Tim Turner

Educator. Story-teller. Rebel canoeist.

Board member (2019 to present)

Tim has lived in Gibsons Landing overlooking Salmon Rock and Home Island since 1989. He co-founded Sea to sky Outdoor School for Sustainability Education in 1992 and with a talented team of educators created and delivered multi-day programs for over 200 different schools in southwestern British Columbia and Washington State. He is quick to admit there is no better teacher than wild Nature.

Tim is a long standing supporter of My Sea to Sky and the essential work they do to conserve, preserve and restore Howe Sound / Atl’ka7tsem as one of British Columbia’s ecological treasures. He is thrilled to serve as a Board Director beginning in 2020. Tim is also a director with the Gambier Island Conservancy as well as being a board member for BC Spaces for Nature. In the 1990’s Tim served for many years on the Howe Sound Round Table.

Exploring the hidden corners of this amazing Squamish Arm of the Salish Sea fuels Tim’s passion for the non-human world. The canoe, off trail walking and wet suit snorkeling have always been his favourite ways of getting intimate with the spectacular land and seascapes of Vancouver’s wild neighbour.

‘Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul’ is a saying that Tim embraces as his modus operandi. He is committed to being a difference and understands that needed change will only come when individuals stand their ground in defense of the places they love.