CAIS/CESI - A New National Voice in Independent Education

The merger of two venerable Canadian educational associations has created a new national voice in independent education.

(Toronto, October 28, 2009)   The membership of both the Canadian Educational Standards Institute (CESI) and the Canadian Association of Independent Schools (CAIS), has voted to dissolve their respective associations and to endorse the creation of a new organization that would combine the strengths of both founding groups.

The new organization will be headed by Anne Marie Kee, former Executive Director of CESI.  A new board was also elected including, among others, members from each former board.  The co-chairs of the new organization are Jeff Paikin, President, New Horizon Group of Companies, former chair of Hillfield Strathallan College, and former chair of the CESI board, and Pat Dawson, Head of Crofton House School in Vancouver and former chair of the CAIS board.

CESI was a national accrediting body for independent schools in Canada applying a rigorous process based on 12 standards drawn from international best practices. CESI was recently recognized by the National Association of Independent Schools International Commission on Accreditation, a world accrediting body.

CAIS was an association that provided professional development opportunities and hosted popular annual conferences for faculty, staff and school leadership, as well as sporting  and leadership events for students across the country.

Please read the attached press release for more details.

For more information, please contact Anne Marie Kee at 905-684-5658 or execdir@cesi.edu.

October_28_Press_Release.pdf

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