Staff Biographies

THE WALRUS FOUNDATION

Shelley Ambrose
Executive Director of The Walrus Foundation &
Co-Publisher of The Walrus

Calgarian Shelley Ambrose worked as a reporter for the Globe and Mail and the Windsor Star before serving for more than a decade as a producer for CBC Radio’s Morningside and later for The Pamela Wallin show. After three years in public affairs at the Canadian Consulate in New York, organizing media and events and building the Canadian brand, Ambrose returned to Canada in 2006. She has produced hundreds of events, including forums, lectures, festivals, book tours, arctic tours, royal visits, and Bill Clinton’s 60th birthday celebrations in Toronto and New York.

THE WALRUS MAGAZINE

John Macfarlane
Editor and Co-Publisher

John Macfarlane was editor of Toronto Life from 1992 to 2007. Previously, he has been managing director of news at CTV (1991-92); publisher and editor-in-chief of the Financial Times (1987-90); publisher of Saturday Night magazine (1980-87); editor of Weekend (1976-80); and executive editor of Maclean’s (1975-76). He was educated at the University of Toronto and the University of Alberta, Calgary, and is a graduate of the Rotman School of Management. He is a member of the advisory board of St. Joseph Communications, which owns Toronto Life. In 2007, he received the Foundation Award for Outstanding Achievement from the National Magazine Awards Foundation.


Jared Bland
Managing Editor

Before joining the The Walrus in 2007, Jared Bland studied twentieth-century poetry and poetic theory at the University of Toronto's graduate department of English. He site on the board of directors of PEN Canada, and is a member of the International Visitors Committee in association with the International Festival of Authors.

Jeremy Keehn
Senior Editor

Jeremy Keehn studied history, English, and philosophy at the University of Alberta and has a master's in journalism from the University of British Columbia. He worked as a researcher, reporter, and producer at CBC-TV in Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver and as an editorial assistant at The Tyee in Vancouver before joining The Walrus in 2004.

Amy Macfarlane
Associate Editor

Amy Macfarlane worked with Vancouver’s marginalized Downtown Eastside community for several years before returning to her native Toronto to pursue a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. In addition to practicing at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Amy has worked on a variety of research projects with colleagues at the University of Toronto. After brief stints at Saturday Night and Quill & Quire, she joined The Walrus in February 2006.

Brian Morgan
Art Director

Brian Morgan studied printmaking at the Rhode Island School of Design and Emily Carr University (then Institute) of Art and Design. After a long stint as a bookseller in Vancouver, Brian worked as first a graphic designer and then an editorial designer, briefly for Saturday Night (2001), and later for The Walrus (2003-2005). With a number of talented collaborators, including Antonio De Luca and Jas Riyait, he has worked for C Magazine, Dose, and Globe Investor. Before he rejoined The Walrus in 2008 Brian was the deputy art director for Maclean's.

Bree Seeley
Picture Editor (On Leave)

Bree Seeley has been a facilitator of photography for 12 years. She has served as picture editor in the UK at the Sunday Telegraph Magazine and in Canada at Saturday Night, Maclean’s, and Shift, and was editorial director at New York photo agency Morisot Inc. and at legendary agency Magnum Photos UK. Seeley teaches photojournalism at Wilfred Laurier University, and has been involved in the development of 10 photographic books, including the 2005 Infinity Award-winning Lodz Ghetto Album: Photographs by Henryk Ross. She has been the commissioning photo editor on 20 works that received Gold awards from the Advertising and Design Club of Canada, and on 12 that won Gold at the National Magazine Awards.

Paul Kim
Senior Designer

Paul Kim studied at the University of Manitoba School of Art, where he majored in Graphic Design. Before joining The Walrus in 2005, he worked as a freelance illustrator and served as art director and designer for Canadian Dimension.

Stacey May Fowles
Director of Circulation and Marketing

Stacey May Fowles studied English Lit and Women Studies at McGill, and has assisted in circulation and business development projects for Descant, Magazines Canada, and Hive Magazine. She has published two novels, Be Good and Fear of Fighting, and her writing has appeared several magazines, including Broken Pencil. She is also the current publisher of Shameless, a feminist magazine for teenage girls.

Paul Isaacs
Online Editor

Paul Isaacs studied American Literature at Sussex University and UC Santa Cruz, and has a master's in journalism from City University. He has worked as a researcher, freelance writer, and organic ice cream salesman. He is a regular contributor to Eye Weekly, and was associate editor of Design Lines in 2008.