To a single parent in any college program who has been tutored in literacy, ideally through the Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy, or has completed the prerequisite for their program though Academic Upgrading (formerly Adult Basic Education).
If there are no qualified applications that meet all the above criteria. Then it could be awarded to a parent who other wise meets the remaining criteria.
If there are no qualified student who are parents, then an adult student who meets the remaining criteria.
Lynne Shalom was born at University College Hospital in London, England, on May 11th, 1955. In 1958 she moved with her mother, Dorothy, and her father, Maurice, to Winnipeg – where she quickly adapted to her all-French kindergarten – and then to Calgary in 1960 to begin school.
Lynne graduated from Henry Wisewood High School twelve years later, and, as did many of her classmates, took a year off to travel. This trip, the first of many to be undertaken, was to Europe. Through taking time to explore a number of different countries, Lynne became especially interested in the U.K. and her birthplace. There, for a short time, she did social service work with the elderly and then in a group home for disturbed and ill children.
Returning to Canada, she enrolled in General Sciences at the University of Calgary, and then moved to McGill in Montreal of Pre-Med. It was clear, however, that she hadn’t gotten traveling out of her system yet. She dropped out of university and headed to Israel, where she worked on a kibbutz. After that she moved on to South Africa and then to Nigeria, where she again worked with children, teaching at a school in a small village.
Following this, Lynne returned to Canada once more, enrolling in University in Edmonton to study Physiotherapy, which would eventually become her career. Before this was to be realized, however, she set off into the world once again, this time traveling to the Solomon Islands with CUSO. She remained there for three years, finding, as usual, much to love in the unique and vibrant culture.
For a third time, Lynne returned to Canada. This marked an end to her travels, as she began to raise her son, Chris, who was born in 1988. Shortly after Chris was born Lynne left Calgary; moving first to Canmore, then to the Kootenays.
Lynne quickly and easily fit into the community of Winlaw, and she and Chris were able to enjoy the relaxed pace and beautiful sights of the valley. After a few years of practicing physiotherapy in Nelson, she made the decision to stay closer to home, opening a physiotherapy clinic in her home. It was there that she met her partner, Benoit Aubin.
Cancer took Lynne’s life in 2007. Right to the end, she was able to stay with her family, listening to and even engaging in conversations, and entertaining people with stories from her times traveling and teaching.
Lynne was passionate about education and spent a great deal of her time reading, writing, and otherwise broadening her horizons. She joined writing groups and Toastmasters, and also taught English and tutored literacy. She was dedicated to helping and educating others as well as herself, and believed that everyone should have the opportunity to pursue a good education.
Lynne saw the usefulness of education not just for career purposes, but more importantly as a means to helping people become rational, well-rounded, and aware of differing circumstances for others. She did not know that a memorial bursary would be set up in her honour, but she would unquestionably have been flattered and proud.