Our very own Dr. Adam Richter was featured in the Winter edition of Dolce Magazine (2023)! Adam talked about his innovative new Brain Power workshop, “Think Like a Genius.” from the article: “The big question in this workshop is ‘What does it mean to be a genius?’” says Dr. Richter. “Where does genius come from, not only in terms of how do geniuses think, which I think is a very important and interesting question, but also culturally in terms of what...

At Brain Power, we teach our students to be Creative Thinkers.  Creativity is at the heart of innovation, driving insights and learning, and expanding what’s possible. Almost all of our programs across mathematics, language, public speaking & more are imbedded with learning experiences to build creative thinking skills! Given our focus on creativity, we were thrilled to receive the news that our language arts student, Sion, was published in Polar Expressions. His poem “Body Argument” was selected as honourable mention and he received a copy of his...

Critical Thinkers are active thinkers who evaluate and analyze information in order to determine the best course of action. Critical thinking is a focus of our Public Speaking Academy program where young orators learn to develop and refine their arguments over the course of one year. Meet our public speaking student Gurkaram!  Gurkaram was new to public speaking this year but has already engaged in classical debate, studied logical reasoning and fallaciesand has been inspired by critical analyses of famous historical speeches. He also recently joined us...

Resilient leaders have the ability to sustain their energy level under pressure, to cope with disruptive changes and to adapt. They bounce back from setbacks. They move forward, despite the odds, to lead themselves and others. We work hard to help our students become resilient leaders through stretch goals, challenging curriculum, eye-opening field trips & more.  We also work closely with many high performance student leaders to help them juggle the extracurricular and academic demands! Meet our Senior 2 student, Karna, who is a competitive Karate...

What an amazing Winter at Brain Power! Dr. Marcelo Bacha is testing 3D-printing projects for our new Brain Designers: Engineering workshop!