MusiCounts believes in the power of music education to lift, inspire and support children throughout their education journey. Their work is focused on building accessible and sustainable music programs for in-need schools and communities across Canada. Through our partnership, we have two awards available.

Established in 2005, The MusiCounts Teacher of the Year Award, recognizes and honours exceptional Canadian music teachers across Canada. These teachers strive to preserve the livelihood of music education in their schools and communities.

The MusiCounts Inspired Minds Ambassador Award (MIMAA) recognizes individuals who have had an extraordinary impact on education and the charity over the course of its history.

Wordswell is a non-profit organization dedicated to the generation and application of knowledge that enables young people to seek a pattern of life coherent in its material, intellectual and moral dimensions. Wordswell approach aim in a mode of learning through participatory action research. Their programs offer an approach to learning that seek to empower participants to act as protagonists of change in their families and community.

We are proud to support the Wellspring program, located in the upper Don Mills in Toronto. Wellspring offers an integrated tutorial programming to 25 participants of middle school, high school, and post-secondary. Many of the youth participating in this program are from lower-income families or newcomers to Canada and are the first in their families to attend higher education.

Career Trek is a charity that helps young people discover the importance of education and career development by providing career-oriented programming to ignite participants’ passion for learning and inspire them to recognize their own potential.

Since 2014, the CST Foundation has partnered with Career Trek to support educators, families, and community partners through hands-on, career-oriented programming and scholarships for students.