Current ABEL Partners also include:
Apple
Throughout its history, Apple has focused on the use of technology in education and has been committed to delivering tools to help educators teach and students learn. Apple believes effective integration of technology into classroom instruction can result in higher levels of student achievement, especially when used to support collaboration, information access and the expression and representation of student thoughts and ideas.
Apple has designed a range of products and services to address the needs of education customers including Macintosh computers, iPods, iTunes and Apple TV, in addition to various solutions for video creation and editing, wireless networking, professional development and one-to-one learning.
Canada Science and Technology Museum
The largest of its kind in Canada, this Museum fulfills its mission through its collection, permanent, temporary and travelling exhibits, special events, school programs, workshops and demonstrations, publications, loans, conferences and lectures, expert advice, and joint action with other museums and organizations with similar goals and interests.
Science and technology have changed Canada and influenced its people. The transformation of Canada, from the period of early exploration and settlement to the present, has been marked by achievements in science and technology. The special role of the Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation is to help the public to understand the ongoing relationships between science, technology and Canadian society.
Canadian Space Agency
Established in March 1989, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) was created through an Act of Parliament, proclaimed in December 1990. The CSA is committed to leading the development and application of space knowledge for the benefit of Canadians.
Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat, Ministry of Education
The Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat was established in 2004 to help boost student achievement. Highly skilled and experienced educators (known as student achievement officers) work directly with schools and school boards across the province to build capacity and implement strategies to improve our students' reading, writing and math skills.
Microsoft
Microsoft offers many resources for education, including lesson plans, tutorials and in-depth product resources that can be used in the classroom. Microsoft Live@edu provides students, alumni, faculty and staff with mobile, desktop and web-based applications to help them collaborate in K-12 schools and on post-secondary campuses, as well as create an online community.
Ontario College of Art and Design
OCAD University has more depth and breadth in visual arts and design programs than any school of its kind in Canada. OCAD U offers its students a unique environment that combines studio-based learning with critical inquiry. Programs lead to a BFA or BDes and, as of 2008/2009, an MA, MFA or MDes.
Pearson Education
Pearson Canada Inc. is the Canadian market leader in education, education technology, and consumer publishing. Through their Higher Education, School K-12 and Penguin Group (Canada) divisions, their goal is to help customers to “live and learn” by enhancing their learning, reading and work-life experiences.
Pearson Canada’s investment in authors, innovative technologies, and a personalized approach to student learning and professional development for teachers has set new standards in the industry, signifying their commitment to produce high-quality content, products, solutions and services.
Royal Ontario Museum (ROM)
The Royal Ontario Museum is among the world’s leading museums of natural history, and of world cultures. Indeed, in combining a universal museum of cultures with that of natural history, the ROM offers an unusual breadth of experience to visitors and scholars from around the world. We realize more acutely now that nature and humanity are intertwined, and the ROM offers many examples in its collections and programs of these fundamental relationships.
Scholastic
Scholastic Canada is one of the country's leading publishers and distributors of children's books and educational materials in both official languages.
For over 50 years Scholastic Canada has introduced young people to the joys of reading, and has enlarged their understanding of Canada and the world.
Simcoe County District School Board
One of Ontario's largest public education systems, the Simcoe County District School Board (SCDSB) has schools and learning centres dotted throughout 4,800 beautiful square kilometres in Simcoe County. This south-central Ontario setting bordered by the Holland Marsh in the south, the Trent-Severn Waterway in the east, Blue Mountain in the west and Muskoka in the north is known for its friendly mix of urban and rural communities and superb natural recreational facilities.
Upper Grand District School Board
The Upper Grand District School Board serves approximately 32,000 students through 61 elementary schools and 11 secondary schools in the City of Guelph, County of Wellington and County of Dufferin. Student success is the goal of over 3,000 dedicated teaching and support staff who are aided by the contributions of caring volunteers and community partners.
York University – Faculty of Education
York University's Faculty of Education is one of the largest in Ontario with approximately 6,000 students enrolled in all of its programs. The Faculty is committed to providing a rigorous, multifaceted and provocative learning experience for pre-service and practicing teachers. Its faculty and graduate students are engaged in innovative scholarly work designed to enhance understanding of the theory and practice of education. The principles and themes that infuse the Faculty's programs include equity, diversity, community, collaboration, interdisciplinarity and social justice.
York University – Institute for Research on Learning Technologies (IRLT)
The Institute for Research on Learning Technologies (IRLT) has a broad mandate to engage in systematic inquiry, discussion, and information sharing related to the uses of technology in teaching and learning. Originally established in 1987 within the Faculty of Education as the Centre for the Study of Computers in Education, the Institute became a university-based research unit in June 2001 and was re-named. IRLT encourages the formation of links with faculty members across the university and with schools, government, and industry to provide collaborative, multidisciplinary approaches to research problems and issues.
York University – Knowledge Mobilization
Knowledge Mobilization (KMb) services at York University are offered within three service streams: creating space; building capacity; and partnerships and collaborative activities. Each has unique activities that are designed to forge relationships between researchers, graduate students and their non-academic research partners.
York University – Research and Innovation
The Division of the Vice-President Research & Innovation (VPRI) is institutionally responsible for York University's strategic research planning. The division also provides research services for faculty members, promotes a sustainable research environment, and communicates the results and impact of York's research.The division includes the Office of the VPRI, the Office of Research Services (ORS), university-wide Organized Research Units (ORUs), and services such as technology transfer and research ethics.
The Learning Connections project includes the following school districts – York Region DSB, Simcoe County DSB, Avon Maitland DSB, Trillium Lakelands DSB, Limestone DSB, Near North DSB, Peel DSB, Ottawa Catholic DSB, District School Board North East and Algoma DSB