Cortes Island Academy

For more information visit the Cortes Island Academy Website”: https://cortesislandacademy.ca/

Spend a semester on Cortes Island in the Salish Sea, British Columbia. 

Cortes Island Academy offers immersive, experiential and project based education for grades 10-12. 

The theme of our 2024-2025 semester is climate. Our interdisciplinary curriculum allows students to explore critical issues like climate through the lenses of art, science and experiential education. Students explore how place influences self-perception, community dynamics, and communication. Our interdisciplinary curriculum delves into the coastal ecosystem’s ancient trees, oceans and communities. 

Students engage with local knowledge holders, historians, scientists, journalists, and Indigenous Peoples to gain a deeper understanding of the world.  They examine various perspectives on truth and communication while sharing their learning journey through projects and a final capstone project, shared locally and nationally via community partnerships.”