Real contests · honest measurement · global stages
Where ambitious learners prove how far they've come.
Real competition — six national contests CKSTEM designs and runs, plus the global olympiads we coach toward — gives every student an honest picture of where they stand and where they're going.
How we measure growth
Contests are not the destination. They're the proof.
We use real competition — across six national contests CKSTEM designs and runs every year, plus partner olympiads — to give every student an honest picture of where they stand and where they're going. No other after-school program in Canada operates contest infrastructure of this scale.
Your child learns from the people who write, score, and run the contests they compete in. That's how growth becomes measurable.
2026 theme · Empathy
Six contests. One annual challenge.
The Canadian Innovation Contests run every Mar–Apr. ~8,000 students take part each year. Medals recognize roughly 90% of participants — the remaining recognition goes to the top quartile.
Every contest CKSTEM students enter
One hub. Every stage.
Each contest below has its own page with eligibility, format, dates, and awards. Pick a contest to learn more — or see how the year unfolds in the course catalog.
Canadian Innovation Contests
Six national contests we design and run — Math, Science, Computing, Visual Art, Public Speaking, Creative Writing.
AMC
Mathematical Association of America’s competition series — AMC 8, AMC 10, AMC 12. Coached, not run by us.
TIMO
Thailand International Math Olympiad — heat round in winter, final round in spring. Heat fee waived for CKSTEM students.
BBB Olympiad
Brilliant Math & Science — heat round in January, final round in March. Bundled with every Math course.
HKIMO
Hong Kong International Math Olympiad — heat round in spring, final round in late summer. Top performers go global.
Your child's growth calendar
Six to eight checkpoints across the year.
Every Math course turns into a calendar of measurable milestones — fees waived, in-class proctoring where possible, real recognition on the line.
- NOV Bebras Computing In-class · fee waived
- JAN TIMO Heat Round Global · fee waived
- FEB TIMO Final · CNML 6–8 Two contests
- MAR CIC Contests Open 6 contests · we run them
- APR CNML Grades 3–5 Math league
- MAY HKIMO Heat Global · fee waived
- JUN Award Ceremony Annual CIC awards
- AUG HKIMO Final Top performers
In a typical year, a CKSTEM math student writes 6–8 contests and earns at least one medal.
Partnership · Singapore SIMCC
A non-profit package of global STEM contests.
CKSTEM partners with Singapore's SIMCC to make three additional global STEM olympiads available to Canadian students at cost — we don't take a margin, we only cover what it costs to run them. Offered as a single package (not individual entries) to keep administration low.
Schools registering 25 or more students can enter individual contests directly — talk to us.
- Apr SASMO Singapore & Asian Schools Math Olympiad
- May DrCT DrCT Computing Contest
- Jun Vanda Vanda Science Contest