/ / 2011 / 2012 MESSAGE FROM MESSAGE FROM OUR DIRECTOR OUR CHAIR When the school year came to a close in May I embarked on a On behalf of the Board of Trustees, I thank our donors for your gifts. / mini-sabbatical cycling trek. I pen this note en route. It is a 10,000-km You have been particularly generous this year. The tremendous response personal challenge in celebration of UWC’s 50th anniversary—but it to the matching challenge issued by an anonymous donor in early has also turned out to be a powerful affirmation for me of how truly 2012 resulted in an extraordinary $1,490,088 raised through the connected our Pearson College community is to each other and the match! Along with other donations throughout the fiscal year, a total of world. Alumni and friends of the College have welcomed me into their $4,289,012 was fundraised in support of Pearson College and its homes and hearts during this journey, and have shared stories of the mission for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012. powerful impact Pearson College has had on their lives. I am so grateful for your generosity. It is only through your support and When students are together on campus, the College is abuzz with the continued efforts of our remarkable academic and administrative energy and a sense of global community. At the end of this two-year staff that we are able to offer an educational experience that will provide transformative educational experience, they leave committed to apply our scholars with the ability to help make the world a better place. the skills and compassion learned at Pearson somehow and in some way in the world. With every graduating class, our community grows I have now had the privilege of serving as Chair of the Pearson College and expands—stretching and intersecting to have even more impact Board of Trustees for one year. I have visited the College on many across the globe. occasions, and through my discussions with the students I am convinced that the College is arming young people who have the will to make a At the College itself, it has been a year of progress. We have further difference with the tools to do so and effectively contribute to solidified our commitment to growing fundraising and ensuring sustainability and global peace. financial stability. And there are exciting plans for campus renewal on the horizon. This hope and optimism is largely thanks to you, our That they have the opportunity to do so is thanks to you, our supporters. community of supporters—a community committed to the mission of education as a force to unite people, nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future. You have made all the difference. Thank you. Dr. Randall Gossen, Chair of the Pearson College Board of Trustees Dr. David Hawley, College Director RACE ROCKS, AN ECOLOGICAL PRESERVE AND MARINE-PROTECTED AREA MANAGED BY PEARSON COLLEGE. PEARSON COLLEGE ANNUAL REPORT 2011 / 2012 2 PEARSON ALUMNI ARE DEDICATED TO MAKING CHANGE Russia HAPPEN IN DIVERSE AND POWERFUL WAYS THROUGHOUT Vladmir Bugaev PC YR 17 THE WORLD. HERE’S A SAMPLING. Founder of Distributor Company at Medtronic; founded the first-ever innovative spine education centre in Russia. The Netherlands Germany Mohamed Youssef, PC YR 32 Alessandro Prandi PC YR 17 Working mainly on the Libya Head of Global R&D Continuous situation at the International Improvement at Sandoz. Quebec, Canada Criminal Court in the Office of Syria Public Counsel for the Defence. Chloé Houle-Johnson, PC YR 37 Pearson welcomed our first Coordinating a social reinsertion Kazakhstan student from this country program for a non-profit outdoors in 2011/12. camp, working with people from Abylay Tyurabayev, PC YR 36 “One World summarizes my whole Vancouver, Canada vastly different social backgrounds. experience at Pearson. Those two days made me believe in peace achieved Yuen Pau Woo, PC YR 6 through unity and hard work.” President and CEO of the Wales Asia Pacific Foundation. Stephen Doughty, PC YR 23 Head of Oxfam Wales and at work on a mix of local development in Wales as well as international development. San Francisco, USA Japan Ramy Adeeb, PC YR 21 Lin Kobayashi, PC YR 18 Founder of snip.it, a website Named Young Global leader that lets users collect or “snip” of the World Economic Forum articles, videos and images on for 2012; Executive Director the web and share them with and Chair of the Board of the their opinions. Foundation for the International MAKING A WORLD School of Asia, Karuizawa. Toronto, Canada Yves Savoie, PC YR 8 The CEO of the Multiple Sclerosis OF DIFF ERENCE Society of Canada is an advocate and champion of people with MS and more broadly of Canadians Thailand with disabilities. Amp Sae-Lao, PC YR 27 Founded a society to