Adult Learners' Week Back In-Person After 6 Years
by Dan Mullins
Recently, the Lester B. Pearson School Board’s Continuing Education department held their annual Adult Learners’ Week celebration. The event was held in person for the first time since 2019, making it an especially memorable occasion.
Following a warm welcome from the Director of Continuing Education, Maggie Soldano and remarks from LBPSB Chair of the Council of Commissioners Judy Kelley, Citizenship Judge and former LBPSB administrator Veronica Mae Johnson delivered the keynote presentation, speaking about the importance of dreams and education.
Directors of the Adult and Vocational Centres rose to present the cohort of students from their institutions with certificates, and one student from each adult or vocational centre spoke, sharing what were without exception inspirational and moving descriptions of their lives and journeys to achievement through continuing education.
Below are lists of students honoured from each centre, as well as a gallery of photos of the event.
Place Cartier – Adult
Daniil Pashin
Akeëra Naiobi Taylor-Townsend
Auryann Vincent-Tauzin
Theodore Schwec
Jathusha Thillainadesan
Sonia Pervaiz
Laura Brown
Charlotte Wong Ping Lun
Liam Cornell
Kristy Lee Fisher
West Island Career Centre – Vocational & Place Cartier – Vocational
WICC
Pauloosie Kasudluak
Christina Ampratwum
Joyce Rose Bonifacio
Sanya Singh
Veena Padmanabha
Hilda Dagoy
Shawn Wilson
Litvina Suresh
Place Cartier Voc.
Qilian Xin
Kayla Agostino
Gordon Robertson Beauty Academy
Lisa Mustill
Filomena Correia
Areta Andrade
Kayla Hynes
Meghedi Haghnazarian
Shyna Sheppard
Chantal Caballero
Juliana Matthews
Samantha Aeryn Kastner
Sedrak Hovhannisyan
Career Development Services
Daljeet Kaur
Tiffany Sinclair
Alexcenah Williams
Veronica Mercury
Diana Raphael Ketegwe
Vinesh Munesar
Kai Mei Zhang
Jeremy Bolusan
Eduardo José Juliac Sandoval
Patrick Lepine
Pearson Adult & Career Centre – Adult
Jian Zeng
Elliot Skye Sherwood
Edan Matter
Samuel Mensah
Jessica Cartwright
Gary Champagne
Portia Davis
Sageda Elkut
Irène Macapagal
Angie-Lee Kennedy
Verdun Adult & Career Centre
Serge Junior Boukaka
Hilson Adrian Boitel Martinez
Dexter Ato
Yongjian Jiang
Shibo Zhang
Berehane Huggins
Shubham Kumar
Yanyan Liu
Yuning Mai
Pearson Adult & Career Centre – Vocational
Leah Edwards-Taylor
Muskanpreet Kaur
Kalil Gibbs-Hector
Travis Manone
Shawn Carpenter
Andrea Linehan
Curtis Conway
Parneet Kaur Khaira
Itohan Oyabure-Okafor
Whitney Onyinye Odenigbo
Pearson Electrotechnical Centre
Wenhan Hu
Gan Luo
Gil De Melo
Franco Gagliano
Caleb MacEachern
Nitish Kumar
William Murray
Zhuowen Wang
Sylvia Sabet
Eileen Langevin
At the end of the event, several small bursaries were awarded, and Director General Cindy Finn had some closing remarks for the assembled students. It was a remarkable day, with hope and aspiration almost palpable in the room.
Congratulations to our adult learners!
