Best of Class – Elephant Thoughts provides the most effective and sophisticated science and technology outreach program in the country. Students participating in long term will have a tremendous advantage and knowledge base when entering post-secondary educational programs.

Customized

• CAYSI is exclusively available and designed for First Nation students. No other program can be as effective for Native students as one that relates topics to their own unique culture and that integrates traditional teaching methods.

Bilingual

• all programs are offered in French or English.

• CAYSI programs are supported, designed, and modified with input from our members and from our support network: “The Friends of Elephant Thoughts”. This group is composed of professional educators and experts in their field. No other program has so many hundreds of years of combined expertise ensuring its lessons are the most effective possible.

Charity Driven

• Elephant Thoughts is a registered charity. While we strive to raise money through our programs to benefit our sponsored programs, we never compromise quality of programming to increase profit.

First Nations First

• we provide the widest range of high-quality programming available to any community, not just to the First Nations. Through our exclusive repertoire of program and curriculum development and teacher training workshops, we can provide the tools for continued success for aboriginal students and partner schools. We also create jobs by hiring qualified First Nation Instructors and administrators. Our First Nations schools are our partners, and we make them our priority.