Ian Gill Explained

Ian Gill should not be confused with Ian Gill (British Army officer).

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. Web site: Watson. H. G.. 2016-09-15. Why Ian Gill thinks No News is Bad News. 2020-10-12. JSource. en-US.
2. Web site: The Greening of Ian Gill. 2020-10-12. BC Business. 2010-10-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20101022070137/http://www.bcbusinessonline.ca/bcb/top-stories/2005/07/01/greening-ian-gill. 2005-07-01. Larry . Pynn.
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. Web site: Board of Directors – Vancouver Writers Festival. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170822215154/http://writersfest.bc.ca/about/board-of-directors/. 2017-08-22.
6. Web site: Ian Gill The Tyee.
7. Web site: Ian Gill, Author at Alberta Views - The Magazine for Engaged Citizens.
8. Web site: Ian Gill.
9. Web site: ABC BookWorld.
10. Web site: All That We Say Is Ours - D&M Publishers. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090905152454/http://www.dmpibooks.com/book/all-that-we-say-is-ours. 2009-09-05.
11. Web site: No News is Bad News – Greystone Books Ltd..
12. Web site: Confessions of an Innocent Man (2007) - IMDb. IMDb.

External links

• Ian Gill on ABC Bookworld