College staff will now prepare a report for Mohawk's Board of Governors to be reviewed in the coming months. At the direction of the Board, Mohawk remains committed to closing the Elgin Street Campus and relocating students to a campus where the quality of facilities and amenities will be equal to the calibre of faculty and staff who currently teach and serve students.

Mohawk's first preference is to relocate to Brantford's downtown core. Key benefits of the move would include strengthening ties with Mohawk's education and community partners, supporting Brantford's ongoing revitalization of the core and securing the long-term sustainability of a Mohawk campus in Brantford.

Relocation of students, staff and programs from the Elgin Street Campus will not happen in the forseeable future. Students who started their year at the Elgin Street Campus earlier this month will finish their year in Brantford next spring. 

Mohawk submitted a proposal to the City of Brantford during the summer. The proposal outlined a range of options based on different numbers of students enrolled at a downtown campus. Mohawk has not yet received a response from the city.

As the first postsecondary institution to open its doors in Brantford, Mohawk's preference is to continue having a presence in the city. Mohawk also remains committed to relocating students and programs from the Elgin Street Campus.

That relocation will not be happening in the forseeable future. Students who have started the year at the Elgin Street Campus this month will finish their year in Brantford next spring. More than 2,100 full-time students currently study in Brantford.

Brantford Mayor Mike Hancock, who is not seeking re-election in October's municipal election, also says Mohawk's proposal for a downtown campus "will be impossible to deal with until after the election."