Canadian Women’s Foundation Produces New Magazine

SHE is a new biannual magazine full of inspirational stories that illustrate the way donations to the Canadian Women’s Foundation have helped women and girls in Canada move out of poverty and violence.

It features personal success stories and practical how-to articles.

Editor Diane Hill said in a Masthead article, “We want the magazine to include clear actions people can take … We want them to support us and engage with us, but we also want to connect people to ways they can take action in their daily life.”

The Canadian Women’s Foundation is a nonprofit organization that relies on the support of volunteers and donors to produce She Magazine. The Foundation printed a limited number of magazines to send to its donors, but it’s essentially a free digital magazine. Hill can be reached at she@canadianwomen.org.

DARE to be a Plus-Size Canadian Fashionista

DARE is an online Canadian magazine that provides fashion-forward women with the latest trends, inspiring interviews and style advice.

Dare has a tentative quarterly publication schedule and its editorial covers news, trends, fashion and beauty. The magazine is targeted at fashion-forward women who have a strong passion for style and an eagerness to try new trends, who also happen to wear a size 12 and up. Although the current fashion climate requires a “plus size” label for anything other than runway svelte, in a Calgary Herald article, Editor Diana Di Poce said, “I wanted to keep it more general in the way that any woman can look at the magazine and get inspiration from it.” You can view the first edition online.

Di Poce can be reached at Diana.Daremag@gmail.com.

New Style Magazine Attempts to Make a Unique Statement

REMARK is a new monthly consumer magazine that covers style, makeup, travel, food, shopping and a variety of other interests.

According to its website, Remark Magazine “is about making a new statement on lifestyle topics.” You can view the first issue of Remark online and judge for yourself.

Remark has a circulation of 30,000 and Kristie Stoodley is editor-in-chief, kristie@remarkmagazine.com.

HOMEMADE WITH LOVE Targets Crafty Readers

HOMEMADE WITH LOVE is a new bimonthly magazine that provides inspiration and instruction for its crafty readers. It encourages them to explore their creative world through color, texture and taste.

This magazine is targeted at women who enjoy the hands-on experience of making and sharing things with friends and family. It includes beautiful photography, simple instructions, mood boards, inspirational books and “Meet the Maker” interviews. Extra themed sections include vintage and upcyling. Each issue contains 30 craft ideas.

Homemade With Love is based in Orpington, Kent in the UK, and is available in Europe, USA and Canada. Jane Rae is the editor, editorial@hmdwlove.com.

New Bilingual Magazine Helps Migrant Farm Workers in Canada

ATOCTLI, a new Canadian magazine in Spanish and English, will help migrant farm workers deal with the culture shock of working in Canada.

According to its website, every year in Canada, thousands of dollars in productivity are lost because farmers and migrant workers have difficulties communicating and working together due to language and cultural differences. AtocTli (which in the Nahuatl language means fertile soil) is a free magazine that provides techniques, communication strategies, intercultural information, resources and advice to both farmers and migrant workers. In the Workers Wellbeing section, the magazine also covers finances, diet, recipes and psychological advice.

This magazine is published every other month in Canada and Mexico. For more information, contact Margarita Caropresi at info@atoctli.com.

New Magazine Explores Mindfulness in All Aspects of Life

MINDFUL, a new bimonthly Canadian publication, explores being mindful in all aspects of life through personal stories, advice and insights.

Mindfulness is the moment-by-moment awareness of whatever arises in people’s bodies, minds, emotions and the world around them. It can be a formal practice and a way of living. This magazine covers the incorporation of mindfulness in a wide range of topics, including business, technology, food, health and the arts. According to its media kit, Mindful Magazine’s target readership is 60% female, with a median income of $115,000 and over 87% holding a college or university degree.

In the US Mindful is sold in most bookstores; in select mass market retails such as Giant Foods, Harris Teeter and Wegmans; and in specialty stores such as Whole Foods. In Canada Mindful is sold in retailers such as Shoppers Drug Mart.

Mindful is published by the Foundation for a Mindful Society in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Barry Boyce is the editor-in-chief, barry@mindful.org.

New Canadian Fashion Magazine Investigates Excess and Simplicity

GRAY is a new Canadian fashion magazine that wants its readers to think critically about fashion.

Its mission is to investigate the politics of excess and simplicity inside fashion, and it hopes to relieve the skepticism around pre-established notions of fashion by looking at dress as an agent for creative and social responsibility. If you’re wondering exactly what that means, you can view the first issue online at graypublications.org.

Gray is a quarterly magazine published in Vancouver and distributed in Toronto, Montréal, Ottawa, New York, Chicago, LA, London, Paris, Zurich, Amsterdam, Berlin, Stockholm, Prague, Budapest and Moscow. The magazine is edited by Holly Goldsmith-Jones and Tobin Gibson and they can be reached at graypublications@gmail.com.

New Custom Published Magazine to Launch for Walmart Canada

WALMART LIVE BETTER is a new custom magazine for Walmart Canada by Rogers Media (CHATELAINE*, FLARE*, TODAY’S PARENT*.)

The mom-focused publication will amplify Walmart’s brand promise “Save money, live better” with Rogers-created content spanning four key pillars: Food, home, health, and beauty and fashion. Food will be a primary focus in the magazine, said Rosalyn Carneiro, Walmart’s public relations manager. “The food-related content in the magazine will be about one-third, including the front cover.”

The magazine will offer practical information, tips, inspiring ideas and relevant information designed to “help moms and their families save money and live better.”

The content team will be led by Rogers Media’s newly appointed Editor-in-Chief, Sandra Martin. The print edition will be published six times a year starting in April 2013. The issues will be timed to coincide with key sales periods such as the holidays and the back-to-school period. One million copies will be distributed free of charge at Walmart Supercentres across English Canada, with plans to expand into the French market by next year.

Rogers will also produce an iPad version of the publication, while content will also be housed on a dedicated microsite accessible through Walmart.ca.

New Print Magazine Is Launched by Bloggers

HOLO is the name of a technology magazine that has made the jump from screen to print.

It aims to explore the convergence of art, science and technology and will contain bite-sized stories but will also offer long-form journalism, taking readers into the studios of those behind design and technology, Greg J. Smith, a Toronto-based designer, educator and editor-in-chief said. Alexander Scholz, the magazine’s creative director also based in Toronto, said “the goal is to tell stories not possible in a blog. People reading the web don’t have the patience, that’s the natural way of consuming information on the web.”

The biannual magazine will employ freelancers and the content will have an international style. It will be distributed in major cities around the world, with an initial print run of around 3,000 that could grow with more financial support. The cover price should be $20 to $30, while subscriptions will be available.

An unconventional look at art: A new quarterly appears in Ottawa

HERD MAGAZINE, an Ottawa-based regional arts and culture publication, will debut on October 12.

The new quarterly covers area art, music, fashion, food and poetry, as well as unusual art forms such as graffiti.

An initial print circulation of 2,000 is planned, with a PDF version available online.  Co-founder and editor Stephanie Vincente, no email available, @StephyVincente, leads the magazine.  Visit www.herdmag.ca for more information…