Basic Information

Enrollment grade: grades 9-12

School Address: 640 Lawrence Avenue W Toronto, ON.M6A 1B1

Number of students: 500

Enrollment Period: Semester Schools, which start in September and February each year

school introduction

John Polanyi Collegiate Institute is named after John Polanyi, a Nobel Laureate in Chemistry and one of Canada's greatest scientists, now a University of Toronto professor. The school offers "I Think" leadership courses written by Roger Martin, Dean of the University of Toronto, to help students develop critical thinking, creativity and leadership skills. At the same time with the University of Toronto to provide legal advanced skills training courses. The school is a special gifted program for students interested in science, mathematics and robotics.

Featured Programs

Advanced Skills Courses: Collaboration with the Criminology Research Center of the University of Toronto to provide courses in community services, crime studies, forensics, etc.

Special Gifted Program (SMaRT): Science, Mathematics, Robotics

University of Toronto Leadership Courses

ESL course

School clubs and extracurricular activities: Caring for children, walking to the community, environmental clubs, movie clubs, dance clubs, radio clubs, peer mediation, volunteer ambassadors, bands, weightlifting clubs, ski / ice skating clubs, student clubs and extracurricular activities

Sports: Rugby, basketball, volleyball, hockey, ice hockey, soccer, indoor soccer, swimming, badminton, wrestling and other sports