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eNEWS | February 2021 | Edition 2

Education, Character, Football

Brain Regain: Alum Eddie Mensah’s (Year 17/1992, Ghana) education career takes him back to Ghana to lead Right to Dream, a prestigious academic and football academy.

RECONCILIATION

Indigenious Reconcilation Action Plan Update

Pearson’s Indigenous Reconciliation Action Plan working group recently welcomed four students to help implement short and longer-term priorities. Learn more about this and other Plan updates here. Read more

Policy Options op-ed by Kory Wilson

Courage and Humility: Kory Wilson (Year 14/1989, Canada-BC), Kwakwaka’wakw, Pearson Board member & Executive Director of Indigenous Initiatives and Partnerships at the B.C. Institute of Technology, calls on all educators to move forward on reconciliation in this op-ed article in Policy Options.

Indigenous Role Models - a student created site

A student-led Indigenous Day, complemented by a Theory of Knowledge Indigenous Awareness Curriculum, encouraged students to create a site celebrating Indigenous persons who are role models to them. Honour these role models for all of us from across the globe here.

LATEST NEWS

Connected with Latif

Pearson alum Latif Nasser (Year 29/2004, Canada-ON) is hard to miss these days between a co-host gig with popular podcast RadioLab and the debut of his Netflix science doc series 'Connected', but he took time recently to talk about his Pearson experience and his life beyond Pedder Bay.

Pearson Sustainers Make a Big Impact

Scholarship support is what makes the Pearson experience possible for the majority of our students. Members of our Sustainers Society (donors who make regular monthly or annual gifts) unite to fund more than seven full scholarships each year. With strong alumni participation, this loyal group of donors ensures that Pearson students can count on their support year after year. Join us in celebrating their generosity, and the tangible difference they are making together. Meet two Sustainers Scholars

UPCOMING EVENT

GLOBAL VILLAGE UPDATE

5 March 2021 | 9am & 4pm PST

This third GVU session will focus on one of Head Craig Davis’ top interest and priority, namely Place-Based Education and the dynamic, on-going Curriculum Development at Pearson, but we will also hear from staff, students, alumni and friends who are contributing not only to PC campus life, but also the rich and diverse ‘Life after Pearson’ scene around the world.

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