''alive'' is a monthly Canadian natural health and wellness magazine.
The magazine provides readers with information on leading healthy lifestyles, and focuses on a range of topics from natural health, organics, fitness, beauty, and nutrition, to holistic healing, emotional health and sustainability. The headquarters of the magazine is in
Richmond, British Columbia
Richmond is a coastal city in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada. It occupies almost the entirety of Lulu Island (excluding Queensborough), between the two estuarine distributaries of the Fraser River. Encompassing the ad ...
.
[ ''alive'' is distributed in Canadian health retailers and can be purchased through personal subscriptions.
]
History
The magazine was started in Vancouver
Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the ...
in 1975 by Canadian Health Reform Products for the Canadian Health Food Association. It is published by Alive Publishing Group Inc. Notable contributors include William E. Rees
William Rees, Royal Society of Canada, FRSC (born December 18, 1943), is Professor Emeritus at the University of British Columbia and former director of the School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP) at UBC.
Rees taught at the University o ...
and David Suzuki
David Takayoshi Suzuki (born March 24, 1936) is a Canadian academic, science broadcaster, and environmental activist. Suzuki earned a PhD in zoology from the University of Chicago in 1961, and was a professor in the genetics department at th ...
.
In June 2008, ''Masthead Online'' reported that ''alive'' ranked 31st in revenues of all Canadian magazines, and had a readership (according to the Print Measurement Bureau
Vividata is a Toronto-based not-for-profit research organization that provides impact and marketing data on print media readership in Canada.
Vividata resulted from a 2014 merger between the Print Measurement Bureau (PMB) and the Newspaper Audie ...
) of 562,000."Masthead Top 50 revisited—alive checks in at number 31"
''Masthead Online'', 10 June 2008.
References
External links
Official website
1975 establishments in British Columbia
Health magazines
Lifestyle magazines published in Canada
Magazines established in 1975
Magazines published in British Columbia
Magazines published in Vancouver
Monthly magazines published in Canada
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