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Erica Alini
Toronto, ON
Erica Alini is a Toronto-based journalist at Maclean’s, where she focuses on international politics and business, but also pens the occasional culture and society feature. She has written for The Wall Street Journal’s economics desk, and Foreign Policy magazine, among other media outlets, and for the Council on Foreign Relations, a think-tank based in New York.
She grew up in Milan, Italy, and is bilingual. She has a master’s degree from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, in Washington, DC. She has also lived in Iran and speaks, reads, and writes intermediate-level Farsi.
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Julia Belluz
Toronto, ON
Julia Belluz is a Toronto-based journalist, researcher, and editor with experience at newspapers, newswires, and magazines in Toronto and London, England. Her writing on current affairs, culture, social issues, food and the arts has appeared in Maclean’s, The Globe and Mail, Chatelaine, Canadian Business, Azure, Yonge Street, OpenFile, and Design Lines in Canada, as well as The Times and The Economist's Intelligent Life in England. A graduate of the London School of Economics and Ryerson University’s journalism school, she has also been known to pen in-depth obituaries after training on the historic obits desk at The Times of London newspaper.
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Kevin Brooker
Calgary, Alberta
Ever since he began professional writing in 1979 with the then-still-vital, P.J. O'Rourke-edited National Lampoon, Brooker has forged a voice that is at once wry, playful and authoritative. Known for his first draft excellence, he is a resolute generalist, equally able to develop captivating ideas on his own or deliver the precise package hoped for by the editor—in virtually any genre. Brooker is also an outspoken broadcaster with extensive CBC experience, and has co-hosted The Road Pops Program on CJSW Radio since 1985. Mad for skiing, surfing, cooking and growing food in his downtown back yard.
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Andrew Clark
Toronto, ON
Andrew Clark is an award-winning writer and humourist. He writes a weekly humour column “Road Sage” for the Globe and Mail. His work has appeared in publications ranging from the Walrus and the The New York Times to Cosmopolitan and Toro Magazine. He is the director of the Humber College Comedy Program. He also writes frequently on tennis.
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Pamela Cuthbert
Toronto, Ontario
Journalist Pamela Cuthbert is recognized for her regular columns on food issues and food trends. Her work has appeared in publications such as Macleans, The Economist, Saveur and Common Dreams. She also writes about culture, the arts and travel and has profiled a wide range of notables from leading scientists to celebrity chefs, pioneering farmers to influential advocates. Additionally, her skills are tapped for editing, speechwriting and developing marketing materials.
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Amy Jo Ehman
Saskatoon, SK
After a career in broadcasting at the CBC, Amy Jo turned to freelance writing in 2000. Corporate work pays the bills, but freelance journalism fuels her curious and creative urges. She is a food columnist at the Saskatoon StarPhoenix, which bubbled over into the book, Prairie Feast: A Writer’s Journey Home for Dinner. Loves reporting on courtroom dramas for their humanity (The Queen vs. Robert Latimer; Percy Schmeiser vs. Monsanto) and new agricultural achievements for their novelty (lemons for the prairies!). Recent assignments: How is technology changing the practice of law? and Why is Saskatchewan booming while its neighbour isn’t?
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Don Genova
Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia
Don Genova is a writer and broadcaster currently based in BC, and has worked in Alberta, Ontario and Newfoundland. He has a BA in Environmental Studies from the University of Waterloo and Master in Food Culture from the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Italy. A former CBC Radio host, producer and reporter, Don is most known for his "Pacific Palate" and "Food For Thought" food columns heard across Canada and he also works in print, online and television. Don teaches food and travel writing courses at UBC, and food culture and cooking classes at a variety of outlets in Victoria.
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Darrell Harvey
Ottawa, ON
Darrell is a writer, editor and broadcaster who produces features and documentaries for English-language media outlets around the world. He has travelled widely, spending much of the past decade reporting from Europe, Africa and Latin America, writing about everything from urban farming and Romanian gold mines to locked-out NHLers and, perhaps his favourite, Hungary's Whiskey Robber, the post-Communist country's own scotch-swilling, bank robbing Robin Hood. Darrell also operates his own audio production company and does communications work for corporate, academic and non-profit clients.
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Robert Hercz
Toronto, ON
Robert earned a degree in engineering at the University of Toronto in 1979 and spent a decade in the computer industry, based in London (England), Toronto, and finally Los Angeles. During this time, he worked with a fascinating range of clients including the Vatican, the Los Alamos National Laboratories (home of the atomic bomb), and the National Library of France. Finding himself more interested in his clients’ backstories than their computer systems (and unfulfilled by corporate life), he became a full-time writer in 1990. Robert is also an avid photographer and regularly sells photos that illustrate his writing.
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Colleen Kimmett
Vancouver, BC
Colleen Kimmett is an award-winning journalist focused on all aspects of sustainability: what we eat, where we live and how we get around. As a contributing editor at TheTyee.ca, she specializes in examining and explaining innovative solutions to environmental problems. Some of her most popular articles have looked at recycling buildings, growing the local food movement, harnessing energy from city sewers and solar power on First Nations reserves.
