Calgarian Shelley Ambrose worked as a reporter for the Globe and Mail and the Windsor Star before serving for more than a decade as a producer for CBC Radio’s Morningside and later for The Pamela Wallin Show. After three years in public affairs at the Canadian Consulate in New York, organizing media and events and building the Canadian brand, she returned to Canada in 2006. Shelley has produced hundreds of events, including forums, lectures, festivals, book tours, Arctic tours, royal visits, and Bill Clinton’s 60th birthday celebrations in Toronto and New York.

John Macfarlane was editor of Toronto Life from 1992 to 2007. Previously, he has been managing director of news and current affairs at CTV (1991–92); publisher and editor-in-chief of the Financial Times (1987–90); publisher of Saturday Night magazine (1980–87); editor of Weekend (1976–80); and executive editor of Maclean’s (1975–76). He was educated at the University of Toronto Schools and the University of Alberta, Calgary, and is a graduate of the Institute of Corporate Directors at the Rotman School of Management. He is currently chair of the Canadian Journalism Foundation, the Writers’ Trust of Canada, and the YMCA of Metropolitan Toronto. In 2007, he received the Foundation Award for Outstanding Achievement from the National Magazine Awards Foundation.

Kyle Carsten Wyatt has a doctorate from the University of Toronto, where he has taught courses in American and Indigenous literatures. Between 2006 and 2010, he managed submissions and blind reviews for Studies in American Indian Literatures. His work has appeared in The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada, Journal of American Studies, Great Plains Quarterly, South Dakota History, and American Review of Canadian Studies. Originally from the Nebraska Sandhills, Kyle joined The Walrus in the summer of 2011.

Amy Macfarlane worked with Vancouver’s marginalized Downtown Eastside community for several years before returning to her native Toronto to pursue a Bachelor of Science in nursing. In addition to practicing at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Amy has worked on a variety of research projects with colleagues at the University of Toronto. After brief stints at Saturday Night and Quill & Quire, she joined The Walrus in February 2006.

Rachel Giese has been a columnist for the Toronto Star, a host and producer at CityTV’s BookTelevision, a writer and editor at the CBC’s Arts Online, a senior editor at Chatelaine, and a journalism instructor at Ryerson University. Her writing, which has been nominated for several National Magazine Awards, has appeared in Toronto Life, Canadian Business, Flare, the Globe and Mail, and Report on Business. She has a degree in history from the University of Toronto. Rachel joined The Walrus in 2010.

Brian Morgan studied printmaking at the Rhode Island School of Design and Emily Carr University (then Institute) of Art and Design. After a long stint as a bookseller in Vancouver, he worked as first a graphic designer and then an editorial designer, briefly for Saturday Night (2001), and later for The Walrus (2003–2005). With a number of talented collaborators, including Antonio De Luca and Jas Riyait, he has worked for C Magazine, Dose, and Globe Investor. Before he rejoined The Walrus in 2008, Brian was the deputy art director for Maclean’s.

Paul Kim studied at the University of Manitoba School of Art, where he majored in Graphic Design. Before joining The Walrus in 2005, he worked as a freelance illustrator and served as art director and designer for Canadian Dimension.

Stacey May Fowles studied English Lit and Women’s Studies at McGill, and has assisted in circulation and business development projects for Descant, Magazines Canada, and Hive Magazine. She has published two novels, Be Good and Fear of Fighting, and her writing has appeared in several magazines, including Broken Pencil. She is also the former publisher of Shameless, a feminist magazine for teenage girls.

Matthew McKinnon began his career in 1999 at Toronto’s Shift magazine, where he was an editor and writer; he later wrote and edited for the CBC’s Arts Online. He is a four-time winner of National Magazine Awards, and past contributor to Toronto Life, Azure, Saturday Night, Toro, Report On Business, and other periodicals. He joined The Walrus in 2009, shortly after attending the Banff Centre’s Literary Journalism program. He has a degree in journalism from Ryerson University.

Illustration by Graham Roumieu