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JENNIFER ALLFORD
Jennifer Allford is a Calgary-based freelance writer who
does a monthly column for the Calgary Herald and
contributes regularly to the Toronto Star travel section.
She also pops up in magazines such as Travel + Leisure,
WestJet Magazine and CAA publications across the
prairies. Allford was a journalist with CBC Radio
in newsrooms across Canada for 15 years before
running a couple of big, noisy and talented marketing
departments for SMED International and the Calgary
Herald. After getting fired twice in a row, she decided
to stay home and work from her kitchen.VANESSA DEZUTTER
A newly minted Torontonian by way of Calgary, award-
winning editorial and commercial photographer Vanessa
DeZutter specializes in lifestyle, fashion and portraiture.
Driven by a passion for the creative process, she strives
to construct compelling and powerful imagery. Since
graduating from ACAD in 2013 with a bachelor of
design in photography, DeZutter’s editorials and cam-
paigns have appeared in dozens of publications both
nationally and internationally, and she regularly contrib-
utes to a variety of major photo volumes.ALLY REEVES
Ally Reeves is an award-winning illustrator and graduate
of Sheridan College’s BAA illustration program. Based in
Toronto, her work has appeared in The Globe and Mail,
Quill and Quire, Canadian Wildlife and other publica-
tions. She spends what little downtime she has reading
children’s books and wishing she had a dog.VALERIE BERENYI
Valerie Berenyi is a free-range writer and editor with an
extensive background in newspapers and magazines.
A former Avenue editor, Berenyi also worked as a section
editor, reporter and columnist at the Calgary Herald and
was editor of the Herald’s Swerve magazine. A senior
contributing editor to Toque & Canoe, she loves to travel
and write about her adventures and use her storytelling
skills for a variety of clients. When not working from her
home-based office (with Luna the cat on her lap), she is
happiest skiing, snowshoeing, cycling, swimming, hiking
and generally being out in nature.CONTRIBUTORS
DECOR TRENDS
How to incorporate the latest
looks into your home.MODEL CITIZEN
Hannah Donker is the latest
Calgarian to find success as
a fashion model. We chat with
her about modelling, travelling
and working for The Weeknd.MOUNTAIN WELLNESS
RETREATS
Get away to the mountains to
relax and rejuvenate.February
2018