Educator platform · alinayang.ca Ontario Certified Teacher Rev. 2026.09

Learn. Compete. Connect. Grow.

Personal leadership, created opportunities, visible student impact. Courses that are planned before they are taught, a calendar of every door a student can walk through, and the programs built to get them there.

Instructor	Alina Zixie Yang — B.B.A., M.T., OCT
Certification	Ontario College of Teachers, member in good standing
Qualifications	Intermediate/Senior — mathematics, business studies
Education	University of Toronto — B.B.A. (Scarborough) · Master of Teaching (OISE)
Practice	Ontario public secondary classroom; multi-campus STEM programs
Languages	English · Mandarin · Cantonese · Japanese
Enquiries	hello@alinayang.ca

An overhead view of a teacher’s planning desk: a large blank paper wall-planner grid, a squared stack of printed pages, a pen, a brass clip holder and a mug, in cool morning light. — Plate 01 A semester is planned on paper before it reaches a classroom.

Section 1 — Start here

Four ways in

Part 01

Learn with Ms. Yang

Courses, resources, and the route a student takes from a first class to a post-secondary application.

Course Resource Hub — MCR3U, CIA4U, CIE4M and all taught courses — outlines, units and evaluation.
STEM & AI Learning — AI literacy, projects, AP Math and future programs. · in preparation
Student Pathways — Course to club to competition to post-secondary. · in preparation

Part 02

Find Opportunities

Every door a student can walk through this school year, with the deadline that opens it.

Opportunity Calendar — School-year timeline and important deadlines.
Competitions & Clubs — DECA, FBLC, Economics, VEX, Skills and AI.
Jobs & Volunteering — Student roles, mentors, judges and professionals. · in preparation

Part 03

Work & Impact

What has been built, what it changed for students, and how to build the next thing together.

Work We Do — Programs, events, training and resources created.
Stories & Outcomes — Student growth, projects and community impact. · in preparation
Collaborate with Ms. Yang — Schools, educators, universities and sponsors.

Section 2 — Open now

What is open this month

Next registration deadlines from the 2026–2027 opportunity calendar — 39 of 78 dates are confirmed by the organizer.

Register by	Opportunity	Contest
Sep 11	Wharton Global High School Investment Competition Wharton Global Youth Program, UPenn · grades 9-12 (team leader 16+)	Sep 28
Sep 14	RoboCupJunior Americas Super Regional 2026 RoboCup Canada / Sheridan College · grades 10-19	Oct 22
Sep 16	Diamond Challenge (University of Delaware) + Toronto pitch Horn Entrepreneurship, U of Delaware; Diamond Challenge Canada · grades Ages 14-18	Feb 10
Sep 18	JA Pitch Your Vision JA Central Ontario · grades 9-12	Sep 28
Sep 20	HMMT November 2026 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament · grades 9-12	Nov 7
Sep 20	HMMT February 2027 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament · grades 9-12	Feb 13

See the full school-year calendar →

Section 3 — In the room

Currently teaching

The classroom keeps the rest of the work honest. This term's course outlines are published in full.

MCR3U Semester 1 · 2026-2027 Functions · Grade 11, University Preparation The Grade 11 university-preparation functions course: the year students stop working with one equation at a time and start working with the object that produces them. Planned end to end before the first class, so every unit knows how many days it has. Read the course outline →

Section 4 — Who is teaching this

About Ms. Yang

Alina Yang is an Ontario Certified Teacher (OCT) and a secondary school teacher with the Toronto District School Board, qualified in the Intermediate/Senior divisions in mathematics and business studies. She is a graduate of the B.B.A. program at the University of Toronto Scarborough and the Master of Teaching program at OISE, and serves as Director of Education at Caution Tape Robotics.

Full record, qualifications and teaching philosophy →

Alina Yang, OCT

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