About Wellness Matters

Wellness Matters, is a Health and Wellness newsletter designed to motivate employees and their families to be healthy and to live actively. Making Wellness Matters available either in hard copy or electronic format creates health awareness; it complements your organization's wellness program, and it can even serve as your newsletter complete with logo and employee news.

Wellness Matters is an investment in employee wellness. And that means you'll have healthier and happier people who are likely to be more motivated and more productive both on and off the job.

More than 100 organizations coast to coast subscribe and distribute Wellness Matters to their staff as a direct investment in their employees' health and wellbeing.

In a recent survey of more than 15,000 of our readers, hundreds of men and women said they love the newsletter's fitness tips, nutritional updates, easy recipes, and suggestions for a healthy lifestyle.

Wellness Matters is published quarterly: Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter. Each eight-page issue contains at least 20 easy-to-read articles and offers readers the choice to change their lifestyle. The newsletter focuses on three areas: nutrition, fitness and lifestyle.

Wellness Matters is published by Canada Wide Media Ltd. It is a Canadian publication that addresses Canadian issues and lifestyles. We accept no advertising or sponsorship.

Advisory Board	Patricia Chuey, R.D. Chris Cunningham, M.D., C.C.F.P., E.M. David Vass, D.D.S.
Contributing Writers	Melissa Edwards Julia Henrey Gail Johnson Isabelle F. Jones Eve Lees Jane Lightle

Writers

• Melissa Edwards is a freelance writer and managing editor of the International 3-Day Novel Contest. She is also chair of the Word on the Street literary festival and a member of the editorial committee for Room magazine. Her thematic maps of Canada appear regularly in Geist magazine and have been collected in the Geist Atlas of Canada. Her hobbies include yoga, hiking, maps, and travel and word games.
• Julia Henrey holds a B.A. in English Literature and a B.Ed. She is an elementary teacher and the mother of three children with allergies and special dietary requirements. She grows organic vegetables, keeps organic hens and lives an active lifestyle.
• Gail Johnson is a Vancouver-based journalist whose articles have earned numerous local and national awards. She writes a weekly health column for the Georgia Straight newspaper and contributes regularly to several leading health publications. She's the managing editor of a new Canadian magazine for moms and moms-to-be. The mother of two, Gail is also a certified group-fitness instructor and personal trainer as well as a beginner surfer.
• Isabelle Jones is a full-time mother of two who worked as a flight attendant for Air Canada for 16 years until relocating to the United Arab Emirates. Her educational background includes the study of banking administration and psychology. An active volunteer in her community, she is the president of the Ice Hockey League of Dubai and administrator of the Dubai Little League Baseball and Softball Association. Her broader interests include health and nutrition, sewing and crafting.
• Eve Lees is a journalist and former newspaper editor. She also has more than 20 years’ experience as a health and fitness professional. Eve was a gymnasium manager, owned a natural foods store and worked as a fitness instructor and certified personal trainer for many years. She now writes for several publications (including a weekly health column that appears in six newspapers) and lectures on a variety of health and fitness topics. Eve is a certified Wellness and Nutrition Specialist and studied nutrition, anatomy, physiology and kinesiology at SFU, SAIT and the Canadian Health Food Association.
• Jane Lightle has worked as the editor for 10 Canadian magazines over the past decade. A proud Vancouver resident, she’s studied the Master of Publishing Program at Simon Fraser University and holds a degree in English Literature from McGill University. Passionate about book design, she works on a wide variety of projects, from cookbooks to novels. Family, a challenging yoga session and the simple things make her smile.

Advisory Board

• Patricia Chuey, M.Sc., RD is a registered dietitian and sport nutritionist whose clients include major media, food retailers, athletes and busy individuals looking to manage diabetes, weight or special diet concerns. The author of five books, she operates www.patriciachuey.com and invites you to be in touch with any nutrition concerns.
• Dr. Chris Cunningham M.D., C.C.F.P. (EM), F.C.F.P. is a family physician holding a fellowship, and also an emergency physician holding certification in The College of Family Physicians of Canada. He is on staff at Vernon Jubilee Hospital in Vernon, British Columbia, where he is past president of the medical staff and former department head of Family Practice. He also holds a position as clinical associate professor at the UBC Faculty of Medicine. Married, with two children, he is active in mountain biking and snowboarding and can sometimes be found working in the garden.
• David McD. Vass D.D.S graduated from McGill University and now practices family dental care in North Vancouver, British Columbia. He enjoys skiing, tennis, water-skiing, opera and leisure time with his family at their cottage on Anderson Lake.

Editor

• Ann Collette has been an editor, writer and creative consultant with Canada Wide Media Limited for 18 years. Her diverse experiences in publishing have included everything from leading the editorial and creative redesign of existing magazines to the ground-up creation of new magazines in genres including gardening, sports, food/nutrition and health. The mother of two, she enjoys spending her free time gardening and volunteering in the service of teens and adults with developmental disabilities.

Web Site Developer

• Felicia Lo B Sc. (Pharmacy), M.G.D.C. is a graduate of the University of British Columbia. In an unusual combination of her education at the Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design and her first-person experience in pharmacy practice as a pharmacist, Felicia is able to bring a unique and practical approach to custom communications problem-solving. Felicia is currently a Professional Member of the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada.

Administration & Subscription Services

• Debbie Wood is the long-serving administrative coordinator with Wellness Matters. Her broad responsibilities with the publication include general business communication, custom orders, print coordination, and accounts, mailing and subscription management. Debbie, together with her husband and young daughter, enjoys an active life, with a special love for camping, swimming and golf.