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We’d love to learn more about what you are doing. Tell us more about your experiences after Pearson College UWC and your recent endeavors by emailing alumni@pearsoncollege.ca. You can also learn more about what’s happening on campus through our news blog and stories of our current scholars. If you have quick moment, we would also love to know how your experiences at Pearson College UWC where formative to you by answering these questions.
How To Build An Education: Lin Kobayashi Dances Her Way to Change
By Heloise Nicholl Lin Kobayashi (Year 18/1993, Japan) could never have known the twists and turns her life would take when she was accepted to a prestigious Tokyo high school in the summer of 1990. The smart girl from Tokyo had joined an institution that was famous...
Measuring Climate Change in Real Time: A Tribute to Geert Jan van Oldenborgh
With the recent passing of Pearson alum Geert Jan van Oldenborgh (YR 5/1980, The Netherlands) and the world’s attention on COP26, the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, we wanted to share an original and timely feature-length story about GJ’s work as a...
First-ever Alumni-powered Virtual Reunion and Festival a “Screening” Success
Contributed Article The inaugural Pearson Alumni Reunion & Festival took place virtually on Sept. 17-25, 2021, leveraging Zoom and social media, to bring together over 600 Pearson alums, and leaders, patrons, and members of the Pearson College UWC global...
A Liberating Legacy Choice
Like many Pearson alumni, Mike Zryd's (Year 7/1982, Canada-NS) time on the Pearson campus would never have been possible without a full scholarship. Now a Film Studies professor at York University in Toronto, Mike weaves his UWC perspective into his research and...
The Opportunity for Reconnection is as Real as Ever
They laughed, they gathered in nooks across “campus” for private conversations, they danced and cooked together and stayed up too late reminiscing. Meg Pickard (YR 17/1992, United Kingdom) tells us the inspirational story of how a determined and creative group of...
30th Anniversary of UWC in Suzhou
Pearson College UWC’s relationship with Suzhou, China was strengthened in 1991 by Victoria donors, Fleming and Aileen McConnell. The McConnells had a long-time interest in China and both had studied in China and speak Mandarin. They were passionate about Chinese...