Ian Gregson (born September 2, 1962) is an actor, musician, activist and author in British Columbia, Canada.
Undaunted by this physical setback, he continued his involvement in track and field by taking up shot put and weight training.
Gregson first gained national media attention in the fall of 1982 after completing the first ever Terry Fox Run in Port Coquitlam.
Whilst competing for Canada, Gregson returned to post-secondary education at VCC Langara and then later he received his BA in communications from Simon Fraser University.
Introduced to politics via Svend Robinson, Gregson worked on federal NDP campaigns in the early 1990s In 2001 ran for MLA in the British Columbia election in the constituency of Vancouver-Hastings as Green Party candidate, and received 14.9% of the popular vote He ran again for 2005 in Vancouver-Hastings and received 9% of the popular vote.
[1] After taking up guitar whilst in hospital after his accident in 1978, Gregson finally took the instrument seriously in 2000 and eventually joined East Vancouver's The Carnival Band.