Canadian Accredited Independent Schools

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Canadian Accredited Independent Schools (CAIS) is a national organization for independent schools in Canada. The current executive director is Anand Mahadevan. [1]

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History

Canadian Association of Independent Schools

The Canadian Association of Independent Schools (also known as CAIS) was established in 1981 as a national network for member schools supporting collaborative initiatives in leadership, education, management and governance. Its key activities included organizing, co-ordinating, and facilitating conferences, benchmarking, senior management compensation surveys, and advocacy.

Canadian Educational Standards Institute

In parallel, the Canadian Educational Standards Institute (CESI) was established in 1986 as an organization to develop and promote educational excellence and school improvement in independent schools. Its key activities were to establish national Standards/Best Practices and accreditation process, conducting 10 accreditation visits per year, and research and targeted Professional Development.

New organization

In October 2009, a vote was held at a combined Annual General Meeting for CAIS and CESI to create a new national organization. [2] After extensive consultation with the membership, a new organization was formed and named Standards in Excellence and Learning (SEAL Canada). However, in February 2011, the organization changed its name to Canadian Accredited Independent Schools (CAIS). [3]

CAIS Accredited Schools

CAIS encompasses 93 accredited independent schools, and its aim is to collaborate in the pursuit of exemplary leadership training, research and international standards of educational excellence. The stated vision of the organization is to be "Leaders in education, shaping the future of a courageous, compassionate world." [4] According to the CAIS website, there are two CAIS-accredited schools in Bermuda and one in Switzerland.

