Ian Gill


Ian Gill is an Australian-Canadian writer, filmmaker, and social entrepreneur. He is principal of Cause+Effect, and advisor to the CEO of Discourse Media.
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 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. Gill served for over five years as a director of Vancity credit union. and currently serves as a director of Vancouver Writers Fest literary festival.
He is the author of four books: three about the west coast of British Columbia including Haida Gwaii. The fourth, No News is Bad News: Canada’s Media Collapse – And What Comes Next, was written while a senior fellow at the McConnell Foundation.
He writes for publications in Canada and North America including The Tyee,, Alberta Views, and Policy Options.

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