Student Clubs & Communities
Connect with fellow students who have similar interests. Clubs & Communities provide a great sense of friendship, network building and skill development opportunities. Want to become more involved and connected to the MSA and college? Explore Clubs & Communities to connect with fellow students who have similar interests meanwhile enhancing your student experience.
Sound Like Fun?
Join or Start A MSA Club & Community Today!
Clubs & communities can add unique and fun opportunities to your student life and being part of one can even be added to your co-curricular record. Read about current Clubs and Communities on Ignite News! If you want to start a new club or community, the steps on how to do so are outlined below.
Step 1
Email Specialist
Contact the Clubs & Communities Specialist,
Hibo Ahmed, by emailing msaclubs@mohawkcollege.ca to get started.
Step 2
Learn The Policies
Get familiar with our policies by downloading the Clubs & Communities Policy (PDF, 137KB).
Step 3
Complete Application
Once you have read through the Clubs and Communities Policy fill out the ratification form.
If you are re-ratifying a Club or Community which existed previously fill out the re-ratification form.
Step 4
Leadership Training
To better equip you as a Club & Community leader, leadership training will be provided.
Step 5
Application Review
Your application will be reviewed by the MSA Clubs and Communities Team.
Step 6
Approval Notice
Once the application review has been completed, a status update will then be provided.
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything About Clubs & Communities
A club is a student-organized group connecting on a shared interest. A club highlights a collective initiative, passion and/or activity. Common examples are a Photography Club, Anime Club, Cooking Club, Dance Club or Magic Club.
A community is a student organized group built on a shared common identity, movement and/or goal. Often times a community is unified by representation and shared commonalities. Examples can be a Pride Community, Volunteer Community or a Spiritual Community.
Clubs are an excellent way to enhance your student experience. Clubs offer the following perks.
- Become more involved with the MSA
- Feel more connected to Mohawk
- Networking opportunities
- Develop and grow your skillsets
- Learn something new
- Make friends
- Relieve stress
- Explore your interests and passions
The MSA Clubs directory is where you will find an updated list of clubs, contact information and club descriptions.
Joining a club is easy, simply contact the Club President through your Mohawk email and express your interest in joining. From there the Club President will respond with next steps including how to get involved.
At the MSA students are welcomed to join a club at any point in time. As a club member there are no stringent time commitments therefore you can work your club involvement into your student schedule. Should you want to take a more leadership role additional responsibilities may be explored.
Absolutely, we welcome and encourage students to start a Club and/or Community. Both are made up by students for students often building unique and impactful experiences.
In terms of requirements we will need at least 2 student leaders (President & Vice-President) for each club with 4 general club members. Remember starting a Club or Community is simple, for more information click the Start button above.
The options are endless, students can submit a Club Application Form for any topic they would find positively impactful. Such as an Esports Club, Anime Club, Dance Club, Magic Club, Nursing Club, Middle Eastern Club, Mindfulness Club, and much more.
Note clubs are expected to adhere to the MSA Clubs Policy (PDF, 470KB), therefore clubs are to be a safe space and may not practice any forms of discrimination, harassment and/or violence.
Student Clubs & Communities
Sound Like Fun?
Join Or Start A MSA Club & Community Today!
Clubs & communities can add unique and fun opportunities to your student life and being part of one can even be added to your co-curricular record. Read about current Clubs and Communities on Ignite News!
If you want to start a new club or community, the steps on how to do so are outlined below.
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Start Club & Community
Step 1
Email Specialist
Contact the Clubs & Communities Specialist,
Hibo Ahmed, by emailing msaclubs@mohawkcollege.ca to get started.
Step 2
Learn The Policies
Get familiar with our policies by downloading the Clubs & Communities Policy (PDF, 137KB).
Step 3
Complete Application
Once you have read through the Clubs and Communities Policy fill out the ratification form.
If you are re-ratifying a Club or Community which existed previously fill out the re-ratification form.
Step 4
Leadership Training
To better equip you as a Club & Community leader, leadership training will be provided.
Step 5
Application Review
Your application will be reviewed by the MSA Clubs and Communities Team.
Step 6
Approval Notice
Once the application review has been completed, a status update will then be provided.
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything About Clubs & Communities
A club is a student-organized group connecting on a shared interest. A club highlights a collective initiative, passion and/or activity. Common examples are a Photography Club, Anime Club, Cooking Club, Dance Club or Magic Club.
A community is a student organized group built on a shared common identity, movement and/or goal. Often times a community is unified by representation and shared commonalities. Examples can be a Pride Community, Volunteer Community or a Spiritual Community.
Clubs are an excellent way to enhance your student experience. Clubs offer the following perks.
- Become more involved with the MSA
- Feel more connected to Mohawk
- Networking opportunities
- Develop and grow your skillsets
- Learn something new
- Make friends
- Relieve stress
- Explore your interests and passions
The MSA Clubs directory is where you will find an updated list of clubs, contact information and club descriptions.
Joining a club is easy, simply contact the Club President through your Mohawk email and express your interest in joining. From there the Club President will respond with next steps including how to get involved.
At the MSA students are welcomed to join a club at any point in time. As a club member there are no stringent time commitments therefore you can work your club involvement into your student schedule. Should you want to take a more leadership role additional responsibilities may be explored.
Absolutely, we welcome and encourage students to start a Club and/or Community. Both are made up by students for students often building unique and impactful experiences.
In terms of requirements, we will need at least 2 student leaders (President & Vice-President) for each club with 4 general club members. Remember starting a Club or Community is simple, for more information click the Start button above.
The options are endless, students can submit a Club Application Form for any topic they would find positively impactful. Such as an Esports Club, Anime Club, Dance Club, Magic Club, Nursing Club, Middle Eastern Club, Mindfulness Club, and much more.
Note clubs are expected to adhere to the MSA Clubs Policy (PDF, 470KB), therefore clubs are to be a safe space and may not practice any forms of discrimination, harassment and/or violence.