Paul is a bred and born Surrey citizen, having lived most of his life in the city.

As a child, he participated in many summer camps provided by the city, and was a longtime member of both the Cloverdale Skating Club and Newton Figure Skating Club. At Martha Currie Elementary, Paul was one of many to fulfill Trudeau’s vision of a bilingual country, and took the French Immersion program. During his successful years at the Cloverdale school, he was a member of Student Council, the eco-Club, and a Library Monitor.

He attended Sullivan Heights Secondary during his junior years, before becoming a pioneering student at Surrey Connect, which, at the time, was one of the first online schools around.

In between studies, he worked hard at McDonald’s in Cloverdale, where he learned the values of teamwork and the importance of strong communication skills. Since then he has taken a much more active role in the community. He has attended various youth leadership camps, including “What Can Youth Do?!”, “Camp Fyrefly“, and “The B4: Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges“. He has also been an contributing member of the “Vancouver Area Cycling Coalition: Surrey Chapter“, the Surrey/White Rock Literacy Planning Committee, the Surrey Leadership Youth Council, and Gab Youth Services.

In mid 2007, he started his extremely successful blog at paulhillsdon.com. It was here where he started sharing his opinions on life in Metro Vancouver - everything from riding the bus, to the construction of the first Apple Store on the West Coast.

Paul’s civic platform builds on his deep understanding of livable urban design and green transportation and takes his vision of sustainability wider than ever before - economically, socially, culturally, and environmentally. His platform understands that we all are inexplicably intertwined and covers such issues as affordable housing, park access, and youth and seniors programs.