Ian Gill

Ian Gill is an Australian-born author, journalist, critic, conservationist and co-founder of the bioregional initiative Salmon Nation and storytelling initiative the Magic Canoe. Ian worked for almost 20 years as CEO of Ecotrust in Canada, the US and Australia, and has extensive experience in community and economic development in coastal communities along North America’s west coast. He is co-founder of Upstart & Crow, a literary non-profit, and is a contributing editor at The Tyee. His book on Haida Gwaii, All That We Say is Ours, was re-released in paperback in 2022.

Events with Ian Gill

Climate Readers' Retreat with Guest Author John Vaillant: Renewing Our Energy for Change
May 21 - 25, 2025

Our world needs scalable, systemic change, and now. But most of us don’t have the time and space in our daily lives to deeply reflect on what our contribution to solving the climate crisis might be. Pulitzer Prize finalist John Vaillant—author of The Golden Spruce and Fire Weather, award-winning communications…