Paul M. Taylor (born 1982) is a Canadian food security & anti-racism activist and former executive director of FoodShare Toronto.
[1] In 2020, Taylor and colleagues delivered 20,232 free food boxes to food-insecure people in Toronto.
Taylor was born in Toronto in 1982, the second son to a mother from Saint Kitts; they grew up in a household that was reliant on government financial support.
[4] He is the founder of the Vancouver Food Summit and the co-chair of British Columbia's Poverty Reduction Coalition.
[4] Taylor ran for election as the New Democratic Party candidate for Parkdale—High Park in 2019 and 2021, finishing second both times to incumbent Arif Virani.