HOLLAND COLLEGE
Holland College and C2R2 partner institutions receive 2024 Hydrogen Digital Innovator Award

Canadian Colleges for a Resilient Recovery (C2R2) partner institutions received the 2024 Hydrogen Digital Innovator Award during a ceremony on April 24 at the Canadian Hydrogen Convention in Edmonton. 

The award recognized hydrogen-focused Quick Train microcredentials. Mohawk College, SAIT, Nova Scotia Community College, Holland College, and Lambton College collaborated on the creation and delivery of the Hydrogen Awareness and Understanding for Process-Related Occupations microcredential and Entry-Level Technical Applications in Hydrogen for Process Occupations microcredential, offered through Quick Train Canada. The microcredentials supported over 100 learners in the two courses.  

The two microcredentials were first offered as an innovative digital education product, and are now launching through a web-based Learning Management System (LMS). This change will offer broader workforce upskilling to support learning and professional development to a pan-Canadian network of industry professionals and the continued online format ensure these microcredentials will serve as vital tools for professionals looking to stay ahead in the dynamic energy landscape.

As the energy sector examines the role that hydrogen plays as a tool to decarbonize global energy supplies, hydrogen awareness and training are a requisite to enable strategy, infrastructure development, and workforce upskilling - areas that are pivotal to C2R2's mission, values, and goals.

The honour highlights the unique position colleges across Canada can play in quickly developing curriculum that meets the needs of the Canadian economy, and the interest and ability of Canadian colleges to work together to create curriculum that is relevant to communities coast to coast to coast. These microcredentials, in particular, are the results of an amazing collaboration between C2R2's partner institutions.

"Collaborations such as this enable Holland College and its Canadian Colleges for a Resilient Recovery (C2R2) partners to offer microcredentials that are vital for upskilling and training workers to ensure the economic recovery of this country. As a group, C2R2 is committed to continuing these initiatives," said Holland College president Dr. Alexander (Sandy) MacDonald.

For more details and information on Canadian Colleges for a Resilient Recovery and Quick Train Canada please visit www.resilientcolleges.ca