Peter Oussoren

Currently, I am a teacher of Geography and Green Industries at King’s Christian Collegiate in Oakville, Canada, and founder/faculty advisor of King’sMUN, the school’s Model United Nations team. A passionate teacher with experience developing and implementing diverse curriculums covering wide range of subjects, always with a global focus. I am skilled at motivating students through positive encouragement and reinforcement of concepts via interactive instruction both inside the classroom and beyond.

Unique Course: Grade 12 Human Geography: During the summers of 2003, 2005, 2013, 2016, & 2018, I designed and led a grade 12 geography course that included a 1-month trip to Kenya, East Africa. This experience is project-based and customized to student interests with a focus on primary research on topics of their choosing. Students also get involved in service work that relates to their research. (Picture: 2018 group at Matira Bush Camp, Masai Mara, Kenya)

• I have a passion for SDG 4 and education advancement in developing nations.
• I value the connection between the state of our planet and human well-being, something I highlight in all my courses.
• I grew up and worked on our family farm in Ontario. My farming background has informed my teaching, connecting students to land and sources of food.
• I enjoy integrating technology into the classroom while encouraging students to enjoy the outdoors.
• I have attended many conferences on education, adoption, and development.
• I was born in the Netherlands and speak Dutch at a conversational level.
• Recently completed White Water Kayaking, Level 1 at the Madawasaka Kanu Center, Bancroft.

• Educator Leadership Institute (ELI), Waterloo, ON, Canada, 2019-current, I volunteer with ELI under Dr. Steve Sider, helping expand their teacher development work (Sustainable Development Goal 4) to include various francophone nations in Africa. Currently, ELI works in Haiti, Nepal, Ghana, and Egypt. In August, 2023, I attended the Africa Roundtable Conference (ACSI) in Kigali, Rwanda where schools from 37 nations met to discuss the future of education in Africa.
• Fadhili Trust, Kipserian, Kenya, 2012-current, Fadhili Trust is a Kenyan organization that started in 2001 as an outreach to people infected/affected by HIV & AIDS. Since then, its core ministries are encouraging conservation agriculture and facilitating Village Savings and Loans Associations in communities seeking to finance their income initiatives. As a side project, leaders at Fadhili identify vulnerable children who are not in school. As a volunteer, I fundraise for tuition support. We provide for 25-35 students a year.
• Moyaa Shea Products Ltd., Oakville, ON, Canada, 2012-2016, Through Partner’s Worldwide, a small group at our church was introduced to Blessed Organic Release, a grass roots business in Pader, Northern Uganda. To expand markets for farmers in this region, we started Moyaa Shea Products, importing and selling Shea Butter to increase income for subsistence farmers in this part of Uganda – an area that has a long history of conflict. This is a trade, not aid, initiative. I led this group until we sold the business to a company that continues to work with people in Northern Uganda and sell Moyaa Shea Butter.
• Ulungu-Quinte Partnership, Peterborough, ON, Canada, 2002-2010, This 9-year partnership had a mandate to link several churches in the Peterborough, Ontario area with a rural community called Ulungu, in Eastern Kenya. Our mission was to support the people of Ulungu as they implemented their community development vision and their desire to provide for the many children infected/affected by HIV/AIDS. Drilling a well, building a water distribution system, constructing a new school, expanding educational opportunities, supporting HIV/AIDS education, and setting up a new health clinic were some of the local initiatives. This partnership was under the guidance and counsel of World Renew Canada.

IB MYP English, Level 1 & 2

Additional Qualification - Spec. Ed.

White Water Kayaking, Level 1

First Aid

EXCELLENCE AWARD - Cardus: In September of 2022, I receive the Global Perspectives award, by Cardus, a Canadian think tank based in Ottawa, and Edudeo, an NGO involved in advancing education in developing nations. They recognized my work in “integrating global perspectives into the classroom, with rigour, in fulfillment of the school's purpose, and in service of the common good.”