Josh Matlow is a resident of Ward 22 and has represented the midtown/ North Toronto ward of St. Paul's since 2003 at the Toronto District School Board. He is a former co-director of Earthroots, a Toronto-based environmental non-governmental organization where he championed efforts to achieve protection legislation for the Oak Ridges Moraine - the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Act...while standing up to the development industry in order to protect our local green space from urban sprawl.

As a Toronto District School Board trustee, he initiated a cell phone ban inside Toronto's public schools, a "Green Grid" project that will see renewable energy generators (such as solar panels) on school rooftops, homework policy reform, campaigned to keep Toronto's school pools open, has advocated for governance and accountability reform, demanded genuine consultation processes for his community, initiated an "Economic Literacy" curriculum to teach students about financial basics like credit cards, budgets and the stock market, worked with his community to rebuild North Toronto Collegiate Institute, fought for initiatives to curb youth violence and against a proposal to create an Africentric school in Toronto.  In his municipal election campaigns he has never accepted donations from either unions or corporations.

As a community advocate, he has fought for protection of our local green space, for tenants who needed a strong voice, preserving Toronto's Mount Pleasant Cemetery, revitalizing Yonge-Eglinton Square, abolishing the Ontario Municipal Board from Toronto and has advocated for governance reform at every level of government. Josh Matlow believes it's time for a new approach to how politicians discuss public matters- It's not about what's left or right, it's about doing what is right for our city and community's residents.

Known for his commitment to public engagement, successful community advocacy and candor, Trustee Matlow holds regular meetings with his constituents.

Josh Matlow has been a Toronto Star's "Newsmakers of the Year", The Village Post and North Toronto Post Magazines: Toronto's Best Public Official, Town Crier's "Pillar of the Community" and Now Magazine's "Top Activists of the Year". He has written articles, columns and opinion pieces for the Toronto Sun, Toronto Star, Globe and Mail and Town Crier Newspapers and is a weekly contributor on Toronto talk-radio station, AM 640.

Josh Matlow has served on the following boards and committees:

• TDSB's Programs and School Services Committee, Vice-Chair
• TDSB's Administration, Finance and Accountability Committee
• TDSB's Intergovernmental Affairs and Community Relations Committee, Chair
• TDSB's Planning and Priorities Committee
• TDSB's Nutrition Working Group
• EPIT (TDSB Environmental Policy Implementation Team)
• North Toronto Green Community board of directors
• City of Toronto’s Historic Houses of Old Toronto Museum Board
• Greenpower board of directors
• Steering Committee of the Ontario Smart Growth Network
• City of Toronto's Clean Streets Working Group
• Toronto Board of Trade's Clean City Task Force
• EnerAct's Steering Committee on Public Education