Key faculty appointments made to Ryerson magazine publishing program

Ryerson University’s continuing education program in Magazine Publishing has built a reputation for using experienced professionals with mentorship skills to guarantee students the best, most current training in the field. Three, experienced faculty have signed on to offer three of the magazine publishing program's 7-week professional development courses this fall:

• Gwen Dunant, whose 7-week Magazine Advertising Sales course begins Tuesday, September 9, worked in ad sales for ten years at Toronto Life before starting Dunant Consulting, where she has since provided various sales services for small to mid-sized publications. She is the author of "A Short Guide to the Development and Use of Sales Tools for Selling Advertising Space in Canadian Magazines." She has also played key roles in Magazines Canada’s Web Weekends, Schools for Ad Sales , Circulation and Professional Publishing and the respected Travelling Consultants Programs. Her Ryerson course will be of special interest to publishers and salespeople for small and mid-size magazines.

• Following immediately after the ad sales course, beginning Tuesday October 28 and also running seven weeks, Magazine Marketing and Circulation, will now be taught by Darlene Storey, vice-president of consumer marketing for St. Joseph Media (Toronto Life, Fashion). Before moving to St. Joseph, Ms Storey worked for 18 years at Transcontinental (Canadian Living, Homemaker's), rising to group director, consumer marketing for all of its Toronto-based publications. A top figure in her field, she is also known as a mentor for younger circulation specialists and new publishers.


• Kat Tancock, the program’s new instructor in Creating Website Editorial – seven weeks, beginning Wednesday, October 29 – was recently named web editor for Best Health, the new magazine from Reader’s Digest. She was previously at Transcontinental, where she rose quickly through a number of junior positions to become web editor for Canadian Living. She played a key role in last year’s relaunch of CanadianLiving.com, overseeing quality control and making sure the site met the editorial team's goals. Kat Tancock will bring special insight to her Ryerson course, as she was recently a student herself in other courses in the Magazine Publishing program.
  

Former students in the magazine publishing program include the editors of Elle Canada and EnRoute, the executive editor of Homemaker's, the senior editor of Cottage Life and many others.
For further information, go to www.ryerson.ca/ce or the Chang School course calendar for additional requirements. Information on the magazine publishing certificate at the Chang School can be found here.

[Disclosure: I teach in the program.]