CAIS accredited independent schools
LocationGenderSchoolDay/BoardingGradesDiplomaYear Established
Flag of British Columbia.svg Kelowna, British Columbia Co-edAberdeen Hall Preparatory SchoolDayPK-12Provincial2004
Flag of Ontario.svg Belleville, Ontario Co-ed Albert College BothK-12Provincial1857
Flag of Ontario.svg Oakville, Ontario Co-ed Appleby College Both7-12Provincial1911
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg Halifax, Nova Scotia Co-ed Armbrae Academy DayPreK-12Provincial1887
Flag of Ontario.svg Ottawa, Ontario Co-ed Ashbury College Both4-12Provincial1891
Flag of British Columbia.svg Nanaimo, British Columbia Co-ed Aspengrove School Day4-12Provincial2003
Flag of Saskatchewan.svg Wilcox, Saskatchewan Co-ed Athol Murray College of Notre Dame Both9-12Provincial1920
Flag of Manitoba.svg Winnipeg, Manitoba Girls Balmoral Hall School BothK-12Provincial1901
Don Mills, OntarioCo-ed Bayview Glen School DayK-12Provincial1962
Flag of Ontario.svg Toronto, Ontario Girls The Bishop Strachan School BothK-12Provincial1867
Flag of Quebec.svg Sherbrooke, Quebec Co-ed Bishop's College School Both7-12Provincial1836
Flag of Ontario.svg Toronto, Ontario Girls Branksome Hall BothK-12Provincial1903
Flag of British Columbia.svg Mill Bay, British Columbia Co-ed Brentwood College School Both9-12Provincial1923
Flag of Alberta.svg Calgary, Alberta Co-ed Calgary French and International School DayPre-12Provincial1969
Flag of Quebec.svg Montreal, Quebec Co-edCentennial AcademyDay7-CEGEPProvincial1969
Flag of British Columbia.svg Vancouver, British Columbia Co-ed Collingwood School DayPre-12Provincial1984
Flag of Ontario.svg Toronto, Ontario Boys Crescent School Day3-12Provincial1913
Flag of British Columbia.svg Vancouver, British Columbia Girls Crofton House School DayPre-12Provincial1898
Flag of Ontario.svg Ottawa, Ontario Girls Elmwood School DayPre-12Provincial1915
Flag of British Columbia.svg Vancouver, British Columbia Co-ed Fraser Academy Day1-12Provincial1982
Flag of British Columbia.svg Victoria, British Columbia Co-ed Glenlyon Norfolk School BothPre-12Provincial1986
Flag of Manitoba.svg Winnipeg, Manitoba Co-ed Gray Academy of Jewish Education DayK-12Provincial1902
Flag of Ontario.svg Toronto, Ontario Co-ed Greenwood College School Day7-12Provincial2002
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg Halifax, Nova Scotia Co-ed Halifax Grammar School DayJK-12Provincial1958
Flag of Ontario.svg Toronto, Ontario Girls Havergal College BothK-12Provincial1894
Flag of Ontario.svg Hamilton, Ontario Co-ed Hillfield Strathallan College DayPreK-12Provincial1901
Flag of Ontario.svg Richmond Hill, Ontario Co-ed Holy Trinity School DayK-12Provincial1981
Flag of British Columbia.svg Bowen Island, British Columbia Co-edIsland Pacific SchoolDay6-9Provincial1995
Flag of Ontario.svg Innisfil, Ontario Co-edKempenfelt Bay SchoolDayK-8Provincial1999
Flag of British Columbia.svg Vancouver, British Columbia Co-edKenneth Gordon Maplewood SchoolDay9-12Provincial
Flag of British Columbia.svg Vancouver, British Columbia Co-ed King David High School DayK-12Provincial1987
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg Windsor, Nova Scotia Co-ed King's-Edgehill School Both6-12Provincial1788
Flag of Ontario.svg Toronto, Ontario Co-ed Kingsway College School DayK-12Provincial1989
Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Co-edLakecrest St. John's Independent SchoolDayK-12Provincial1993
Flag of Ontario.svg Lakefield, Ontario Co-ed Lakefield College School Both9-12Provincial1879
Flag of Ontario.svg Tecumseh, Ontario Co-edLakeview Montessori SchoolDayToddler-8Provincial1978
Flag of Quebec.svg Montreal, Quebec Co-edLes écoles Azrieli Talmud Torah / HerzliahDayK-11Provincial
Flag of Quebec.svg Montreal, Quebec Co-ed Lower Canada College DayK-12Provincial1909
Flag of Alberta.svg Calgary, Alberta Co-edLycée Louis PasteurDayK-12Provincial1966
Flag of Ontario.svg London, Ontario Co-edMatthews Hall DayJK-8Provincial1918
Flag of British Columbia.svg Maple Ridge, British Columbia Co-ed Meadowridge School BothJK-12Provincial1985
Flag of Quebec.svg Westmount, Quebec Girls Miss Edgar's and Miss Cramp's DayK-11Provincial1909
Flag of British Columbia.svg West Vancouver, British Columbia Co-ed Mulgrave School BothPK-12Provincial1993
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Neuchâtel, Switzerland Co-ed Neuchâtel Junior College Both12Provincial1956
Flag of Ontario.svg Toronto, Ontario Co-ed Paul Penna Downtown Jewish Day School DayK-6Provincial1998
Flag of Ontario.svg Newmarket, Ontario Co-ed Pickering College BothK-12Provincial1842
Flag of British Columbia.svg Duncan, British Columbia Co-ed Queen Margaret's School BothK-12Provincial1921
