Terry Sellwood named Volunteer of the Year

Terry Sellwood, the General Manager of Quarto Communications (publishers of Cottage Life and Explore magazines) is to be honoured as 2006 Magazines Canada's Volunteer of the Year.The award is made annually to one individual whose outstanding volunteer contributions have had a national impact on the Canadian consumer magazine industry.

[UPDATE: interviewed by Mastheadonline. (sub req'd), Sellwood said: “It’s important for the industry as a whole that we have continuity of the knowledge. There are so many organizations that can contribute at various levels, and if we don’t encourage people to do that we just can’t be all that we can be,” says Sellwood. “I guess that’s the point of it.”]

In his 30-year-to-date career, Sellwood has been an active advocate for the publishing industry and currently sits on the Board of Magazines Canada. He has also served on the Board of the National Magazine Awards Foundation and on the Canadian Marketing Association's Publishing Committee. Other notable contributions include his previous posts as President of the Circulation Management Association of Canada and of the National Magazine Awards Foundation, as well as his membership on the Magazines Canada Professional Development Committee since its inception. He is also a faculty member for Magazines Canada's School for Circulation and an adjudicator at the School for Professional Publishing and last year's winner of the CMC's Marketer of the Year award.

"Terry has worked selflessly, using his considerable and varied experience for the betterment of all magazines in Canada. Magazines big and small have benefited from the thousands of hours that Terry has devoted to making this a great industry," says Al Zikovitz, President of Quarto Communications and former Chair of Magazines Canada.

Sellwood will receive his award at the Magazines Canada Annual Luncheon on June 14, 2007 at MagNet, Canada's Magazine Conference/La conférence canadienne des magazines.