Where BC’s Magazine Industry Comes Together

Speakers

The Magazines West Conference, or MagsWest, is British Columbia’s only conference for magazine professionals. MagsWest is organized by the Magazine Association of BC in consultation with its members and the local publishing industry.
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Jeanette Ageson

Jeanette Ageson is publisher of The Tyee. She joined the organization in 2014 and manages all revenue-generating and operations activities, including growing the Tyee Builders program.

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Katherine Bagley

Katherine (Kat) Bagley is the executive editor of Grist, a nonprofit media organization covering climate, environmental justice and solutions.

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Viviane Fairbank

Viviane Fairbank is a co-founder of the Truth in Journalism Project. She has written, edited, and fact-checked for The Walrus, the Globe and Mail, the Literary Review of Canada, and others.

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Eden Fineday

Eden Fineday is a nêhiyaw iskwew (Cree woman) from Sweetgrass First Nation in Treaty 6 territory and the publisher of IndigiNews, an Indigenous-women-led journalism outlet.

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Jessie Johnston

Jessie Johnston has been working in magazines and digital media since 2004, and is the Founder, Publisher, and Editrix-in-Chief of Asparagus magazine.

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Sandra E. Martin

Sandra E. Martin is The Globe and Mail’s Standards Editor, a role that seeks to ensure The Globe’s journalism is of the highest quality, and that the organization is accountable to readers.

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Sharon McAuley

Sharon McAuley is a turnaround specialist, helping her clients transform their businesses to meet the challenges and opportunities of a changing world.

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Eithne McCredie

Eithne McCredie has been in the magazine industry for over thirty years, and is currently publisher of the Literary Review of Canada.

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Madeline Montoya

Madeline Montoya is a Brooklyn-based graphic designer, an art director at Bloomberg Businessweek, and the creative director of Byline.

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Omar Mouallem

Omar Mouallem is an author, filmmaker, and educator. His journalism has appeared in The Guardian, WIRED, and Maclean’s, where he is a contributing editor.

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Kim Werker

Over her two-decade career in crafts and publishing Kim Werker (she/her) has written or co-authored seven books and edited countless others.

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Magazines West 2024 Conference

The Magazines West Conference, or MagsWest, is British Columbia's only conference for magazine professionals and students.
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