Manitoba Magazine
Publishers' Association

Artspace
606 - 100 Arthur Street
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3B 1H3

Phone: (204) 942-0189
Fax: (204) 942-1555
E-mail: mmpa@mts.net

About Us

Established as a non profit organization in 1988, the Manitoba Magazine Publishers' Association has taken root as the effective voice of Manitoba magazine publishers. The MMPA was established by a group of Winnipeg-based magazine publishers involved in the non-profit arts, literary, and social criticism sector. It became quickly evident that the problems and challenges of publishing magazines are universal, and the organization reached out to privately-owned magazines in recent years in order to better achieve its aim of representing all magazine publishers.

The MMPA has successfully represented the interests of Manitoba magazines at a number of federal meetings, including consultations establishing the Canada Magazine Fund; representing small magazine publishers on the federal department of Culture and Heritage Small Magazine Advisory Committee (2002-2004) and more recently the establishment of the Canada Periodical Fund. The Association has also worked successfully on a provincial level leveraging funds for publisher marketing initiatives and addressing concerns related to the Retail Sales Tax.

The MMPA receives a modest annual operating grant from Manitoba Culture, Heritage and Tourism, as well as project grants through the Canada Periodical Fund, the Canada Council for the Arts and, on occasion, from other granting agencies such as Western Diversification Fund, Manitoba Education and Training and the Manitoba Arts Council.

The MMPA works on a collaborative basis whenever possible with other organizations including Magazines Canada, the British Columbia Association of Magazine Publishers (BCAMP), Alberta Magazine Publishers Association (AMPA) and the Atlantic Magazine Publishers Association.

The MMPA also supports the Creative Communications program at Red River College through the annual Student Magazine Project Awards.

The Association hosts a number of Annual events including a professional development conference, the annual Manitoba Magazine Awards (The Maggies), Manitoba Magazine Month events and stand alone professional development opportunities for members and others throughout the year.

Manitoba Magazine Publishers' Association
2011-12 Executive

President: Dorothy, Dobbie, Manitoba Gardener
Past President :Deborah Morrison, Canada’s History  (formerly The Beaver)
Vice–President: Linda Hazelwood, Horse Country
Secretary: James Patterson, Canadian Dimension
Treasurer: Gordon McDiarmid, Outwords Inc.
Members-at-large
Brenda Johnstone, Convenience and Carwash Canada
Cindy McKay, Hearts of the Country
Trevor Shirtliff, The Canadian Journal of Green Building and Design