Up Here

Up Here is a magazine that is published six times a year, headquartered in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. History and profile The magazine was first published in December 1984 by co-founders Marion Lavigne and Ronne Heming. They head Up Here Publishing Ltd. The magazine's first editor was Eric Watt, and past editors includes Aaron Spitzer, Tim Querengesser, Eva Holland, Katharine Sandiford, Cooper Langford, Tristin Hopper, Elaine Anselmi, and Jacob Boon, among many others. Rod Raycroft was the art director for the first 26 issues. John Pekelsky served as art director for many years but left the publication in 2020. John Allerston provided layout and illustration for the publications in the early years. The readership is about 100,000 readers per issue, according to the publishers. Up Here was offered for many years as an in-flight magazine on Canadian North, an airline serving Canada's North. That caused the magazine some problems with its July/August 2006 issue, which had a cover story on naked hiking. The cover image showed a naked hiker from behind, with type covering his buttocks. After a passenger on Canadian North complained, the magazine had to spend $5,000 on short notice to create a new cover for the airline depicting a fish in order to keep its promise of seat-pocket distribution to its advertisers. In 2019 the editors recalled that issues as Up Heres costliest. In 2012 the magazine was published eight times a year. In January 2015 Up Here absorbed its sister magazine, Up Here Business. Up Here Business returned as a quarterly magazine in 2018.