Ian Gill
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Ian Gill is an Australian-Canadian writer, documentary filmmaker, and social entrepreneur. He has been the director of Ecotrust Canada since 1994. Before that he worked as a reporter for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.[1][2]

Gill was president and founder of Ecotrust Canada from 1994 to 2010, when he was appointed founding Executive Director of Ecotrust Australia.[3] Gill served for over five years as a director of Vancity credit union.[4] and currently serves as a director of Vancouver Writers Fest literary festival.[5]

He writes for publications in Canada and North America including The Tyee,[6] Alberta Views,[7] and Policy Options.[8]

Works

Books

  • Hiking on the Edge: Canada's West Coast Trail (1995)
  • Haida Gwaii: Journeys Through the Queen Charlotte Islands (1997)
  • All That We Say Is Ours: Guujaaw and the Reawakening of the Haida Nation (2009) (Shortlisted for BC Book Prize and nominated for the Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Book Prize) [9][10]
  • No News Is Bad News: Canada's Media Collapse - and What Comes Next (2016)[11]

Film

  • Confessions of an Innocent Man (writer)[12] (2007), winner of Gemini-award for Best Biography

Other selected titles include:

  • Transplant Tourism (CBC) (writer) 2003
  • The Boys of Buchenwald (History Television) (writer) 2002
  • To Love, Honour and Obey (CTV) 2001
  • The Life and Times of Dr. Henry Morgentaler (CBC) 1999
  • The Dealmaker: The Life and Times of Jimmy Pattison (CBC) 1998
  • The Life and Times of David Suzuki (CBC) 1998
  • Mordecai: The Life and Times of Mordecai Richler (CBC) 1997
  • Whisky Man: Inside the Dynasty of Samuel Bronfman (CBC) 1996

References

  1. ↑ Watson, H. G. (2016-09-15). "Why Ian Gill thinks No News is Bad News". JSource. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
  2. ↑ Pynn, Larry (2005-07-01). "The Greening of Ian Gill". BC Business. Archived from the original on 2010-10-22. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
  3. ↑ https://vancouversun.com/news/Former+Vancouver+reporter+moving+Sydney+launch+Ecotrust+Australia/2721434/story.html
  4. ↑ https://vancouversun.com/news/Vancity+members+stick+with+board+leaders/2973903/story.html
  5. ↑ "Board of Directors – Vancouver Writers Festival". Archived from the original on 2017-08-22.
  6. ↑ "Ian Gill | The Tyee".
  7. ↑ "Ian Gill, Author at Alberta Views - The Magazine for Engaged Citizens".
  8. ↑ "Ian Gill".
  9. ↑ "ABC BookWorld".
  10. ↑ "All That We Say Is Ours - D&M Publishers". Archived from the original on 2009-09-05.
  11. ↑ "No News is Bad News – Greystone Books Ltd".
  12. ↑ "Confessions of an Innocent Man (2007) - IMDb". IMDb.
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