Pearson College UWC
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| Lester B. Pearson United World College of the Pacific | |
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| Type | International Baccalaureate World School |
| Principal | Mark Bannar Martin (interim) |
| Enrollment | 160 |
The Lester B. Pearson United World College of the Pacific (Pearson College UWC) is one of fourteen United World Colleges (UWC) around the world. It is named after the late Canadian Prime Minister Lester Bowles Pearson, winner of the 1957 Nobel Peace Prize, and early supporter of the College. The mission of the UWC movement and of the school is to "make education a force to unite people, nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future". The college follows the International Baccalaureate curriculum, covering the final year of high school and a pre-university year for up to 100 students a year hailing from nearly 90 countries.[1]
The director of the College from 2006 to 2015 was David Hawley, a graduate of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and a trustee of the Council of International Schools. In April 2015, the College announced Hawley's successor, Désirée McGraw, an internationally acclaimed institutional leader, the President of the Jeanne Sauvé Foundation, and a former advisor to the Prime Minister of Canada.
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Academics and administration
The College's main academic curriculum follows the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme – Pearson was the first school in Canada to adopt the Diploma Program at all. Students are also required to participate in community-oriented services, cultural activities, and sport events. A highlight of the academic year is the professional dance, music and cultural show, "One World", led by a talented backstage crew and attracting thousands of audience members from Victoria and the surrounding communities.
Admission
Students must be selected by their respective UWC National Committees based on their merit, promise and potential. Each of the more than 140 National Committees makes recommendations for admission to the College independently, and according to their individual selection procedures. Admission is thus extremely competitive, and reaches across a broad spectrum of socioeconomic diversity. Sponsorship for these scholarships comes from a mixture of organisations, governments and private donors.
Campus
The College is located on the shores of Pedder Bay, near Victoria, British Columbia on Vancouver Island. The College provides a suitable location for the study of the environment, due to the surrounding woodlands and the nearby Race Rocks Marine Protected Area, an ecological conservation area maintained by the College.
There are 5 residential houses that house all students of the College and some faculty members . All student houses are mixed gender, with boys on one floor and girls on the other, and students live in shared rooms of 4 to 5 people; meals are served by a single cafeteria.
The College's proximity to Pedder Bay allows a broad range of waterfront program offerings. A fleet of sail boats, kayaks, canoes, and Scuba diving equipment are stored on the docks and in the floating marine biology building.
Graduates
Recent graduates have placed in some of the world's top universities, and some alumni are have become notable leaders in human rights, international development, business, law, science and other fields.[2] The most common university destinations for recent students after graduation were, in order, McGill University, the University of Toronto, and Harvard University.[3] Other schools that frequently matriculate graduates of the program include Oxford, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Princeton.
Seventeen graduating students have been selected as Loran Scholars,[4] the highest number of any single secondary school. After leaving the college, thirteen students have gone on to win Rhodes Scholarships. After graduation, students are eligible to participate in the Shelby Davis Scholarship programme, which funds undergraduate study based on need at select American universities.
Notable alumni
- Evan Adams, Canadian actor and Deputy Provincial Health Officer for British Columbia
- Ramy Adeeb, founder and CEO of social curation platform Snip.it
- Douglas Alexander, British Member of Parliament and Shadow Foreign Secretary. From 2007 until 2010, Secretary of State for International Development in Gordon Brown's cabinet[5]
- Wendy Alexander, Member of the Scottish Parliament and leader of the Scottish Labour Party in 2007-8
- Menzie Chinn, professor of public affairs and economics at University of Wisconsin–Madison.
- Shauna Aminath, head of the youth wing for the Maldivian Democratic Party[6]
- Paul Colton, Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross[7]
- Nicholas Dawes, Chief content and editorial officer at Hindustan Times
- Anne Enright, 2007 Man Booker Prize-winning novelist
- Lene Espersen, former Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs and former Deputy Prime Minister [8]
- Meera Gandhi, founder and Chief Executive Officer of The Giving Back Foundation
- Massimiliano Gioni, Director of Exhibitions at the New Museum, curator of 55th Venice Biennale, art director of Fondazione Nicola Trussardi
- Jonathan Kis-Lev, interdisciplinary artist and peace activist in Israel and the Palestinian Territories
- Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, Irish academic lawyer specialising in human rights law and founder and Associate Director of the Transitional Justice Institute at the University of Ulster
- Todd Sampson, Chief Executive of Leo Burnett Australia and television personality on Gruen Planet
- Peter Sands, CEO, Standard Chartered Bank[9]
- Craig Scott, Canadian Member of Parliament and former professor of law at Osgoode Hall Law School
- Richard Underhill, Canadian Jazz saxophonist and Juno Award winner
- Federico Varese: Italian expert on organized crime, Professor of Criminology, Oxford University[10][11]
- Abiodun Williams, President of The Hague Institute for Global Justice
- Yuen Pau Woo, President and CEO of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
- Peter Willcock, Justice of the British Columbia Court of Appeal
References
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