Ian Gill
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Ian Gill is an Australian-Canadian writer, documentary filmmaker, and social entrepreneur.[1][2] He serves as a director of Vancouver Writers Fest literary festival.[3]
Career
[edit]He worked as a reporter for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Gill served as president and founder of Ecotrust Canada from 1994 to 2010. In 2010 he was appointed founding executive director of Ecotrust Australia.[4] Gill served for over five years as a director of Vancity credit union.[5]
He writes for publications in Canada and North America including The Tyee,[6] Alberta Views,[7] and Policy Options.[8]
Works
[edit]Books
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ↑ Watson, H. G. (2016-09-15). "Why Ian Gill thinks No News is Bad News". JSource. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
- ↑ Pynn, Larry (2005-07-01). "The Greening of Ian Gill". BC Business. Archived from the original on 2010-10-22. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
- ↑ "Board of Directors – Vancouver Writers Festival". Archived from the original on 2017-08-22.
- ↑ "Former Vancouver Sun reporter moving to Sydney to launch Ecotrust Australia". vancouversun.com.
- ↑ https://vancouversun.com/news/Vancity+members+stick+with+board+leaders/2973903/story.html [dead link]
- ↑ "Ian Gill | The Tyee".
- ↑ "Ian Gill, Author at Alberta Views - The Magazine for Engaged Citizens".
- ↑ "Ian Gill".
- ↑ "ABC BookWorld".
- ↑ "All That We Say Is Ours - D&M Publishers". Archived from the original on 2009-09-05.
- ↑ "No News is Bad News – Greystone Books Ltd".
- ↑ "Confessions of an Innocent Man (2007) - IMDb". IMDb.
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