Press Releases from Pearson College UWC
2020
16 Nov - Victoria-area College Partners to Educate More Young Refugees
Pearson College UWC, one of 18 United World Colleges around the world, is part of a UWC and Schmidt Futures global initiative called Rise designed to improve opportunities for refugees and other deserving young people to access to advanced educational opportunities.
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17 Oct - Please Stand 3 Raccoons Apart…2020 on the Pearson Campus
“Please Stand 3 Raccoons Apart.”
Or, 5 Gulls or 2 River Otters or 2 metres, depending on where you happen to be on the Pearson College UWC campus these (pandemic) days. (Personally, I’d give three raccoons a bit more than the standard COVID-19 metric, but you get the drift.)
As students arrived at the Metchosin campus on the unceded territory of the Sc’ianew (Beecher Bay) First Nation after a mandatory 14-day “Quarientation” downtown, they were greeted with banners and flags of welcome from Houseparents, air hugs from friends and a series of upgrades and modifications to buildings.
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24 Aug - Restarting at Pearson: Adaptation, Preparation, ‘Quarientation,’ Education
Not to say that 2020 has been less challenging for everyone in Metchosin, or the rest of the world for that matter, but dealing with a pandemic for the first time in our nearly-50 year history has been, no pun intended, an intense experiential education.
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13 Aug - New Pearson Head Begins with a ‘Traditional’ Bay Jump
In one of his first acts as new President and Head of Pearson College UWC, newly-arrived Craig Davis (and three of his children!) went for a jump in Pedder Bay.
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21 May - Craig Davis Named New President and Head of Pearson College UWC
Pearson College UWC, Canada’s School for the World, located on the unceded territory of the Sc’ianew First Nation southwest of Victoria, today announced the appointment of global educational leader Craig Davis as its new President and Head of College effective 1 August 2020.
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27 Feb - “From Cave Walls to Keyboards: The Paleolithic Origins of Art and Language”
Pearson’s Global Affairs Speaker Series: Canadian paleoanthropologist, author & engaging science communicator Genevieve von Petzinger
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25 Feb - Meet Canadian youths taking court action on the climate crisis
Global Affairs Speaker Series: Pearson student and 14 other young people from across Canada launch first federal youth climate lawsuit.
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20 Feb - A One-of-a-kind Theatre Experience: One World Performance & Expo
VICTORIA, B.C. — Every year, One World, a one-of-a-kind theatre experience, brings a world of international performances to the stage of the McPherson Playhouse as nearly 200 Pearson College UWC students showcase a diversity of cultures and experiences on March 20 and 21.
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2019
05 Sept – Pearson Hosting Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke Federal Candidates’ Forum
30 Jun – The Canadians are coming to Pearson!
28 May – Inaugural Race Rocks Challenge a Spirit-lifting Success!
06 May – The Inaugural Race Rocks Challenge is on!
03 Mar – Governor General & Lieutenant Governor meet UWC educators
2018
10 Dec – MOU between Beecher Bay First Nation, Metchosin and Pearson College UWC
29 Nov – Pearson College UWC alumnae named Rhodes Scholar
09 Nov – Pearson College UWC a Proud member of the Community
11 Oct – APU: Girls on the Move – An Inspirational School for Girls
24 Sept – “Refugees: heros or zeros? Understanding what it means to be stateless”
11 Sept – Metchosin “adds” nearly 200 residents this fall!
10 May – Social Innovation Project raises Funds for International Charities
08 March – Pearson College UWC Hosts Personal Representatives of G7 Leaders
2017
27 Nov – Author and Journalist Andrew Cohen at Pearson College UWC
18 Oct – Pearson College UWC hosts Canadian Citizenship Ceremony
30 Sept – Pearson College UWC hosts renowned facilitator Adam Kahane
05 Sept – Parliamentary Secretary for Youth at Pearson College UWC
29 Aug – The “world” returns to Metchosin (Gazette & Muse)
17 Jul – Appointed Governor General Julie Payette alumna and supporter of UWC
2 Jun – Pearson College UWC announces new CAO Heather Gross
25 Apr – Pearson Hosting Esquimalt-Metchosin All-Candidates Forum
07 Mar – Canada 150: An Indigenous Perspective
10 Feb – David Goa: “Does Faith/Religion Divide or Unite Us?”
09 Jan – B.C. Sen. Yuen Pau Woo Speaks at Pearson College UWC