Our special 2012 year in review issue is now in stores. This newsstand-only special issue is available for a limited time only so get yours today. TODAY!

You can also order a copy online (leaving the house is hugely overrated). Just visit and we’ll send you your copy today.

This is our first ever year in review issue and it’s unlike anything you’ve read before. You won’t find any stories on baby bumps, fashion trends or celebrity couples (take that, Brangelina!). We promise no Hollywood weddings, break-ups, binges or trainwrecks (take that, Lohan!). Ditto for so called newsmakers, trendsetters and endless hot or not hot lists.

What you will find inside are the top 25 stories you missed in 2012–but shouldn’t have. These are the stories that matter. They are the stories big media often overlooks, doesn’t delve deep enough into or sometimes just refuses to cover. They are stories about standing up for the environment and in opposition of irresponsible development. They are stories about fighting against decisions based on fear mongering, profits and corporate buddy benefits. They are stories about rights and people that don’t have them, but should.

We hope you enjoy the issue and look forward to hearing your thoughts. We’re already started working on this year’s list.

Readers, friends, and supporters: It’s with a lot of excitement and pride that we announce This Magazine‘s first-ever Year in Review.

This magazine, a special seventh issue, will be unlike anything you’ve read before. There won’t be articles on celebrities, trends, or the top newsmakers. Instead, what you’ll find is the top 25 stories you missed this year—but shouldn’t have. These are stories that matter. They are stories on equal rights, environmentalism, national transit, suicide, and more. Simply put: these are stories you need to read.

That being said, This Magazine is a small, independent publication, so we need your help to get this issue off the ground and into newsstands. For more information on how you can contribute, where your donation will go, and what we’ll give you in return, check out our campaign page. Thank-you for taking the time to read us, enjoy us, and support us.

We’ve got some exciting things happening at This, and we’d like your help. We’re currently on the hunt for Canadian stories from 2012 that the mainstream media might have missed, and we want to hear your ideas. Did something happen in your community that went largely undetected? Did someone you know do something really great and get no media coverage for it? Did something appalling go underreported? We want to know what you, the people who live and work all over this country, think deserves more coverage. We’re especially interested in stories from Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador.

We’re also looking for stories to watch in 2013: What do you think are the pressing issues that we need to keep on top of in the coming year? What can we not afford to ignore?

Please send all suggestions to sara@thismagazine.ca. While we can’t promise to include your idea, we can assure you that your opinion is valid and valued.

Thank-you for your contribution, and for continuing to read and support This!

The issue features our brand new look, as well as our first annual Corporate Hall of Shame. We’re really excited about the issue and can’t wait to hear what you think. The issue will be on newsstands across Canada next week. But why wait? Subscribe today and get the issue delivered right to your door and save 43% off the newsstand price. Visit this.org/subscribe right now. Seriously, stop reading and do it.

We’ll be having a launch party for the issue in Toronto in September. Stay tuned for more details. Hope to see you there!

2. This Magazine was recently named Small Magazine of the Year—FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW—by the Canadian Society of Magazine Editors.

3. Every issue of This Magazine is full of the facts you need to fight back.

4. More than four decades of not-for-profit independence means we can publish the stories corporate mainstream media is afraid of.

5. This Magazine publishes great fiction and poetry from new voices in every issue. People first published in This Magazine? A few folks you may recognize: Margaret Atwood, Al Purdy, Dennis Lee, Lillian Allen, Evelyn Lau, Dionne Brand, Michael Ondaatje, Andre Alexis and countless others.

6. This Magazine is a magazine for readers, not advertisers–over 250 pages annually of award-winning writing by Canada’s best writers and brightest new voices.

7. This Magazine recently won gold in the photojournalism and photo essay category at the National Magazine Awards for Ian Willms’ fantastic photo essay “In The Shadow of the Oilsands” published in our March-April 2011 issue.

8. This Magazine gives you the unabashed, fearless and in-depth coverage of important issues that matter to you.

9. We don’t want your life to be one of regret. We’ve got lots of exciting things planned that we don’t want you to miss out on including; a totally snazzy redesigned This Magazine which will launch with our inaugural “50 Worst Companies in Canada” special issue (September/October 2012). We’re also working on our popular annual culture issue (November/December 2012), a fun “How-To” themed issue (January/February 2013) and a special “Year In Review” issue.

10. You can win things! If you subscribe now you`ll be entered into a draw to win one of five copies of Share or Die: Voices of the Get Lost Generation in the Age of Crisis edited by Malcolm Harris and Neal Gorenflo (with a foreword by Cory Doctorow and published by New Society Publishers) . We`ve also got super awesome This Magazine prize packs to give away (which include a lovely and extremely useful This Magazine tote bag).

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