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2021 Annual General Meeting
Date: 22nd September 2021
Join us online for our annual general meeting where we’ll discuss what we’ve been up to for the past year….
Member Spotlight: IMPACT Magazine Shifted to ‘Community Service Mode’ to Support Health and Fitness Industry
Date: 27th August 2021
By Sarah Moore When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the health and fitness industry was shut down almost completely. With most…
Member Spotlight: Melanistic Magazine Making Space for Black Representation
Date: 23rd August 2021
By Sarah Moore It’s a small magazine, measuring only 14 cm by 21.5 cm, but Melanistic Magazine is doing big…
Member Spotlight: GrainsWest Keeps Pace With Changing Farm Industry
Date: 20th August 2021
By Sarah Moore Four years into his role as editor of GrainsWest, a magazine for Alberta farmers, Ian Doig says…
Member Spotlight: New Forum Strikes Balance Between Roots and Present
Date: 16th August 2021
By Sarah Moore In non-pandemic times, Loft 112 is full of creative frenzy. The space in Calgary’s East Village hosts…
Member Spotlight: GarageShots Magazine Expands into the U.S. Market
Date: 13th August 2021
By Sarah Moore In December 2019, American company TEN Publishing announced that it was discontinuing 19 of its 22 automotive…
DCH Announces Creative Export Canada (CEC) Launch – Cohort 2022-2023
Date: 12th August 2021
The new Creative Export Canada program (CEC) application package is now available on the Creative Export Canada webpage. Before submitting your application: Please…
Member Spotlight: On Spec Publishes Stories with Power
Date: 9th August 2021
By Sarah Moore Diane Walton has worked with On Spec since it began publishing over 30 years ago. The managing…
Member Spotlight: Galleries West Is Experimenting with New Forms of Online Content
Date: 6th August 2021
By Sarah Moore Reflecting on the past year, Galleries West publisher Tom Tait says he’s glad he got out of…
Member Spotlight: Funicular Editors Keep Personal Touch with Submission Changes
Date: 30th July 2021
By Sarah Moore When Jeremy Bibaud and Jason Lee Norman started Funicular, they wanted to read and interact with every…
Member Spotlight: Resiliency and Creativity of Local Restaurants Inspires Savour Calgary
Date: 29th July 2021
By Sarah Moore Savour Calgary was almost a pandemic business; their first issue came out in November/December 2019, continuing the…
Member Spotlight: SNAPline Passion Project Fills Printmaking Niche
Date: 26th July 2021
By Sarah Moore While April Dean, director of the Society of Northern Alberta Print-artists (SNAP), acknowledges that SNAPline is a…
Member Spotlight: filling Station’s 76th Issue Celebrates BIPOC Creators
Date: 23rd July 2021
By Sarah Moore By its nature, experimental literature is a genre that’s constantly evolving. Being at the forefront of those…
Member Spotlight: techlifetoday Showcases NAIT Talent While Appealing to Broader Audience
Date: 19th July 2021
By Sarah Moore It’s a small team behind techlifetoday, the magazine out of the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT)….
Member Spotlight: Eat North Connects Different Creative Branches
Date: 16th July 2021
By Sarah Moore Eat North, at its core, is a magazine about Canadian food and drink. It’s an online-only publication…
Additional Funding Available in 2021-2022 for Export-Related Projects
Date: 15th July 2021
The Business Innovation component of the Canada Periodical Fund (CPF) has received additional funding to support projects that explore international…
Applications Open for AMPA’s Indigenous Internship Program/ Candidatures ouvertes pour le programme de stages autochtones de l’AMPA
Date: 15th July 2021
Leveraging the success of the Alberta Magazine Publishers Association’s long-standing internship program, the Indigenous Internship Program will create opportunities for…
Federal Funding Notes from Canadian Magazines Town Hall Meeting
Date: 14th July 2021
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Canadian magazines town hall meeting about the $31.5 million in additional…
Member Spotlight: The Site Magazine is growing into its voice
Date: 12th July 2021
Founded in 2015, The Site Magazine is young, but the consideration that goes into each bi-annual volume has made it…
Member Spotlight: Birthing Magazine Continues to Support Parents
Date: 8th July 2021
By Sarah Moore Like many publications, Birthing Magazine shifted its focus in 2020 to promoting content on its website and…
Member Spotlight: The Prairie Journal Celebrates Alberta’s Literary Culture
Date: 5th July 2021
By Sarah Moore In 1983, Anne Burke was pregnant with her son and looking for new challenges. “At the time,…
Member Spotlight: Redesign Makes ATA Magazine More Relevant to Teachers
Date: 2nd July 2021
By Sarah Moore Three years ago, the ATA Magazine felt like an afterthought to managing editor Cory Hare, an add-on…
Member Spotlight: Alberta Views Continues to Serve Engaged Citizens through Pandemic
Date: 28th June 2021
When Jackie Flanagan gets letters from readers saying, “I’m so glad I discovered your magazine because now I know I’m…
Continued Support for Arts, Culture, Heritage and Sport Sector Organizations
Date: 28th June 2021
Minister of Canadian Heritage, Steven Guilbeault, announced support of Canadian magazine publishers through the Department of Canadian Heritage’s $300 million…
Member Spotlight: COVID-19 changed The Tomato’s priorities
Date: 28th June 2021
