Get to Know Us

CityLAB is an innovation program between the City of Hamilton, Mohawk College, McMaster University, and Redeemer University. We bring together student, academic, and civic leaders to co-create a better Hamilton for all. CityLAB matches students and faculty with City staff to develop innovative solutions to city identified projects that align with the City’s Strategic Priorities.

CityLAB projects take on complex challenges and experiment with new solutions, all while mentoring and engaging the next generation of leaders. Through this collaboration, CityLAB will not only deliver co-created solutions that support the City’s Strategic Priorities, it will also provide a rich experiential learning environment for students and city staff alike. Together we unite to deliver a better Hamilton for all.

What’s It All About?

CityLAB works with city staff members to identify complex challenges facing the hamilton community and matches them with faculty and courses from Hamilton’s three post-secondary institutions. Students and staff co-create and design an innovative real-world project to address the problem, gaining valuable insight and data that can be shared and potentially scaled up.

Our Vision

To provoke students and city leadership to inspire, energize, and build a healthy, sustainable, and vibrant Hamilton.

Our Mission

CityLAB is an innovation hub that brings together student, academic, and civic leaders to co-create a better Hamilton for all.

CityStudio

CityLAB is inspired by the CityStudio model of campus-city collaboration based in Vancouver, BC. Its co-founders closely supported the creation of CityLAB and provided valuable guidance throughout the development process. We highly recommend you reach out to them for information on launching a similar program in your city.