A stellar day of chess, activities and fun saw students from across the GTA come together for the first Chess Institute of Canada (CIC) PA day camp of the 2024-25 school year.
Taking place at Trinity-St. Paul’s on Bloor Street, almost two dozen children played games, enjoyed healthy food, and participated in a nationally ranked tournament under the supervision of some of CIC’s senior instructors.
The event marks the first of a dozen PA day events for CIC for the school year, covering Toronto’s English-language school boards and – as the largest French-language teaching organization in the city – French PA days as well.
“We’re off to a roaring start!” says Matt Shepherd, Executive Director of the Chess Institute of Canada. “‘Chess to life’ and ‘chess for everyone’ are our driving philosophies.
We’re motivated to ensure that kids who benefit from chess education (which is every kid, at the end of the day!) have great options for PA days where they can have fun with their peers, meet new people from across the GTA, and continue benefiting from everything chess has to offer.”
Future events will be held at the Chess Institute’s “home base” of 918 Bathurst St., only a few minutes’ walk from the Bathurst St. subway station.
