Study details attitudes about working conditions in Canadian magazine industry

The Professional Writers Association of Canada (PWAC) and its partners in a joint industry task force, Magazines Canada and the Canadian Society of Magazine Editors, have published the results of an in-depth study of attitudes about working conditions in the Canadian magazine industry.

[Disclosure: The research and report, entitled Respect And Remuneration: Attitudes about Editorial Working Conditions in the Canadian Magazine Industry were undertaken by Impresa Communications Limited, my consulting company.]

The findings of the report will serve as the basis for a second phase of the Magazine Industry Task Force’s efforts, where key magazine industry stakeholders will gather for a series of round table meetings across Canada to work out a Best Standards and Practices agreement for the magazine publishing industry, said a release from PWAC, which led the project.

“We’re all hoping that sitting down and coming to a mutual understanding of the issues facing the magazine business will prove valuable to all parties involved and help keep this important cultural industry vibrant,” said David Johnston, PWAC Executive Director.

The full text of the report is available online and hard copies are available through the PWAC national office in Toronto; they will also be distributed at the MagNet conference in Toronto next week.