I-STEM
Spots are available for I-STEM Grade 9 Fall 2026 entry
Contact istem-burlington@hdsb.ca for more information.
I-STEM at Aldershot
Program Overview
The I-STEM program is a one-of-a-kind regional interdisciplinary program that provides experiential learning opportunities connecting Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM).
Developed in partnership with top universities and industry partners across the province, Aldershot's I-STEM program invites students from all over Ontario to take part in a program that elevates critical thinking, creative problem solving, collaboration skills, presentation skills and technical abilities. In the program, students will contribute and thrive in a technologically intensive environment through project-based learning. The aim of the program is to develop meaningful and transferable skills for students at a secondary level to succeed in any post-secondary path of their choice, equipped with a curriculum that positions them to be future leaders of exploring and discovering new solutions to the world’s most pressing issues.
I-STEM Aldershot
in the News
Samsung Student Winners
Read how Canadian HDSB I-STEM students impressed Samsung and earned top honors in the 2024–2025 Solve for Tomorrow challenge! → Check out the winners and their projects
$60k Scholarship
I-STEM student wins a $60k scholarship
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Aldershot High School I-STEM Program
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students tackle environmental Issues
The I-STEM program channels a student’s natural fascination with emerging technologies into engineering meaningful solutions for tomorrow. Driven by a spirit of continuous innovation, the program builds a powerful, future-ready toolkit by fostering deep collaboration and instilling the adaptive leadership required to guide teams through complex challenges. Ultimately, by anchoring the curriculum in real-world, open-ended challenges, the program fulfills the promise of active, experiential learning, allowing students to move from theory to impact as they design, prototype, and build the future.