President’s Holiday Greetings and Message – December 2018
As the winter solstice rapidly approaches, here in the northern hemisphere the night sky appears darker while the myriad stars glitter more brightly than ever. Those individual stars remind me of the thousands of students, alumni and members of the Pearson College UWC...
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Working together benefits all UWC schools
Across all levels, UWCers are creating and enhancing their workday connections to learn from each other, share best practices and success stories and, occasionally, commiserate about good ideas that didn’t quite work out.
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Coastal Biodiversity CAS engaging more students
It’s a common assumption that every student at Pearson College UWC gets out onto and into the Pacific Northwest coastal marine environment, given our campus location along Pedder Bay and our long association with Race Rocks Ecological Reserve. An assumption, but not entirely accurate. Faculty members Laura Verhegge and Christie Johnson are doing their best to change that.
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A Deeply Spiritual Place
Pedro Guevara Mann (YR 12/1987, Panama) has been deeply involved with World Youth Day (WYD) in one role or another for nearly two decades. Next month, he will travel to Panama City, Panama to cover the January 22 to 27 celebration. Recently, we had a chance to catch up with Pedro and talk about his past, present and future.
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Governor General Confirms Pearson’s Viceregal Patronage
Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada, recently confirmed viceregal patronage to Pearson College UWC.
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The Waiting is Underway for Canadian UWC Hopefuls
The next step for the National Committee of Canada volunteers is to review, select and nominate about Canadian 50 students to attend UWC schools in 2019.
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