Lester B. Pearson Collegiate Institute

Lester B. Pearson Collegiate Institute, also known as Lester B. Pearson CI, LBPCI, or simply Pearson, is a public high school in the Malvern neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The school operates grades 9 through 12 under the sanction of the Toronto District School Board. Opened in 1978, it formerly was part of the Scarborough Board of Education. Overview Pearson CI is located at 150 Tapscott Road. It is located across from Malvern Town Centre and can be easily accessed by various TTC bus routes. LBP is a school with a multicultural group of students coming from 56 different countries, speaking 42 languages, and practicing 17 different religions. The school is named after Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson, who was Canada's only winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. The school's motto is "Peace through Understanding," which is from Pearson's 1957 Nobel speech, and attempts to inspire appreciation of diversity. This motto is featured on the school's logo in which stylized human figures in the outside circle have outstretched arms, symbolizing understanding among the nations of the world. The circular shape represents the world, and contains the dove of peace and Canada's maple leaf.