Rotman Magazine Nominated for National Magazine Award
Toronto, May 4, 2012 – Rotman Magazine, the magazine of the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management, is one of five magazines nominated for "Best Single Issue" of 2011 in the 2012 National Magazine Awards, which honours the best in Canadian magazines.
Rotman Magazine was nominated for its Spring 2011 issue, which focused on "Undiscussables" and featured articles by Dean Roger Martin, Rotman Profs. Maria Rotundo, Becky Reuber, Jennifer Berdahl, Stephane Cote and Francesco Bova; Harvard Business School's Amy Edmonson and Max Bazerman, as well as interviews with Marshall Goldsmith and Microsoft Canada CEO Eric Gales.
Also nominated for Best Single Issue were Canadian Geographic ("Protecting Our Water"); Maclean's ("Our Biggest Issue Ever"); Up Here ("The North Poll, May 2011"); and Urbania ("Gros").
This was Rotman Magazine's second nomination in this category; it was also nominated in 2010 for its Fall 2009 "Accountability" issue. In 2009, the Magazine won the silver National Magazine Award for "Art Direction for a Single Issue" for its winter 2008 issue, "Thinking About Thinking."
"We are thrilled to be recognized by our peers in the Canadian magazine industry and thankful for the support we receive from the Rotman community as well as our readers," says Karen Christensen, editor-in-chief of Rotman Magazine."
The awards will be announced at a gala in Toronto on June 7. A team of 228 judges considered nearly 2,000 submissions across 45 categories before narrowing down the pack to 362 contenders from 81 publications. Further details, including all of the nominees, are online at www.magazine-awards.com .
Rotman Magazine is published in Toronto and distributed internationally. Published three times per year, it provides a new way to think about complex issues. For more information, including subscription details, visit Rotman Magazine .
The Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto is redesigning business education for the 21st century with a curriculum based on Integrative Thinking. Located in the world’s most diverse city, the Rotman School fosters a new way to think that enables the design of creative business solutions. The School is currently raising $200 million to ensure Canada has the world-class business school it deserves. For more information, visit www.rotman.utoronto.ca . Ken McGuffin
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Rotman School of Management
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