Tom SymingtonTom Symington grew up, attended university, and became a secondary school teacher in Alberta (Wild Rose Country). He went on to travel, volunteer, work, and study in Sierra Leone, Europe, the United States, and Québec, earning a Diplome d'études profssionnelles (DEP) en céramique and becoming a translator after completing a Graduate Diploma in Translation at McGill University.

Tom is an active member of the Columbia Lake Stewardship Society and a supporter of the growing Columbia Valley Community Foundation. As a former CUSO volunteer/teacher, he continues to support the organisation and its ideals, and as a former volunteer and board member with the AIDS Calgary Awareness Association, he supports an endowment fund at the Calgary Foundation: Equal in Dignity and Rights.

Tom lives with his partner Gerry George on Columbia Lake in the East Kootenays, British Columbia. Read More Read Less