Stephen Trumper

Stephen Trumper is one of our country's top magazine editors, working at the senior level for such publications as Toronto Life (nine years as managing editor), Harrowsmith and National Post’s business magazine. Over his 30-year career, articles he's edited have either won or been nominated for dozens and dozens of National Magazine Awards and North American City and Regional Magazine Awards. Since 1995, Stephen has taught editing at Ryerson's School of Journalism. In addition, he freelances for a variety of clients, including the Ontario Science Centre, for which he recently developed a members' magazine, Next. Stephen has served on the advisory board for CBC-TV's D-Net, a groundbreaking show that addressed disability issues, and on the board of Bloorview Kids Rehab. Since 2004 he has also been the Ombudsman at The National Broadcast Reading Service (NBRS), for which he also developed an extensive range of communication materials. NBRS is a registered charity with a mission to Make Media Accessible. It does through VoicePrint, Canada's 24/7 audio newsstand; AudioVision, a pioneer in producing description for movies and TV; and the recently launched Accessible Channel, or TACtv, a 24/7 digital-TV service that airs popular programs in described and captioned formats.