Yonge Street is a weekly online magazine named after the Toronto region's main street and the spine that ties us altogether. Our mission is to see the future in what is working well in the Toronto region today. We will focus on the talent, innovation, diversity and quality of life stories in the region - all the things that create incredible demand for this place and keep it growing. Yonge Street also seeks to publish the news in a way that reflects the community and helps us all understand it better.
Managing Editor – Shawn Micallef
Shawn Micallef is the founding editor of Yonge Street and also a senior editor and co-owner of
Spacing magazine. He is a co-founder of
[murmur], the location-based mobile-phone documentary project (installed in 22 cities internationally) and the
Psychogeography columnist at Eye Weekly. He writes about cities, culture, buildings, art and whatever is interesting in blogs, magazines and newspapers. His forthcoming book
Stroll: Psychogeographic Walks Through Toronto, will be published in 2010 by Coach House Press. Other books he's contributed to include
Toronto,
uTOpia,
The State of the Arts,
HTO,
The Edible City, and
Rites of Way. Shawn is also an instructor at the Ontario College of Art and Design.
Development Editor – Bert Archer
Born in Montreal, bred in Victoria, and schooled in Toronto, Bert Archer has been an editor at Quill & Quire, Eye Weekly, the Toronto Star and the Globe and Mail, a columnist for Quill & Quire, Xtra, the Bloomsbury Review, Fab, NOW, the Toronto Star, and currently writes about real estate for Toronto Life and is a travel columnist with the Globe and Mail. Books he's written or written for include
The End of Gay (and the death of heterosexuality),
uTOpia,
What I Meant to Say,
GreenTOpia,
HTO and
The Edible City. He thinks the world has a lot to learn from Toronto.
Innovation and Job News Editor – Edward Keenan
Lifelong Toronto resident Edward Keenan lives and writes in The Junction, his favourite neighbourhood in Toronto, but has also called Riverdale, Scarborough, The Annex, Bloorcourt Village and Harbord Street home at various times, among other neighbourhoods in the city. A four-time
National Magazine Award nominee, he is also the senior editor of
EYE WEEKLY and a contributing editor of
Spacing magazine. He has contributed to
Maisonneuve,
Maclean's,
On Nature and various other magazines, was a blogger for
The Walrus, and wrote an essay included in the Toronto Book Award-nominated anthology
uTOpia: Towards a New Toronto. When not on assignment, he can often be found chasing his two kids through High Park, strumming his guitar or spinning records at his monthly Queen West dance party, Track Meet.
Managing Photographer – Tanja-Tiziana Burdi
Tanja-Tiziana is professional photographer and visual artist, born and raised in Toronto. She is the former Managing Editor of blogTO and has had her work published both locally and internationally in Spacing Magazine, the Toronto Star, Variety, Quill & Quire, the National Post, Xtra! and CBC.ca amongst others. In her artwork, she seeks out the ghosts of past eras within the modern metropolis via nostalgic black & white imagery. Her daily photoblog follows her along at
Doublecrossed.ca. Tanja's latest project is,
Not My Father's Slides, a blog featuring found vintage slide photos from Toronto and beyond.
In The News Editor – Katia Snukal
Katia Snukal is currently interning with Spacing Magazine while finishing her Urban Studies degree at The University of Toronto.
Publisher - Ashley Marie Aidenbaum
Ashley is currently serving as Publisher for Toronto in addition to her regular duties as the Director of New Markets and Outreach for Issue Media Group. Prior to joining IMG in 2008, Ashley worked as a policy consultant for the State of Michigan in Urban Revitalization. She also interned at Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) shortly after graduating from the University of Michigan in 2007, where she studied Cultural Anthropology and History. Her areas of special interest were Cold War culture and suburbanization in postwar America. In her free time, Ashley enjoys running, reading, and spending time with her family.
Group Publisher - Paul Schutt,
Issue Media Group