Tom Gierasimczuk leaving Canada Wide to be GM of TC Media's western properties

Tom Gierasimczuk, the vice-president, editorial and business development of Canada Wide Media, is leaving the company to become general manager of the Western Media Group for TC Media, effective Oct. 1. The role includes publisher duties for Vancouver and Western Living magazines. He'll be reporting to Jacqueline Loch, the vice-president and group publisher of TC Media's English language brands.

Gierasimczuk joined Canada Wide as editor-in-chief of BCBusiness starting in September 2012 and was promoted to vice-president in February 2013 and publisher of the magazine. Previously, he had been editor-in-chief of Marketing magazine and before that of up!, the inflight magazine published for Westjet by Red Point Media of Calgary. One of the most recent initiatives under Gierasimczuk's leadership at Canada Wide was the launch of a new lifestyle magazine called BCLiving, concentrating on the lower mainland.