PioneerLAB is a specialized technology and innovation program designed to develop the computational thinking, technical judgment and problem-solving capacity teens need for a future that is still taking shape.
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Built as a collaborative, year-round innovation hub, the program gives teens deeper experience in programming, robotics, circuits, data, AI and digital systems. Students develop the technical foundation and confidence to build, adapt and create as technology continues to evolve.
ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION SHIFT IN THE AGE OF AI
AI can produce code quickly. Evaluating that code still requires an understanding of logic, structure and how computational systems behave.
PioneerLAB develops that understanding by solving real-world challenges, applying systems thinking, and doing hands-on technical work. Students learn to design, write code, read unfamiliar systems, identify problems, make informed changes and gradually take on more responsibility for what they design and build.​​​​
When AI Can Write the Code, Understanding the Code Matters More.
AI can generate the work. Understanding the logic, structures and computational system behaviours gives students the ability to direct it, question it and improve it.
COMPUTATIONAL THINKING is the Foundation
CODING DEVELOPS the Mental Models
SYSTEMS THINKING Connects the Pieces
Students learn how to structure problems, reason logically and approach complexity with confidence.​
Programming teaches students how to think logically, understand how instructions, data and decisions become a working system.
Students learn to see software, hardware, data, users and intelligent tools as parts of a larger whole.
PROJECTS Provide the Practice
AI BECOMES the Collaborator
JUDGEMENT REMAINS Human
Hands-on creative projects and technical challenges give students meaningful ways to apply and strengthen what they learn.
Students remain responsible for the decisions, testing and quality of the systems they create.
As their foundations grow, students learn how to guide, evaluate and use AI-supported work with greater independence.
​PioneerLAB develops these foundations through a deep-dive balance of creating and understanding code, robotics, electronics, data, AI and digital design. Teens gain the ability to understand, adapt and build across changing technologies.
PioneerLAB LEARNING PHILOSOPHY
How PIONEERLAB Works?
PIONEERLAB
BEGIN WITH THE CORE. GO DEEPER WITH ADVANCED.
Every PioneerLAB student begins with Core Studio, building a shared foundation in computational thinking, programming, data, systems, physical computing and technical problem-solving.
From there, students can progress into Advanced Studio, where they take on greater independence, deeper technical work and more complex system design.
YEARS
PioneerLAB Core Studio
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Build the foundation. Develop the thinking, technical fluency and problem-solving habits needed to work across changing technologies.
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PioneerLAB Advanced Studio
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Build on that foundation through specialty studios in AI, physical computing, web applications, cybersecurity, game development and other emerging technologies.
Same age range. Greater depth, independence and specialization.
CORE - YEAR 1 AT A GLANCE
PIONEERLAB Core is a 28-week, full-year studio program. Each term builds on the last, giving students time to develop strong foundations, apply them across different technologies and gradually take more ownership of what they create.
PIONEERLAB CORE Year 1 Details
28-week
Full Year Studio
Year-End Showcase
$1850.00 + HST
3-Payment plan available​​
Portfolio
Kids build a comprehensive portfolio of project
Industry Guest Speakers
Subject to confirmation
2 Hours
Every Saturday
October 17, 2026 – June 12, 2027
12:45 pm - 2:45 pm
One Connected Year. Three Studio Phases.
FALL TERM
CODE ARCHITECTS
Build the LOGIC behind technology.
Students develop foundations in programming, computational thinking and physical computing while learning how computational systems respond to inputs, make decisions and produce outcomes.
TERM BUILD
An interactive digital system and a smart physical prototype.
WINTER TERM
INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS
Turn code and data into INTELLIGENT applications.
Students explore how applications use information, connect systems and make decisions, including an introduction to how rule-based and intelligent systems differ.
TERM BUILD
An interactive application that uses data to analyze, recommend or respond.​
SPRING TERM
FUTURE PROTOTYPES
Bring the Foundation together
Students take greater ownership of a larger design challenge, selecting and combining appropriate technologies to develop, test and refine an original computational solution.
Year-End Capstone | Future Systems Challenge
Students design and build an original system that brings together multiple areas from the year, then demonstrate how it works, explain their design decisions and reflect on how they tested and improved it.
Outcomes & portfolio
What Students Take Forward
By the end of Core Year 1, students have developed a stronger ability to:
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Understand computational systems
Follow how code, data, inputs and decisions work together.
Build and adapt with confidence
Turn ideas into working digital or physical prototypes and make informed changes when requirements change.
Test and improve
Debug, evaluate results and use evidence to refine their work.
Work intelligently with AI
Use AI-supported tools while maintaining responsibility for understanding, verification and decisions.
Explain their thinking
Communicate how a system works, why they made particular choices and what they would improve next
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Students finish the year with a portfolio of work that shows not only what they built, but how they think.
PRICING & SCHEDULE
SPARKLAB
Ages 4 - 7
DATE & TIME:
SATURDAYS @ 9:30 am - 10:45 am
OCTOBER 17th - JUNE 12th
28 Weeks | 75-minute:
Full-Year Program
PRICE: $1490 + HST (Payment plan options available at checkout)
IGNITELAB
Ages 8 - 12
OCTOBER 17th - JUNE 12th
SATURDAYS @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
DATE & TIME:
28 Weeks | 90-minutes:
Full-Year Program
PRICE: $1590 + HST (Payment plan options available at checkout)
PIONEERSLAB
TEENS Ages 13+
OCTOBER 17th - JUNE 12th
SATURDAYS @ 12:45 pm - 2:45 pm
DATE & TIME:
28 Weeks | 2 Hours:
Full-Year Program
PRICE: $1850 + HST (Payment plan options available at checkout)