Canadian Publishing Industry News
28 July 2026,     TORONTO
Editor-in-Chief Halushak to leave Chatelaine
 
Maureen Halushak
Maureen Halushak
After seven years leading one of Canada’s most popular magazines, Maureen Halushak will step down as Editor-in-Chief of Chatelaine on August 5, 2026, to pursue a new opportunity. Halushak was named editor-in-chief in January of 2019, returning to the magazine where she began her career more than two decades earlier. Under her leadership, Chatelaine won Gold for Best Service & Lifestyle Magazine at the 2023 National Magazine Awards, and earned a Best Magazine nomination again in 2026.
“Leading Chatelaine for the past seven years has been the highlight of my career,” she said. “It was an honour to carry on the conversation that this iconic brand has been having with Canadian women for the past 97 years.” Halushak transformed the Women of the Year franchise into the Doris Anderson Awards, honouring Canadian women who share the tenacious spirit of the magazine’s most groundbreaking editor. In 2022, she established Chatelaine’s Editorial Fellowship for Racialized Journalists, and this spring, she launched Group Chat, the brand’s first podcast, among other accomplishments.
 
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