Flag of Ontario.svg St. Catharines, Ontario Co-ed Ridley College BothK-12Provincial1889
Flag of Ontario.svg Toronto, Ontario Co-edRobbins Hebrew AcademyDayNursery-8Provincial1957
Flag of Ontario.svg Rosseau, Ontario Co-ed Rosseau Lake College Both7-12Provincial1967
Flag of New Brunswick.svg Rothesay, New Brunswick Co-ed Rothesay Netherwood School Both6-12Provincial1877
Flag of Ontario.svg Toronto, Ontario Boys Royal St. George's College Day3-12Provincial1964
Flag of Alberta.svg Calgary, Alberta Co-ed Rundle College DayPreK-12Provincial1985
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg Halifax, Nova Scotia Boys;Girls Sacred Heart School of Halifax DayJK-12Provincial1849
Flag of Bermuda.svg Hamilton, Bermuda Co-ed Saltus Grammar School DayK-13Provincial1888
Flag of Quebec.svg Westmount, Quebec Boys Selwyn House School DayK-11Provincial1908
Flag of British Columbia.svg Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia Co-ed Shawnigan Lake School Both8-12Provincial1916
Flag of Quebec.svg Montreal, Quebec Co-edSolomon Schechter AcademyDayPreK-6Provincial1969
Flag of Bermuda.svg Devonshire, Bermuda Co-edSomersfield AcademyDayPK-10Provincial1990
Flag of British Columbia.svg Tsawwassen, British Columbia Co-ed Southpointe Academy DayK-12Provincial1916
Flag of British Columbia.svg Surrey, British Columbia Co-ed Southridge School DayK-12Provincial1995
Flag of Ontario.svg Aurora, Ontario Boys St. Andrew's College Both5-12Provincial1899
Flag of Ontario.svg Toronto, Ontario Girls St. Clement's School Day1-12Provincial1901
Flag of British Columbia.svg Vancouver, British Columbia Boys St. George's School Both1-12Provincial1930
Flag of Quebec.svg Montreal, Quebec Co-ed St. George's School of Montreal DayK-11Provincial1930
Flag of British Columbia.svg Vancouver, British Columbia Co-ed St. John's School DayJK-12Provincial1986
Flag of Ontario.svg Breslau, Ontario Co-ed St. John's-Kilmarnock School DayJK-12Provincial1972
Flag of Manitoba.svg Winnipeg, Manitoba Co-ed St. John's-Ravenscourt School BothK-12Provincial1820
Flag of British Columbia.svg Victoria, British Columbia Girls St. Margaret's School BothK-12Provincial1908
Flag of British Columbia.svg Victoria, British Columbia Co-ed St. Michaels University School BothK-12Provincial1906
Flag of Ontario.svg Oakville, Ontario Girls St. Mildred's Lightbourn School DayJK-12Provincial1891
Flag of Quebec.svg Stanstead, Quebec Co-ed Stanstead College Both7-12Provincial1872
Flag of British Columbia.svg Vancouver, British Columbia Co-ed Stratford Hall DayK-12Provincial1999
Flag of Alberta.svg Okotoks, Alberta Co-ed Strathcona Tweedsmuir School Day1-12Provincial1971
Flag of Ontario.svg Toronto, Ontario Co-ed TFS – Canada's International School DayAge 2 - G12Provincial1962
Flag of Ontario.svg King City, Ontario Co-ed The Country Day School DayJK-12Provincial1972
Flag of Ontario.svg Toronto, Ontario Co-ed The Leo Baeck Day School DayPK-8Provincial1974
Flag of Quebec.svg Montreal, Quebec Co-edThe Priory SchoolDayK-6Provincial1947
Flag of Ontario.svg Toronto, Ontario Co-edThe Rosedale Day SchoolDayK-8Provincial1995
Flag of Quebec.svg Montreal, Quebec GirlsThe Sacred Heart School of MontrealDay7-12Provincial1861
Flag of Ontario.svg Toronto, Ontario Boys The Sterling Hall School DayJK-8Provincial1987
Flag of Quebec.svg Westmount, Quebec GirlsThe StudyDayK-11Provincial1915
Flag of Ontario.svg Toronto, Ontario Co-ed The York School DayK-12Provincial1965
Flag of Ontario.svg Richmond Hill, Ontario Co-ed TMS School DayK-12Provincial1961
Flag of Ontario.svg Whitby, Ontario Girls Trafalgar Castle School Both5-12Provincial1874
Flag of Ontario.svg Port Hope, Ontario Co-ed Trinity College School Both5-12Provincial1865
Flag of Ontario.svg Toronto, Ontario Boys Upper Canada College BothK-12Provincial1829
Flag of British Columbia.svg Vancouver, British Columbia Co-ed Vancouver Talmud Torah DayPreK-7Provincial1934
Flag of Alberta.svg Calgary, Alberta Co-ed West Island College Day7-12Provincial1974
Flag of Quebec.svg Dollard des Ormeaux, Quebec Co-edWest Island College MontrealDay7-11Provincial1974
Flag of British Columbia.svg Vancouver, British Columbia Co-ed West Point Grey Academy DayJK-12Provincial1996
Flag of British Columbia.svg Vancouver, British Columbia Girls York House School DayJK-12Provincial1932

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References

  1. Meet The Team, CAIS website.
  2. "The merger of two venerable Canadian educational associations has created a new national voice in independent education". Canada Newswire. 30 October 2009.
  3. "Canadian Independent School Organization Changes Name". Canada Newswire. 22 February 2011.
  4. Vision–Mission–Values, CAIS website.