at the Mohawk College Mississauga Campus in partnership with triOS College. Mohawk is committed to upholding an equitable, diverse and inclusive learning, working and engaging environment for students, employees and the community. The college is among the top colleges for applied research in Canada. It has been named one of Hamilton-Niagara’s top employers and one of Canada’s greenest employers, and holds a GOLD STARS rating from AASHE for sustainability achievements. More than 165,000 people have graduated from Mohawk since it was founded.