Born and raised in Toronto, Canada, Tim has spent his life combining his love of creative arts, writing, and music with social justice endeavours. He has been in full-time front-line social justice work for over 30 years, serving, learning, and teaching across North America and around the world. Tim is a much sought-after national speaker in addition to a best-selling author of books for adults and an award-winning author-illustrator of children's books. Adding to his impressive resum� of leadership and service, Tim founded and leads Youth Unlimited's Compassion Series program for children, youth, families, and classrooms-a unique hub of creative, interactive, and relational compassion-focused resources.