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Contributors

We are fortunate to have a talented group of writers, photographers, designers and videographers adding to the content you see here on The Living Room. Click through to see their contributions. If you’re interested in becoming a contributor, please let us know! We’re always looking for new ideas and talent.
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Joshua is a West Coast-raised, Toronto-based journalist who has contributed to CBC, CTV, Vice, Maclean's, The Walrus, HuffPost Canada and other outlets.
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Joy is an Ontario-based content strategist and freelance writer with an educational background in public relations. When she’s not busy clacking away on her laptop, she’s probably working on an art project while enjoying her latest binge on Netflix, or making her apartment a cozier and more personal space by switching up wall décor and buying new pillow coverings.
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Jules Torti is the Communications Manager at Wild Women Expeditions and former Editor-in-Chief of Harrowsmith magazine. She has been published in Cottage Life, The Vancouver Sun, The Globe and Mail, Our Homes and Massage Therapy Canada. After looking at 88 houses and living in a barn for a year, she found her home on the 45th parallel, in Lion’s Head, Ontario. She is the author of Free to a Good Home: With Room for Improvement and Trail Mix: 920 km on the Camino de Santiago (Rocky Mountain Books).
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Kristen is the President of Hopscotch the Globe Inc., an award winning website, YouTube channel and travel/lifestyle brand that inspires and teaches people how to travel, no matter their lifestyle or budget. Together with her husband Siya (and other half of Hopscotch the Globe) and dog Atlas, the three travel the world, documenting their experiences to share with their audience. When they aren't travelling internationally, they are living in their newly renovated 1976 vintage Airstream, Luna.
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Kristine Squire, is a Communications Manager at Truly Social, a digital strategy firm based out of Toronto, Ontario. She develops and creates content strategies for the web and beyond.
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Lara is an experienced writer, editor and social strategist having spent over a decade working for major global publications, as well as national newspapers and brands in the lifestyle, travel, music and consumer goods sectors. She specializes in spearheading social strategies for brands, while focusing on developing best practices related to content, engagement and social governance. Her work has been featured in ELLE Canada, the National Post, the Globe and Mail, Best Health, Canadian Living, FASHION magazine and more.
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Laura Roxanne is a content creator based out of St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador. With a background in marketing, she loves to document amazing places across the island through photography and videography.
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Lauren Yakiwchuk is a travel blogger and content creator living in Halton Hills, Ontario. She documents her journeys on her websites, Justin Plus Lauren and Ontario Hiking, as well as on Instagram.
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Leon Thompson is a Plains Cree writer from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Treaty 6.
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Maggie is a recovering Early Childhood Educator, current freelance writer, and recent dog mom. Born and raised in Toronto, she specializes in small spaces, shared spaces, and turning rental chaos into dreamy sanctuaries. In her infrequent but coveted down time, she can be found walking the aforementioned dog, learning a little bit of a lot of languages, and playing guitar.