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What have you done to CHANGE the WORLD TODAY?


Join 100 students from around the world for an amazing three-week experience on Canada's beautiful west coast. You will have the opportunity to interact with young people from across North America and around the world, explore issues affecting the world today, and gain the skills you need in order to "be the change you wish to see in the world!"

The Pearson Seminar on Youth Leadership will also provide you with a head-start when applying for post-secondary education and the completion certificate will add a unique dimension to your personal resume. Join us and learn about leadership, about social change issues, and ultimately, about yourself!

PSYL 2010 will run from July 24th to August 13th on our campus near Victoria, British Columbia.

The program is open to youth who are currently enrolled in Grades 9 through 12 (including 2010 graduates).


        Want to learn more about yourself ?

                 

               Wish you could change the world,

                    but don't know where to start ?

             Believe that even the smallest personal actions

             can have enormous consequences?

                               ...then join us for the experience of a lifetime!

 

NOW SEEKING DYNAMIC EDUCATORS TO JOIN OUR STAFF TEAM

Interested in joining our team of educators for PSYL 2010? Summer positions are now available. Applications will be accepted until January 25th.

EARN HIGHSCHOOL CREDIT FOR ATTENDING PSYL

PSYL has been approved to offer high school course credits to students in BC and Ontario. Students in other provinces may also be eligible upon approval from their individual schools for transfer credits. The accredited version of our program runs simultaneously, and requires students to complete some additional assignments. For more information about the credit program download our information sheet.

FACILITATORS WANTED

We're looking for 16 UWC students or past PSYL participants to join our facilitator team for 2010. A key to the success of the program is the vital role the facilitators play in supporting our staff in delivering sessions, leading activities, and encouraging participant involvement. Facilitators receive one week training prior to the program that includes skills in peer-facilitation, group dynamics, conflict resolution, consensus decision making and more!

All UWC students must be nominated by your College Director for role of Facilitator. Please discuss this with your Director before submitting application.

Facilitator Application Form

Deadline for facilitator applications March 15th, 2010

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Past Participants Say...
“My month at Pearson probably qualifies as the best month of my life. We are the leaders of today, not by right, but by skill. We now have all the opportunity in the world to make a difference. When it is our generation’s turn to hold an Earth Summit like the one in Johannesburg, I believe that we will be able to claim that through our leadership we have made the world a better place.”

“Thank you very much for all your help for my son at the Pearson Seminar on Youth Leadership. He enriched and empowered himself with lot of know-how about leadership and global issues. In light of recent events, I think a lot is still required to make our world a safe and better place and I am sure event and institutions like yours will produce future Trudeaus, Kennedys, Gandhis, Mandelas, Suzukis. Hopefully, one day we will be all so proud that one of your participants may be a leader of a country or United Nations!”

“I look at everything with a different perspective. Pearson was the BEST thing that ever happened to me and I wouldn't regret it for a second. I am way too involved with school and making change now.”