Shelley Ambrose
Executive Director of The Walrus Foundation and Co-Publisher of
The Walrus
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
Editor and Co-Publisher
John Macfarlane was editor of Toronto Life from 1992 to 2007. Previously, he has been managing director of news 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 and the University of Alberta, Calgary, and is a graduate of the Rotman School of Management. He is a member of the advisory board of St. Joseph Communications, which owns Toronto Life. In 2007, he received the Foundation Award for Outstanding Achievement from the National Magazine Awards Foundation.
Jared Bland
Managing Editor
Before joining the
The Walrus in 2007, Jared Bland studied twentieth-century poetry and poetic theory at the University of Toronto's graduate department of English. He sits on the board of directors of PEN Canada, and is a member of the International Visitors Committee in association with the International Festival of Authors.
Jeremy Keehn
Senior Editor
Jeremy Keehn studied history, English, and philosophy at the University of Alberta and has a master's in journalism from the University of British Columbia. He worked as a researcher, reporter, and producer at CBC-TV in Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver and as an editorial assistant at
The Tyee in Vancouver before joining
The Walrus in 2004.
Amy Macfarlane
Associate Editor
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.
Brian Morgan
Art Director
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.
Bree Seeley
Picture Editor
Bree Seeley has been a facilitator of photography for thirteen years. She has served as picture editor in the U.K. at the
Sunday Telegraph Magazine and in Canada at
Saturday Night,
Maclean’s, and
Shift. She was editorial director at New York photo agency Morisot Inc. in 1999, and at Magnum Photos U.K. from 2004–2006. Bree currently teaches Visual Studies at Ryerson University. She has been involved in the development of ten photographic books, including the 2005 Infinity Award–winning
Lodz Ghetto Album: Photographs by Henryk Ross. Bree has been the commissioning photo editor on many works receiving gold and silver awards from the National Magazine Awards and the Advertising and Design Club of Canada; she has also been the commissioning editor of projects recognized by the NY Art Directors Club,
American Photography, and the Society of Publication Designers.
Paul Kim
Senior Designer
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.
Rose Giles
National Media Sales, Rose Giles Media
Rose, a native Haligonian, has a degree in Psychology from Dalhousie University and began her career in media sales in 1996 at the
Coast Weekly in Halifax. She then moved to Toronto and worked at
NOW Magazine,
Toronto Life, and Kontent Publishing. In 2006 she became Associate Publisher of
The Walrus, where she built its advertising base for two years. She also worked with Paul Quarrington for six months on a novel she will be writing for the rest of her life.
Stacey May Fowles
Director of Circulation and Marketing
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 several magazines, including Broken Pencil. She is also the current publisher of Shameless, a feminist magazine for teenage girls.
