Ian Gill
Ian Gill (born 1955) is an Australian-Canadian writer, filmmaker, and social entrepreneur. He currently serves as the CEO of Ecotrust Australia, based in Sydney. See: www.ecotrust.org.au
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.[1] 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.[2] Gill served for over five years as a director of Vancity credit union.[3]
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) [4][5]
Film
- Confessions of an Innocent Man (Writer)[6] (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
References
- ↑ 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
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