Ian Gill

Not to be confused with Ian Gill (British Army officer).

Ian Gill (born 1955) is an Australian-Canadian writer, filmmaker, and social entrepreneur. He now writes for The Tyee.^[1]

Born in Adelaide, Australia, he traveled extensively, first to Europe, then as a journalist based in Whyalla, Perth and Canberra before emigrating to Vancouver, Canada in 1981.^[2] In the 1980s he worked as a reporter and editor, first for the Vancouver Sun, then the CBC, where he specialized in documentaries about resource development and First Nations. In 1986-87, he spent a year in Paris as a fellow of Journalistes en Europe.

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]

He is the author of three books (see below) about the west coast of British Columbia including Haida Gwaii.

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) ^[5]^[6]

Film

Confessions of an Innocent Man (Writer)^[7] (2007), winner of Gemini-award for Best Biography

Other selected titles include:

Transplant Tourism (CBC) 2003

The Boys of Buchenwald (History Television) 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

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Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 3706363 ISNI: 0000 0001 1872 4072 SUDOC: 153330228

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