Matthew Blackett

Matthew Blackett is the publisher, creative director and one of the founders of Spacing magazine. As publisher, Blackett has helped shape the magazine into one of Canada's top small magazines: Blackett was named Editor of the Year for 2007 by the Canadian Society of Magazine Editors and Spacing was named Canadian Small Magazine of the Year in 2007, 2008 and 2009. Blackett was awarded a 2007 Canadian Urban Leadership Award for "City Soul" by the Canadian Urban Institute for his part in creating Spacing. Under Blackett's artistic direction, the magazine has also been awarded international design awards for its layout, photography and TTC-inspired subway station buttons. Matthew often speaks at urban issues and magazine conferences, while his articles on a variety of city-oriented topics can be found on Spacing Toronto, the magazine's daily blog. He has also contributed to The Toronto Star, The National Post, Eye Weekly, and Azure. From 2004 to 2006, Blackett was a member of Toronto's Roundtable on a Clean and Beautiful City, a citizen advisory committee to Mayor David Miller. Blackett was awarded a 2007 Canadian Urban Leadership Award for "City Soul" by the Canadian Urban Institute. From 2006-2009 Matthew was a member of the board of directors for The Friends of the Greenblelt Foundation. Matthew is currently a member of the City of Toronto's Pedestrian Committee, and member of the board of directors of The Friends of Fort York. Since 2001, Blackett has been a freelance graphic designer and communications strategist for a variety of organizations like the Car Free Day, The Sierra Club of Canada, Conservation Council of Ontario, Toronto Atmospheric Fund, Canadian Journalists for Free Expression, and the Toronto Transit Commission. Matthew also taught publication design to journalism students at Humber College in Toronto from 2005-2008. matt [ at ] spacing [ dot ] ca