

Bodwell Alumni Around the World
Lasting Impact
Our 7500+ Alumni agree: Bodwell changes lives.
As engineers, lawyers, company founders, artists, and leaders in STEM, our Alumni take lessons learned and connections made at Bodwell to shape their communities around the globe. Graduating Bodwell students speak two—and often more—world languages, and have close friends from dozens of countries.
Joining our Alumni Network, former students often return to visit Bodwell as a second home, sharing their appreciation with their teachers, counsellors, coaches and mentors.
Meet Bodwell Alumni
Ayako, Class of 2015
Basak, Class of 2008
Alex, Class of 2014
Arthur
Our Worldwide Family of Graduates
We know that as parents, you wish for your child to look back on high school as a happy and defining time in life. What we hear from our Bodwell graduates is a story of growth and gratitude.
"I could not get accepted to my dream university without Bodwell and its dedicated staff.”“Bodwell has positively shaped pretty much everything I have done in my life. I consider Bodwell a birth place of my life in Canada.”
“Going to Bodwell has definitely had a positive impact on my live, broadening my perspective of the world by being part of an international community. At Bodwell, I really learned what it means to be a Global Citizen. Boarding school also provided a platform for growth, where I started a journey of gaining independence, cultivating responsibility, and made many lifelong friends all over the world.”
“Studying at Bodwell was the best decision my parents have made for me.”
Join Our Growing Global Alumni Network
With 35 years of proud alumni, we encourage all members of the Bodwell family to stay connected and to make use of the wide network that the school has to offer.
We proudly partner with interested alumni to act as ambassadors for the school across the world, and hope to provide consistent engagement over the coming years.
Hear from Fellow Alumni
Bodwell was a great chance for me to get into the Canadian education system, gain independence, and connect with a bunch of outstanding individuals, both students and teachers.
Bodwell had a great positive impact on me...
During my life at Bodwell, I grew up as a man, learned to become more professional, and changed my long-time values and beliefs...
Saying Bodwell had an impact on my life is an understatement...
Reflecting on my time in Bodwell, I believe it was where I solidified a much better understanding of myself...
Bodwell was the biggest impact in my life. I and even my parents never imagined that I could live outside home for that long...
First, coming from a small town, one tends to have certain prejudices. You think people of certain nationalities behave a certain way and you build stereotypes. However, once you see kids from all over the world, you start to think differently...
I always say this: studying at Bodwell was the turning point of my life...
The school introduced me to many different international cultures and taught me how to love and respect everyone regardless of who they are and where they come from...
Bodwell had a big impact on me, especially basketball.. It gave me the credentials on how to become a family all together and to achieve success with teamwork and not by individualism...
Although my time there was only 2 years, I really enjoyed the dorm life and the programs planned by the staff that really helped me settle in within the first 2 months of being home sick and fearful of living in a foreign county...
When I was in Bodwell, Entrepreneurship was a new course and I believe I was in the 1st batch under Mr Johnson Chiu. In that class, our project was to start a business and run it...
My years at Bodwell helped me tremendously to become where I am now and I can't thank enough the teachers, staff and fellow students...
Positive things were meeting great friends and teachers from different backgrounds, that helped me to open my mind to different cultures. I learned to live alone; my parents were in Mexico and so I had to be responsible, go to school and try not fail any classes...
Bodwell was directly responsibly for shaping me as a person - for the better of course! I joined year 12 as an international scholarship student from Kenya...
The Bodwell High School will be always remembered by me as one of the best times in my life. Teachers were always professional and treated every student as individual with respect and understanding...
Bodwell not only gave me a chance to get my knowledge and academic base, but also inspired me on my career path...
I am glad that I was studying in Bodwell as I was able to make friends from different countries...
I believe studying at Bodwell was the best decision my parents have made for me...
If I had not completed my high school at Bodwell, I probably would not have continued studying at university...
Before attending Bodwell, I was studying at Prince of Wales Secondary...
Yes, absolutely there were positive impacts. Bodwell prepared me for the coming globalizing world and economy...
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Bodwell most certainly had a positive impact. I believe that I am a global citizen and my journey started at Bodwell as a student...
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Bodwell definitely left an impact. There were amazing teachers, who shaped me into the person that I am now...
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Bodwell had a very positive impact on my life. I feel like I ended up becoming more independent and learned how to take care of myself thanks to Bodwell...
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Yes, first of all the city helped me to learn a lot about diversity...
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Bodwell brought a lot of good memories to me. The way of teaching in Bodwell (probably in Canada) was a totally different method than in Hong Kong...
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Bodwell had a great positive impact on me...
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The time at Bodwell was one of the most important and formative periods of my life...
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It definitely had an impact allowing me to adapt to a more international culture which has allowed me to perform in different jobs and countries throughout my life...
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Bodwell did have a positive impact on who I am right now. During my life at Bodwell, I have grown up as a man, learned to become more professional, and my long-time values and beliefs have changed...
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My time in Bodwell was fundamental for my personal and professional path...
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Bodwell was the biggest impact in my life. I and even my parents never imagined that I could live outside home for that long...
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Bodwell has a special place in my heart. It’s a place I can consider my home because...
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I have many fond memories at Bodwell. Spending my time there was definitely a factor in shaping who I am today...
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I attended Bodwell for 9 semesters since 2017 fall semester and what I acquired there was indeed enormous...
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Bodwell most certainly had a positive effect on my life, there are many occasions where I still reflect on my time back in Bodwell...
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Bodwell has changed my life in a positive way. I don’t know where I would be right now if my father did not decide to send me to Bodwell...
- Alumni
Going to Bodwell has definitely had a positive impact on my life...
This is a big question in a short sentence. The short answer is “yes” – extremely positive...
Bodwell has without a doubt helped shape the person that I am today...
Bodwell changed me entirely. Of course, in a positive way...
My experience at Bodwell continues to have an impact on my life...
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