Gill Hicks

Gillian C. "Gill" Hicks

portrait photo

Gill Hicks, 2016
Occupation motivational speaker for peace, author, curator
Known for survivor of 2005 London bombings

Dr Gillian Claire "Gill" Hicks, AM, MBE, FRSA is the founder of the London-based not-for-profit M.A.D for Peace.[1] She is a motivational speaker, author, curator, and trustee for several cultural organisations. She began her career as a speaker in the wake of the 7 July 2005 London bombings.[2] She was the last living victim rescued. Both her legs were amputated below the knee, and her injuries were so severe that she was initially not expected to live. She was admitted to St Thomas' Hospital without a name, identified only as "One Unknown".[3]

The Adelaide, South Australia-born Hicks has lived in London since 1992. She is former Publishing Director of the architecture, design and contemporary culture magazine Blueprint. Director of the multi-disciplinary design and publishing group Dangerous Minds, and Head of Curation at the UK's Design Council.

Her first book, One Unknown,[4] was shortlisted in 2008 for the Mind Book of the Year for 2007. The following year, in 2008, she carried the Olympic torch in Canberra.[5] Hicks was named South Australian of the year in November 2014.[6][7][8]

Gillian Hicks was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2016 Australia Day Honours list, "for significant service to the promotion of peace in the community through public engagement, education and network building initiatives".[9]

Awards and honours

References

  1. ↑ "Gill Hicks survived the London bombings of 2005 and is now a peace 'actionist'". Conversations with Richard Fidler. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 17 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Ending conflict is a personal choice all of us can make, says London blast victim Gill Hicks". news.com.au. 8 September 2011.
  3. ↑ Paris, Natalie (7 Jul 2007). "Gill Hicks: 'I will never stop saying thank you' - Telegraph". The Daily Telegraph (London: TMG). ISSN 0307-1235. OCLC 49632006. Archived from the original on 2013-11-08. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
  4. ↑ Hicks, Gill (20 June 2008). One Unknown. Rodale. ISBN 978-1905744145.
  5. ↑ Profile of Gill Hicks, telegraph.co.uk
  6. ↑ "Gill Hicks, London bomb survivor and amputee named 2015 South Australia's Australian of the Year". abc.net.au. 14 Nov 2014.
  7. ↑ David Winter (December 17, 2014). "Australian of the Year finalists' treasured objects on display". Canberra Times.
  8. ↑ "Bomb survivor SA's Australian of the Year". Courier Mail. November 12, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia (A-L)" (PDF). Australia Day 2016 Honours Lists. Office of the Governor-General of Australia. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  10. ↑ Peace Direct website
  11. ↑ Leonard Cheshire Disability website
  12. ↑ "Australia Day UK Awards 2009". australiaday.co.uk. Australia Day Foundation. Archived from the original on 2013-11-08. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
  13. ↑ Australian Woman of the Year designation for Gill Hicks, australiaday.co.uk (2009)
  14. ↑ 10th Annual Muslim News Awards for Excellence
  15. ↑ Gill Hicks speaks at the Young Muslims Advisory Group
  16. ↑ "What we do". whoswhowomen.com.au. Who's Who of Australian Women. 23 March 2011. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
  17. ↑ Royal Society of Arts website
  18. ↑ Women's Playhouse Trust website
  19. ↑ Architecture Foundation website
  20. ↑ Psychology Beyond Borders website

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