By now, you might have seen our editorial planning meeting for the September 2017 issue on Facebook Live. If not, you can click here to view it, or see below for a photo of us looking very serious/earnest during the live stream.

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The brainstorming continued once cameras stopped rolling at the off-site meeting space, Breather. To help us learn a bit more about each other and to get our creative juices flowing, editor-in-chief Vanessa Craft had us design personal magazine covers that would have represented us at the age of 12. We took this task (possibly too) seriously.
Here’s a collage of our work:

Photo: Benjamin Reyes
And here’s new art director Jed Tallo sharing the cover that represents his 12-year-old self. (The gorgeous flowers for the day were provided by Toronto-based florist Tonic Blooms.)

Photo: Benjamin Reyes
After lunch, we broke off into smaller groups for another caffeine-fuelled brainstorm session. Lots of scribbling going on in this group, below.

Photo: Benjamin Reyes
Here’s excited market editor Elaine Regio plotting all her shopping pages:

Photo: Benjamin Reyes
Health and beauty editor Katherine Flemming (L) and associate beauty editor Victoria DiPlacido dreaming up beauty content.

Photo: Benjamin Reyes
Time to share all the juicy ideas!

Photo: Benjamin Reyes
Not pictured? All of falling asleep at 7 p.m. exhausted.
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