Academic mentorship · British Columbia

Dipolio is a personal academic mentorship for school-age students in British Columbia, working with a small number of families at a time.

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The founder

Michael, founder of Dipolio

Michael

B.Sc. in Cognitive Systems, University of British Columbia

In grade 5, a teacher stayed until 7 p.m., night after night, preparing me for a maths competition. I won it, but what stayed with me was that someone had decided I was worth their time.

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I saw that parents need someone to instil lasting habits and values in their children, and that an ordinary tutor isn't set up to do that. It takes time, effort and care that most won't give.

I know what that kind of person can do, because one did it for me. In grade 5, a teacher stayed until 7 p.m., night after night, preparing me for a maths competition. I won it, but what stayed with me was that someone had decided I was worth their time. That, more than the material, is what changes a child.

I also saw the opposite. Friends with every bit of the potential I had quietly drifted, because nobody lit that fire for them. I decided early that I would never let that happen to a student I was responsible for. That is why Dipolio exists.

So I work the hardest in the room, not to impress my students but to show them it's possible. When they see me take on hard things without flinching, they start to believe they can too, and they stop saying “I can't” and start trying.

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Programmes

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Signature Academic Programme

Long-term mentorship that takes care of everything academic in your child's life.

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A long-term programme for students and families who want more than tutoring. We focus on the whole student: how they think, work, and grow within an environment built to bring out their best.

We take full responsibility for everything academic in a student's life: IEP meetings, course selection, coordination with their teachers, and working alongside any specialist guiding the student so their recommendations are carried into our teaching. Everything around the student works as one system.

You shouldn't have to coordinate it all yourself. We do. You stay fully informed and close to your child's progress, without carrying the weight of holding it all together.

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Laureate Programme

Olympiad-level training for students who have outgrown the curriculum.

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Rigorous training for students competing at the Olympiad level. For those who have already outgrown the standard curriculum and are ready to be pushed toward the very top of their field.

This programme is taught by the best, people who have reached the highest levels of their discipline and know firsthand what it takes to get a student there. Our students don't drill for tests; they learn to think at the depth real competition demands, working through problems far beyond anything a classroom offers.

Raw ability is only the starting point. It takes the right hands to shape it into excellence and that's exactly who we put in front of your child.

The Laureate exam

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Correspondence Programme

Send us your work, get a considered reply. No timetable, no commute.

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Mentorship that doesn't depend on being in the same room. Students send us their work: questions, drafts, problem sets, whatever they're stuck on and get a considered response back, not a hint or a solution key.

Every student also works inside the Dipolio Portal alongside Aristotle and Hypatia, our AI mentors, built to teach the way we teach: the path before the answer, and the student doing the thinking.

The standard is the same as our in-person work. What changes is the format. No timetable, no commute, and no waiting until next week to get unstuck.

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From parents

“Your ability to connect with them at their level.”
Parent of two Wolves, WPGA
“You have a talent in creating a connection with kids. That's key to helping them learn better. They genuinely enjoy the time with you and for parent, having kids learn without resistance is a key value.”
Highlands Elementary School Parents
“Your moral ethics, work ethics and mannerism is so inspiring that I hope for our children to adopt it too. I think your approach is what my generation of parents have a hard time executing - high expectation, support and consistency.”
Parent of a Phoenix, Fraser Academy
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Contact

Enquire about a place

We take a limited number of students and reply within 24 hours, even on weekends.