unite the Thai people and promote social inclusion and tolerance; also Guyana organized the first Asian Youth Forum. Pearson welcomed our first student from this Congo Dominican Republic country in 2011/12. Sylvia Nkombo Nkoula, PC YR 37 Currently studying biochemistry Pearson welcomed our first at Lewis and Clark College in student from this country Portland, Oregon. in 2011 /12. Australia Antarctica Nakkiah Lui, PC YR 30 Palestine Wrote her first play at Pearson; inaugural winner Argentina Damien Guihen, PC YR 27 Suriname Biophysical oceanographer with the Mujahed Sarsur, PC YR 33 in May of The Dreaming International Affairs speaker: Award national aboriginal Sarah Dingle Echesortu, PC YR 4 British Antarctic Survey, working with Pearson welcomed our “What do you do when all the arts prize. and Ciro Echesortu, PC YR 4 autonomous vehicles to develop new first student from this odds are against you? How the Gave $100,000 gift to the College techniques for mapping biomass in the country in 2011/12. Southern Ocean. Pearson experience helped a inspired by the matching challenge. student create a radical response to conflict in Palestine.” 3 PEARSON COLLEGE ANNUAL REPORT 2011 / 2012 PEARSON COLLEGE ANNUAL REPORT 2011 / 2012 4 POWER CORPORATION OF CANADA CORPORATE DONOR SINCE COLLEGE INCEPTION “Power Corp has supported Pearson College in recognition of its unique educational role in Canada and its commitment to ‘make a world of difference.’ Few Canadians have had the impact on international affairs as the late Lester B. Pearson. We are honoured to support a college that continues to serve his noble vision for a brighter world.” – John Rae, CEO MR. DONALD ROSS, TORONTO, ONTARIO THIS LONG-TIME SUPPORTER OF THE COLLEGE DONATED A 32-FT SAILBOAT NAMED IN HONOUR OF HIS CLOSE FRIEND AND FOUNDING DIRECTOR JACK MATTHEWS Mr. Ross remembers Jack encouraging people to donate “in accordance with their means” in the initial days of the College, and his donation was amongst the first. Mr. Ross thought it would be fitting “to commemorate the first director and perpetuate his love of sailing and helping young people learn.” / ALL WEATHER WINDOWS, EDMONTON, ALBERTA CORPORATE DONOR THAT SUPPLIED ALL WINDOWS FOR CALGARY HOUSE AND HAS A COMMITMENT TO CAMPUS RENEWAL “All Weather Windows takes great pride supporting Pearson College. We share similar values and vision, and it allows us to partner with a college that invests in the future leaders of countries, businesses and institutions worldwide.” – Henry Banman, CEO DR. ARTHUR CLARK, CALGARY, ALBERTA GAVE A SEED DONATION TO START A FUND IN MAKING A WORLD MEMORY OF HIS LATE WIFE DR. IRMA PARHAD Dr. Parhad, born in Iraq, was a Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Calgary researching Alzheimer’s OF DIFFERENCE disease. Dr. Clark established the Dr. Irma Parhad Programmes at the University of Calgary, from which has grown the Calgary Centre for Global Community. “Because of the excellent work ACROSS CANADA I saw being done at Pearson College, I felt that establishing a scholarship for a student from Iraq would be an important next addition to Irma’s legacy.” 5 PEARSON COLLEGE ANNUAL REPORT 2011 / 2012 PEARSON COLLEGE ANNUAL REPORT 2011 / 2012 6 MR. YI WANG, PC YR 16 YI DONATED $50,000 TOWARDS ROOM RENOVATIONS. HE CURRENTLY HEADS UP MAKING A WORLD GOLDMAN SACHS IN CHINA AND IS BASED IN BEIJING. OF DIFFERENCE IN CHINA “The past year has been exciting as an alumnus of UWC. Together with my fellow members of the UWC China National Committee, we have expanded the number of students we send from China to various UWCs to over 40 students. We are also moving forward with our efforts to build a UWC in mainland China.” RBC SCHOLARSHIP FOR STUDENT FROM CHINA “Pearson College is truly a national treasure, nurturing our future leaders and providing a once-in-a-lifetime living and learning experience to some of the brightest young / citizens of the world. RBC is privileged to have supported Pearson College since 1974, with scholarship funding of more than $780,000. I congratulate the class of 2012, wish all of Pearson’s new students the best of luck in the year to come and thank the faculty and staff for helping make possible so many bright futures.” – Shari Austin, Vice President, Corporate Citizenship, RBC I came to Pearson with the assumption that ‘cultural understanding’ “meant that I would represent my country and exchange ideas with other countries. But the reality is that I am living with 160 to 180 people from around the world who are not defined simply by their nationality, ethnicity or cultural background. I am exposed to diversity of every “ dimension I can think of. It is not only eye-opening, but also intriguing, challenging and thought-provoking.