Rudo came to UWC with a strong interest in human rights and public policy. Her two subjects are Philosophy and Global Politics, and she has earned microcredentials in Direct Action Organizing and Effective Advocacy. At Pearson, she is part of the Paddling program and participated in the Paddle to Suquamish Tribal Canoe Journey where she learned about Indigenous sovereignty and resurgence in First Nations borderland communities. Her Reflective Project was about the gaps in protection for people being displaced across borders by climate disasters. After Pearson she wants to focus on campaigning against border militarization and plans on pursuing studies in global security policy and migrant rights.

David is passionate about climate justice and food sovereignty. He takes Spanish and Global Politics as his two IB subjects, and is continuing to learn Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe) online. David is deeply involved with the Saanich Native Plants seed exchange and nursery project and is a certified Pollinator Steward. David’s Reflective Project was about agrarian land trusts on unceded First Nations territories and his service project was on urban collaborative farming. David wants to be a community organizer in urban food insecure communities and wants to help young agrarians from minoritized backgrounds access agricultural land. He also wants to get a post-Pearson education that will make him an asset to a place like the UN World Food Programme or One Acre Fund.

Luna has a passionate interest in international relations and finance. At Pearson, she takes History, Economics, and Global Politics and is actively involved as a student leader for Model United Nations and the Conversations About Race initiative. Having spent time in BC’s ancient temperate rainforests, Luna was inspired to write her Reflective Project about the global conservation coordination efforts in the Coalition of Rainforest Nations through a just transition lens. Luna’s dream is to work at the level of strategic coalitions in global governance and convening effective policy dialogues on equitable climate financing for mitigation and adaptation in the world’s Least Developed Countries.

Shruti joined UWC with a strong interest in film and conservation. Her subjects are Visual Arts and Marine Science. At Pearson she is learning to dive and sail, co-leads the Film Club and is one of the student facilitators for the x̌ʷayɘŋ (Race Rocks) Immersion Weekends. She is also part of the Salish Sea Stewards program and did her Reflective Project at the Applied Conservation Science Lab at UVic. During her time at Pearson she worked on two mini-documentaries: about ethnobotanical knowledge of medicinal plants, and about the movement to breach the four lower Snake River dams. Shruti’s dream is to become a National Geographic explorer and wildlife conservationist and presenter.