Ian Gill
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 1980's 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 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]
- No News Is Bad News: Canada's Media Collapse - and What Comes Next (2016)
Film
- Confessions of an Innocent Man (writer)[7] (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
- ↑ http://thetyee.ca/Bios/Ian_Gill/
- ↑ http://www.dmpibooks.com/author/ian-gill
- ↑ http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Former+Vancouver+reporter+moving+Sydney+launch+Ecotrust+Australia/2721434/story.html
- ↑ http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Vancity+members+stick+with+board+leaders/2973903/story.html
- ↑ http://www.abcbookworld.com/view_author.php?id=5484
- ↑ http://www.dmpibooks.com/book/all-that-we-say-is-ours
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1260704/
External links
- BC Business Story
- Author Bio on ABC Bookworld
- Vancity Director Profile
- Biography from Publisher Douglas & McIntyre
- Ian Gill at the Internet Movie Database