by Nikola Bates | Oct 2, 2022 | Alumni, Renew & Re-found
Marc Patry (Year 5/1980, Canada-ON) was always curious about the world, which made Pearson College UWC a natural fit for him and his love of adventure. After training and working as a teacher in the Calgary area, Marc’s interests led him to acquire a master’s...
by Nikola Bates | Jun 25, 2022 | Alumni, Renew & Re-found
“The UWC mission resonated with me the moment I read it. It was the ‘missing piece’ in my puzzle to define what my role, and that of my generation, should be in implementing the Colombian Peace Agreement. The accord had ended a 50-year armed conflict in my home...
by Nikola Bates | Jun 18, 2022 | Alumni
By Heloise Nicholl When I first met Rinus van Hall (Year 35/2010, Netherlands) via Zoom, his occupation as a painter was evident. Canvases lit up the computer screen all around him. Surrounded by colourful paintings in a stylish gallery downstairs from his studio, the...
by Nikola Bates | May 31, 2022 | Alumni, Renew & Re-found
The United World College movement’s transformative education is an opportunity that has touched the lives of many students and their families for decades. For Luanne and Frank Schenkels, it was double the impact for their family when their son Jared attended UWC...
by Nikola Bates | Jan 4, 2022 | Alumni
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...
by Nikola Bates | Dec 13, 2021 | Alumni
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...
