Mag shorts: 50 years of UA; new kitchen & bath annual; Canada Post sub drive; anti-spam; zoo mag

University Affairs/Affaires universitaires celebrates 50 years of publication with its November issue. The publication started out as a plain-vanilla newsletter and has grown to serve about 20,000 faculty, staff and graduate students in more than 100 universities across Canada.

Historian Alan MacEachern writes a chronicle of the five decades and points out that one of the watershed moments covered by the magazine was the huge expansion of universities starting in the late 1950s and the consequent rise of faculty associations, which shook up university governance. Prior to that, most universities were run by boards of governors that acted like a cozy club of businessmen and clergymen. New faculty were more intent on research and more interested in control of curriculum and their working lives.

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TVA Publications, the publishers of Les  idées de ma maison has launched an English language version of its Cuisines de rêve called Kitchens & Bathrooms. The newsstand-only title will offer ideas for kitchen and bathroom makeovers and a rundown on new products.

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Canada Post has simplified its Subscription Driver Program, which allows magazines who deliver through the mail to advertise their titles on the Canada Post website, free of charge. Learn more about the program or contact your Canada Post rep to participate. 

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Magazines Canada has sent a letter to the committee reviewing the new anti-spam bill, supporting amendments that would continue to allow legitimate direct mail activity by Canadian publishers.

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Harper Street Publishing of Carcross, Yukon has announced a publishing agreement with the Hannover Zoo in Germany whereby 100,000 copies of a companion magazine will be distributed at the zoo's 'Yukon Visitor Centre',  to compliment their new exhibit 'Yukon Bay'.  The exhibit will feature northern animals and replicas of Dawson City's Palace Grand Theatre, Yukon Saw Shop, the steam engine "Duchess" in Carcross, and a stern-wheeler, the Yukon Queen.