New magazine needs content
Shelley Lipke, Staff writer
It's what Canadian military families have been waiting for.
Every other genre or group seems to have a magazine of their own and this spring military folks will too.
Ubiquitous Magazine Inc is a national magazine created and designed by Canadian military families for military families across Canada.
"Ubiquitous means everywhere; all at once," explains Lisa Twomey, assistant editor/art director. "Our team believes it is the perfect word to describe military families."
With the launch of the magazine this spring, Ubiquitous is doing a nationwide call for writers, illustrators, translators, columnists, advertising sales reps and photographers in paid freelance positions.
The idea is a grassroots approach. Ubiquitous Magazine's staff is comprised of military spouses, retired members, military members and military brats from across the country and from all elements - air force, army and navy. One of the magazine's objectives is to provide employment opportunities for military family members across the country.
A military spouse for over 16 years, Twomey knows the difficulties of maintaining employment when military families move around. "It can be hard to find a job when you are following your spouse across the country. The idea with this magazine is to allow military spouses to work from their homes regardless of where they live in Canada."
The other objective of the magazine is to pass on relevant information to military families that will educate, enhance and empower their lives. The magazine is not a political magazine and will not feature articles that are controversial to the military or people that represent the organization.
"Our goal is to keep military families informed with what is going in the Canadian Forces and feature articles on everyday topics with a military lifestyle focus," said Twomey. "I hope people who read the magazine will find the information useful."
The magazine is the idea of Cyndi Mills, whose family originates from the Comox Valley. When Mills moved to Petawawa, ON, with her husband in 2007 she developed the idea of a national military family lifestyle magazine.
The magazine will publish 10 issues a year and they are currently working with Military Family Resource Centres and CANEX stores across Canada to distribute the magazine.
For more information about subscriptions, joining the team and the types of stories the magazine will publish go to their website www.ubiquitousmagazine.ca.
