Walrus tops up its board

The Walrus Foundation has filled the board seats vacated by a slew of resignations recently, according to a story in Mastheadonline (sub req'd). The new board members are:

• Mark Kingwell, University of Toronto philosophy professor and writer;
• Allan Gregg, pollster (and frequent Walrus contributor) ;
  
• Helga Stephenson, former executive director of the Toronto International Film Festival, and now co-chair of Human Rights Watch;
  
• Toronto businessman Paul Cohen; and
  
• Bisi Williams, fundraiser and event planner (also designer Bruce Mau’s wife)
• Jack Shapiro, the founding chair of the board, is acting chair

Ken Alexander is editor and acting publisher until a replacement can be found for Bernard Schiff.