By Sarah Moore Since 1996, The Tomato has covered the food and drink scene in Edmonton, from local farmers to…
Share your thoughts: Export Support for Canada’s Creative Industries
Date: 23rd June 2021
The Department of Canadian Heritage invites you to share your views on how to strengthen export support to Canada’s creative…
Member Spotlight: WestWord Connects the Alberta Writing Community
Date: 21st June 2021
Writing is often a solitary pursuit, but it doesn’t have to be isolating. WestWord, the magazine of the Writers’ Guild…
Member Spotlight: Team behind Edify builds new brand mid-pandemic
Date: 18th June 2021
By Sarah Moore When Avenue Edmonton rebranded to Edify last year, publisher Trudy Callaghan heard someone say she must be…
National Magazine Awards Finalists Announced
Date: 17th June 2021
On June 11, 2021, the National Magazine Awards Foundation unveiled their list of 210 finalists. Submissions came from 160 Canadian…
Canadian Artists and Content Creators Economic Survey
Date: 14th June 2021
Cultural Affairs at the Department of Canadian Heritage has launched the Canadian Artists and Content Creators Economic Survey. It is…
Member Spotlight: Avenue Calgary’s Connection to the City Remains Strong Through the Pandemic
Date: 11th June 2021
By Sarah Moore The pandemic afforded Avenue Calgary an opportunity to rethink the role of a city lifestyle magazine and…
Member Spotlight: Buying a Magazine During a Pandemic
Date: 10th June 2021
By Sarah Moore The magazine industry in Alberta might be “very challenging,” says Kyle Kerpan, but that hasn’t stopped him…
2020-2021 Alberta Magazine Awards Winners Announced
Date: 8th June 2021
The best and brightest talents in the Alberta and western provinces magazine industry gathered online on June 3 to honour…
Member Spotlight: Freedom in Storytelling Sets Wider Horizons Apart
Date: 4th June 2021
By Sarah Moore Before working at Lethbridge College, Lisa Kozleski was a reader of the school’s alumni magazine, Wider Horizons….
Member Spotlight: Culinaire Embodies Alberta Spirit
Date: 31st May 2021
By Sarah Moore Collaboration: that’s the first thing that comes to mind when Culinaire editor-in-chief and publisher Linda Garson thinks…
Member Spotlight: Pandemic reinforces importance of positive news for airdrielife
Date: 24th May 2021
By Sarah Moore In the past 18 years, the population of Airdrie has increased from just over 25,000 to over…
Member Spotlight: Nurturing relationships with readers is part of UPPERCASE success
Date: 17th May 2021
By Sarah Moore Graphic designer Janine Vangool always dreamed of her own publication. In 2009, she took her creative nature…
Member Spotlight: Creative Scrapbooker Magazine Connects Virtual Scrapbooking Community
Date: 10th May 2021
By Sarah Moore After shifting from in-person conventions to virtual events because of the pandemic, Creative Scrapbooker Magazine is launching…
Central Web is Committed to Supporting Customers through Value-added Services
Date: 4th May 2021
By Sarah Moore Alberta Magazines Conference 2021 sponsor Central Web is a company that, as a publisher itself, has a…
Call for Proposals to the Digital Citizen Contribution Program
Date: 4th May 2021
The Digital Citizen Contribution Program (DCCP) is pleased to launch a call for proposals to provide time-limited financial assistance (fiscal…
2020-2021 Alberta Magazines Awards Achievement Awards Recipients Announced!
Date: 3rd May 2021
The Alberta Magazine Publishers Association (AMPA) is pleased to announce the Achievement Awards recipients for the 2020-2021 Alberta Magazines Awards!…
The 2020 Alberta Awards Finalists and Awards Gala Host Announced!
Date: 30th April 2021
The Alberta Magazine Publishers Association (AMPA) is pleased to announce the showcase finalists for magazine content created in 2020. The…
IMPACT Magazine Wins Gold & Silver at the Canadian Online Publishing Awards
Date: 23rd February 2021
IMPACT Magazine received two national publishing awards at the Canadian Online Publishing Awards (COPA)(https://canadianonlinepublishingawards.com/) at a re-invented, virtual ceremony on…
Magazines Canada – 2021 Board of Directors Call for Nominations
Date: 23rd February 2021
Deadline: March 19, 2021 Are you passionate about magazines in Canada? Do you want to help influence the future of…
The State of Diversity, Inclusion and Equity in the Canadian Magazine Industry
Date: 20th January 2021
This survey is now closed. The State of Diversity, Inclusion and Equity in the Canadian Magazine Industry If you haven’t…
Government of Alberta Budget 2021 Consultation
Date: 18th November 2020
The Government of Alberta is hosting public consultation as they prepare Budget 2021. Submissions can be made until December 4,…
Support for magazines during COVID-19
Date: 17th November 2020
During this extraordinary time AMPA recognizes the pressures on the industry are extreme. The association continues to monitor the situation…
Aid to Publishers – 2021-2022 Funding Cycle
Date: 29th October 2020
The 2021-2022 Application Guidelines and application form for the Aid to Publishers component of the Canada Periodical Fund (CPF) are…
Notice of Special Meeting
Date: 22nd October 2020
Members are invited to join us on Nov. 24 at 11AM to vote to amend the bylaws allowing for virtual…
Alberta Magazine Awards Call for Judges
Date: 15th October 2020
The Alberta Magazine Awards program is seeking professional editors, writers, publishers, photographers, art directors, designers and illustrators to add to…
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