A. Y. Jackson Secondary School is a community high school in the Glen Cairn neighbourhood of Kanata, a suburb in the west end of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is part of the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board and was first opened in 1976. The school was named after A. Y. Jackson, the famous Canadian painter, and one of the founders of the Group of Seven.AYJ has approximately 800 students attending its program. The majority of students come from W.O. Mitchell Elementary School, Bridlewood Community Elementary School, Glen Cairn Public School, or Katimavik Elementary School, its four feeder schools.Global citizenshipIn 2006, AYJ became the first school internationally to be recognized as a Global Learning Centre by the International School Connection. This designation is a reflection of the international and global citizenship focus of the school, in both the in-class curriculum and extracurricular activities.The school runs two major international exchanges each year with partner schools in Zaragoza, Spain and Suzhou, China. As well, each year there are trips to destinations in the United States as well as other international trips such as a tour of the Canadian battlefields of Europe and concert band tours of Italy and Austria.
