Renew & Re-found

Campaign Stories

Generous Gift Helps The Stars Align for Astronomy Students

Generous Gift Helps The Stars Align for Astronomy Students

Yes, the stars really did align for astronomy students and fans at the College recently, thanks to a generous posthumous gift arranged by local amateur astronomer André Le Palud. Before Le Palud passed away following a long-term illness, he asked his spouse Heather...

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Sponsor a Student Room on Campus

Sponsor a Student Room on Campus

26 out of our 50 rooms have already been generously sponsored by alumni, parents, friends, board members(past and present), foundations and corporations. Please consider supporting the Pearson College UWC Renew and Re-found Campaign by sponsoring one of the remaining...

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The Gym is Essential to Student Wellbeing

The Gym is Essential to Student Wellbeing

Are you familiar with the Pearson gym? If you were a student, perhaps you used it throughout the school year or maybe just during the dark and rainy months when it was difficult to get outside for a workout. If you have been inside the gym before, you may still be...

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New Welcome Sign | Sneak Peak

New Welcome Sign | Sneak Peak

Coming this fall – a new campus welcome sign created with our friends from Sc’ianew First Nation and incorporating SENĆOŦEN language words of welcome.

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The Missing Piece

The Missing Piece

"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...

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A Whale of a Move…and Other Infrastructure Work

A Whale of a Move…and Other Infrastructure Work

Let the puns fly, as we already did in the headline, but this is job as big as Ahab’s obsession! Yes, one of Pearson College UWC’s longest, and probably largest, residents – the reconstructed Gray Whale skeleton currently on a covered deck adjacent to the Molson Pool...

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Transformative Education | The Schenkels Family

Transformative Education | The Schenkels Family

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...

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Leaving a Legacy for Future Generations of Students

Leaving a Legacy for Future Generations of Students

Community members, volunteers, global citizens, Pearson College UWC supporters, advocates and legacy-builders. These are just a few of the words that define Art Stephen Jackson and his spouse Gillian Jackson. Art, eldest of six children and a long-time volunteer at...

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Building a CALD Curriculum

Building a CALD Curriculum

Many of you might have seen Head Craig Davis’ recent “Teaching Climate Action Leadership” article that we shared on College social media platforms (and if you haven’t, you’ll find it right here) a few weeks ago. Or, maybe you took part in one of last month’s...

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Help Keep Our Waterfront Programs Shipshape!

Help Keep Our Waterfront Programs Shipshape!

This past fall we put a call out to the Pearson community (near and far!) to invite support for our waterfront programs, ranging from diving and sailing to Marine Science, Race Rocks Ecological Reserve and everything in between.  We were delighted with the response,...

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