Colleen is currently at work on her first book, about British Columbia’s most famous icon – the sasquatch.
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Christine Langlois
Toronto, ON
Christine Langlois is a widely published magazine writer with a talent for narrative and experience writing everything from features to personal essays to service. Christine specializes in health and medical pieces but regularly covers a wide range of topics. She’s the author on one book, lead author on another and editor of a three-book series. To promote her books and articles, Christine has given speeches, done book tours, and made numerous radio and television appearances. Christine also writes and edits copy, and manages communications projects for a roster of corporate and government clients. Her website can be viewed at http://www.christinelanglois.com/.
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Jason McBride
Toronto, ON
Jason McBride is a former editor at Toronto Life and Coach House Books, where he was co-editor of the popular uTOpia series, among other books. He is currently a full-time freelance writer and editor.
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Paul McLaughlin
Toronto, ON
Paul is a highly experienced writer, communications specialist, interviewing and performance trainer and university teacher. He writes for both the journalism and corporate markets, and has produced virtually every kind of publication (as well as a few videos), including magazine and newspaper features, books, scripts, trade articles (ghosted at times), brochures, ad campaigns and plays.
The author of Asking Questions: The Art of the Media Interview, he’s trained interviewers at the CBC and in private practice, and has lectured extensively on interviewing.
He teaches in the Professional Writing program at York University, and previously at the schools of journalism at Ryerson and Carleton universities.
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Jane Mundy
Vancouver, BC
Before launching her writing and photography career Jane Mundy was a successful entrepreneur, including the largest film catering company in Canada, which provided much fodder for food writing.
Snappy, witty, and direct describes her writing style, along with versatility and tenacity to get the job done. Due to a wealth of life experience to draw from, Jane’s interests are varied and she has a level of confidence and understanding that makes for insightful interviews. Her passion is food and travel, and she has also interviewed hundreds of people-- from personal injury plaintiffs to advocacy and litigation lawyers--on many legal subjects.
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Jeff Nield
Vancouver, BC and Calgary, AB
Jeff Nield is an award-winning writer specializing in profiles, food and beverage, agriculture and sustainability pieces. He has written about his junior high school guidance counselor/convicted pedophile for The Walrus, social entrepreneurs in Vancouver’s Downtown East Side for BC Business, and BC’s food history for The Tyee. He triangulates his time between Calgary, Vancouver, and Nelson. He spent 15 years writing proposals, press releases and stakeholder communications for BC-based non-profits including the 100 Mile Diet Society, FarmFolkCityFolk, Local Food First and Vancouver Food Policy Organization.
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Diane Peters
Toronto, ON
Diane is a full-time freelance writer and part-time journalism instructor. To all her work she brings creative story ideas, strong research skills, top-notch writing and curiosity for new topics. Her extensive experience writing health and science stories, and for the children’s book market, have given her additional skills in making dense material a great read.
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Paolo Pietropaolo
Vancouver, BC
Paolo is an award-winning writer, broadcaster, composer and documentary producer. His work has been recognized with a Peabody Award and the Prix Italia, two of the highest accolades in journalism, along with many other awards. His radio documentaries have been broadcast around the world, and Paolo’s voice has been heard regularly on CBC Radio since 2001. Paolo is a Jack Webster Fellow, a Banff Centre Science Communications Program alumnus, and a member of the British Council’s Transatlantic Network 2020. Prior to his radio and writing career, Paolo toured extensively as taiko drummer and percussionist with a taiko ensemble in Toronto.
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Kim Pittaway
Toronto, ON
Kim Pittaway is a freelance journalist, editorial consultant and seminar leader. She is the former Editor-in-Chief of Chatelaine magazine.
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Heidi Sopinka
Toronto, ON
Heidi Sopinka is a Toronto-based writer and editor who is also the thousandth woman in the world to earn a helicopter pilot license. In 2007, she wrote “Footprint,” a weekly column for The Globe and Mail that dealt with ecological issues translated to the realm of the everyday. She writes and edits for newspapers and magazines on culture, social issues, and the environment, and is currently working on her first novel.
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Chris Turner
Calgary, Alberta
Chris Turner is an award-winning journalist and one of Canada's leading writers and speakers on climate change, sustainability and the global cleantech industry. He is the author of the bestseller The Geography of Hope (2007), a Globe & Mail Best Book of the Year and a finalist for the Governor General's Award for Nonfiction and the National Business Book Award. He is also the author of the international bestseller Planet Simpson (2004). He is at work on a new book about the global sustainability movement, which will be published in 2011.
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Joanne Will
Vancouver, BC
Joanne writes a weekly column for The Globe and Mail, and a regular column for tidings magazine. She has covered stories for many publications, such as the Tyee’s 100-Mile-Diet inspired Eat Your History series. Joanne has also profiled a wide range of notable Canadians, including innovative sustainable farmers, a booker-prize winning author, and a renowned musician and producer.
