{{distinguish|Ian Gill (British Army officer)}} {{COI|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox person/Wikidata | fetchwikidata=ALL}} '''Ian Gill''' is an Australian-Canadian writer, documentary filmmaker, and social entrepreneur.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Watson|first=H. G.|date=2016-09-15|title=Why Ian Gill thinks No News is Bad News|url=https://j-source.ca/article/why-ian-gill-thinks-no-news-is-bad-news/|access-date=2020-10-12|website=JSource|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Greening of Ian Gill|url=http://www.bcbusinessonline.ca/bcb/top-stories/2005/07/01/greening-ian-gill|access-date=2020-10-12|website=BC Business|archive-date=2010-10-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101022070137/http://www.bcbusinessonline.ca/bcb/top-stories/2005/07/01/greening-ian-gill|date=2005-07-01|first=Larry |last=Pynn}}</ref> He serves as a director of Vancouver Writers Fest literary festival.<ref>{{cite web |title=Board of Directors – Vancouver Writers Festival |url=https://writersfest.bc.ca/about/board-of-directors/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822215154/http://writersfest.bc.ca/about/board-of-directors/ |archive-date=2017-08-22}}</ref>
== Career == 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Former+Vancouver+reporter+moving+Sydney+launch+Ecotrust+Australia/2721434/story.html|title=Former Vancouver Sun reporter moving to Sydney to launch Ecotrust Australia|website=vancouversun.com}}</ref> Gill served for over five years as a director of Vancity credit union.<ref>https://vancouversun.com/news/Vancity+members+stick+with+board+leaders/2973903/story.html {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>
He writes for publications in Canada and North America including ''The Tyee'',<ref>{{cite web| url = https://thetyee.ca/Bios/Ian_Gill/| title = Ian Gill {{!}} The Tyee}}</ref> ''Alberta Views'',<ref>{{cite web| url = https://albertaviews.ca/author/ian-gill/| title = Ian Gill, Author at Alberta Views - The Magazine for Engaged Citizens}}</ref> and ''Policy Options''.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://policyoptions.irpp.org/authors/ian-gill/| title = Ian Gill}}</ref>
==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) <ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.abcbookworld.com/view_author.php?id=5484| title = ABC BookWorld}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.dmpibooks.com/book/all-that-we-say-is-ours| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090905152454/http://www.dmpibooks.com/book/all-that-we-say-is-ours| archive-date = 2009-09-05| title = All That We Say Is Ours - D&M Publishers}}</ref> * ''No News Is Bad News: Canada's Media Collapse - and What Comes Next'' (2016)<ref>{{cite web| url = https://greystonebooks.com/products/no-news-is-bad-news| title = No News is Bad News – Greystone Books Ltd.}}</ref>
===Film=== * ''Confessions of an Innocent Man'' (writer)<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1260704/| title = Confessions of an Innocent Man (2007) - IMDb| website = IMDb}}</ref> (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
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==External links== *[http://www.abcbookworld.com/view_author.php?id=5484 Ian Gill] on ABC Bookworld *{{IMDb name|3070731}}
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