A Future-Focused Pathway: IB Middle Years Programme & Ontario Curriculum

We believe every young person deserves a learning journey that expands their thinking, inspires confidence, and prepares them to thrive in an ever-changing world. Our Middle Years students experience the best of two exceptional frameworks, the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (MYP) and the Ontario Curriculum, brought together in a way that nurtures curiosity, challenges students academically, and empowers them to shape their own future.

A curriculum that builds global citizens

The MYP provides a dynamic, concept-driven approach to learning that encourages students to inquire deeply, think critically, and engage meaningfully with real-world issues. With a strong focus on global mindedness, intercultural understanding, and responsible action, students develop the knowledge and empathy needed to make a positive impact both within and beyond the classroom.

Through interdisciplinary learning, authentic assessments, and student-driven projects, the MYP equips learners with essential skills, communication, collaboration, research, and reflection, preparing them to become thoughtful, principled leaders in a global community.

Paired with the IB framework, the Ontario Curriculum provides a rigorous academic foundation grounded in clarity, consistency, and high standards. It ensures students develop strong mastery in core subject areas while cultivating essential competencies such as problem-solving, creativity, and literacy across all disciplines.

This dual-curriculum approach offers the perfect balance of structure and innovation, ensuring that students are challenged, supported, and inspired at every stage of their learning journey. It also leads to globally recognised pathways—students graduate with the Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD), opening doors to universities and opportunities worldwide.

Our teachers create vibrant learning environments where curiosity is celebrated, diverse perspectives are valued, and each student’s strengths and passions are recognised. Through hands-on inquiry, service learning, and meaningful exploration of local and global contexts, students build the confidence to act, the resilience to persist, and the integrity to lead.

A foundation for lifelong success

By weaving together the IB Middle Years Programme and the Ontario Curriculum, CIST offers a transformative educational experience that nurtures the whole child. Students emerge as adaptable thinkers, compassionate individuals, and empowered learners, ready to excel in the next stages of their education and in the world beyond.

At CIST, we do more than prepare students for the future, we inspire them to shape it.

Read about the Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) for Grades 11 and 12.