Press Releases from Pearson College UWC
2021
08 Feb - Local Student Kickstarts National Dialogue on Climate Change
Canadian High school students invited to join the event and take action.
After rallying other high school students across Canada, a Pearson College UWC student is leading the effort to host a national conference for youth on climate change called The Sustainability Spotlight Summit on February 21, 2021.
Read the full news release.
2020
07 Dec – New Board Members join Pearson College UWC
07 Dec – Stories for January Metchosin Muse
16 Nov – Victoria-area College Partners to Educate More Young Refugees
17 Oct – Please Stand 3 Raccoons Apart…2020 on the Pearson Campus
24 Aug – Restarting at Pearson: Adaptation, Preparation, ‘Quarientation,’ Education
13 Aug – New Pearson Head Begins with a ‘Traditional’ Bay Jump
21 May – Craig Davis Named New President and Head of Pearson College UWC
27 Feb – “From Cave Walls to Keyboards: The Paleolithic Origins of Art and Language”
25 Feb – Meet Canadian youths taking court action on the climate crisis
20 Feb – A One-of-a-kind Theatre Experience: One World Performance & Expo
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
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
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