The series consists of records relating to the United World College scholarship and document the awarding of the United World Colleges Scholarship to British Columbia high school students, as well as policy decisions for awarding scholarships. The scholarship is awarded annually to grade 11 (age 16-17) students in British Columbia to attend a United World College for two years, resulting in an international baccalaureate (equivalent to the final year of secondary school and the first year of university). The majority of successful applicants within this series attended the Lester B. Pearson United World College of the Pacific (Pearson College UWC) located in Metchosin (Victoria), British Columbia.
The scholarships are funded through the Student Services Branch and staff from this branch sit on the selection committee. Scholarship recipients are selected by an independent committee comprised of representatives of the ministry, public post-secondary institutions, and united world college graduates and former staff.
The records include correspondence regarding policy decisions, award recipients, and general administration. The records also contain applications and reference letters from students across BC, and consideration of these applications.
Information regarding these records has been sourced primarily from Student Services ORCS Schedule No. 117457, United World College Scholarships 40020-05.
Also included in this series is a file of records relating to the development of the One World Scholarship Program. This consists of a proposal made to the Irving K. Barber British Columbia Scholarship Society (IKBBCSS) by the British Columbia Ministry of Advanced Education in 2006. The scholarship was intended for post-secondary students and is not related to the United World College Scholarship.
Multiple ministries have been responsible for creating these records and are listed above with relevant dates.
Records are arranged chronologically.
British Columbia. Ministry of Advanced Education (2001-2008)