Cert in Community Integration Through Co-Operative Education (CICE) is a certificate in Special Education programme taught at Mohawk College in Hamilton, Canada. The programme runs for 2 years, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 9,215 per semester (CAD 1,354 per semester for local students).
This certificate is designed for learners who have intellectual disabilities or other significant challenges to learning, offering a postsecondary education pathway that prepares them for entry-level work and builds self-advocacy and independence skills needed for adult life. The individualized program blends core curriculum with elective options and integrates students into courses from other program areas, within an inclusive, person-centred learning environment that includes collaborative projects with other programs. Instruction strengthens basic numeracy, communication and computer skills alongside academic and vocational skills through modified programming, and builds independence, self-advocacy and work-readiness. Students complete the program with an individualized, goal-oriented transition plan addressing employment, further education, independence and recreation.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: This program has its own eligibility and application process rather than academic-grade requirements: applicants must have an intellectual disability with a demonstrated need for a modified curriculum, and a level of independence that does not require constant support or supervision. Applicants complete an Ontario Colleges application, after which Mohawk emails a CICE intake package; once the completed package is returned the program arranges a personal interview and reviews the application, references and supporting documentation before making a decision. Required documentation includes a completed questionnaire, a resume, two personal references, and proof of disability and need for a modified curriculum such as an ODSP assessment, a psycho-educational assessment, or a doctor's note accompanied by an IEP. Applicants whose first language is not English will be required to demonstrate proficiency in English, but the page publishes no specific test or score for this program. Domestic intake for 2026-27 runs a September start (closed) and a May 2027 start (open at time of writing); no international intake table is published for this program.
Application Details
Start Date:September and May
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through Ontario Colleges: for a September start Mohawk's equal-consideration date is 1 February (1 February 2027 for the next fall intake), and for a January start it is 1 June; after either date, files are considered first-come, first-served while seats remain, with permanent residents of Ontario prioritized, then other Canadian residents, then international applicants. International applicants apply via OCAS's International Application Service on a per-intake deadline rather than one annual date: for January 2027 entry, applications opened February 2026 and the submission deadline is 1 November 2026; Mohawk had not yet published a deadline for the September 2027 intake as of this check. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
