Jonah Timms has been representing people and helping them make their voices heard for over ten years serving as the youth representative on Council for the District of Clearwater, the BC Greens' Youth Advisory Council, and he is now a Member-at-Large on his union local 2005 with the BC General Employees' Union.

He has volunteered for many organizations in the Fraser-Nicola area including the Lillooet Regional Invasives Species Society, the Lillooet Naturalists, and his local church, St. Andrew's and St. Mary's United/Anglican Church.

Jonah works for the BC Government where he works with First Nations communities, natural resource companies, and the public ensuring that we all live up to the commitments laid out in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action.

Jonah has also worked for Parks Canada and other provincial governments working to study the effects of FireSmart practices on fire around communities and sharing beautiful places, like Jasper, to visitors from around the world.

Jonah and his wife, Christina, have one daughter, Julia, who was born in April this year. Julia keeps them both learning and striving to make BC better for present and future generations.