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Alumni Impact
Pearson College UWC is proud to have an alumni network of over 4400 changemakers all around the globe, each of whom are bettering the communities around them every day. Below are just a few of examples of where a Pearson education can take you.
Note on graduation year: we use a “Pearson Year” system to mark each graduating batch. The very first cohort of students graduated in 1976 and are known as Year 1, with the next cohort being Year 2, and so on…

Marianne Alto (Year 2/1977)
Mayor of Victoria; Principal of Azimuth Research and Consulting
First elected as a city councillor for Victoria, B.C. in 2010, Marianne is a Pearson alumna who still lives in the closest major city to campus. She values effective public involvement to make cities healthier, safer and happier environments by championing walking, cycling and public transit. Marianne says her Pearson experience helped her develop skills as both a councillor and a facilitator. More >

Dr. Evan Adams (Year 9/1984)
Canadian actor and Deputy Provincial Health Officer for British Columbia

Christina Foerch (Year 14/1989)
Founder of Fighters for Peace

Ramy Adeeb (Year 21/1996)
Founder/CEO of social curation platform Snip.it

Robin Wettlaufer (Year 19/1994)
Canada's special envoy to Syria

Yuen Pau Woo (Year 6/1981)
Canadian Senator

Meera Gandhi (Year 7/1982)
Founder and CEO of The Giving Back Foundation

Abiodun Williams (Year 4/1979)
Former President of The Hague Institute for Global Justice in The Hague, Netherlands

Todd Sampson (Year 14/1989)
Award-winning documentary-maker, television presenter and former CEO of Leo Burnett Australia

Peter Sands (Year 6/1981)
Executive Director at Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria & former CEO of Standard Charter Bank

Anne Enright (Year 6/1981)
2007 Man Booker Prize-winning novelist

Lene Espersen (Year 9/1984)
Former Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs and former Deputy Prime Minister
Alumni News
Alumni Take Part in Activities and Classes on Campus
By Aileen Lee, Alumni Engagement Officer It has been an absolute pleasure to welcome back alumni on campus these past weeks! We had opportunities to hold fireside chats in the form of Life After Pearson sessions. These talks not only provide perspectives on a variety...
FORGING CONNECTIONS 🤝
Welcome to Forging Connections! We would like to save some space to forge alumni connections. We’ve recognized the want and need for connecting alumni and we thought we could use eNews as a channel. We have been approached by individuals who would like to connect with...
Catching Up With Alejandro Marangoni
(With files from Jacqueline Terry-Carroll) How would you describe someone who is a writer/co-writer of more than 400 published refereed research articles, the author of 86 book chapters and 18 books, the holder of more than 40 patents and an Officer of the Order of...