They head Up Here Publishing Ltd.[1] The magazine's first editor was Eric Watt, and past editors includes Aaron Spitzer, Tim Querengesser, Eva Holland, Katharine Sandiford, Cooper Langford, Tristin Hopper, Samia Madwar, Tim Edwards, Herb Mathisen, Elaine Anselmi, and Jacob Boon, among many others.
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[3] in order to keep its promise of seat-pocket distribution to its advertisers.
Its articles are in the genre of creative non-fiction, and cover social, political, historical, aboriginal, travel and geographical details of Canada's North.
Up Here also covers cultural events in the region, including reviews of Inuktitut music by performers like The Jerry Cans, Riit, and Becky Han.
"[8] In 2002, former editor Cooper Langford won the Western Magazine Profile Award for his story, "The Fast Runner.