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Magpie Media is dedicated to providing inspiration and information for the mental health community about the road to recovery. Magpie provides a wide variety of products and services for consumers, caregivers, medical professionals, pharmaceutical companies, and associations throughout North America. The company was incorporated in March 1994 by Bill MacPhee as a means to provide hope and information for those wanting to achieve mental wellness. The company has grown tremendously in a few short years and now has many different outlets that provide valuable information to those affected by mental illness.


SZ Magazine
For more than 15 years, Magpie has been publishing SZ Magazine for the schizophrenia community. The magazine offers inspiration and information so that individuals with the illness, their caregivers, and medical professionals can work together towards recovery. SZ Magazine is targeted directly to those who are living with and affected by mental illness to provide them with the latest news, medications, and resources. The magazine currently reaches hundreds of thousands of people across North America each year and is constantly growing and expanding its horizons to provide content to more people.


Anchor Magazine
In 2007, Magpie Media launched Anchor, a magazine about conquering depression, to provide life-changing information and hope to those coping with the illness in both Canada and the United States. Anchor is in the process of transitioning its content to an interactive online format at anchormag.com and anchormag.ca.


Publishing Services
Magpie offers publishing services for public, private and non-profit organizations in the mental health field.  Examples of publications include Making Research Real, and A Reason to Hope, both of which are produced for the Schizophrenia Society of Ontario. These publications specifically target the mental health community and bring the latest news and research to the people who will benefit from it.


Digital Platforms
Magpie also reaches the schizophrenia community through its online platforms szmagazine.com and szmagazine.ca. These sites share up-to-date editorials about research, medications, stories of hope, and more through written and video content.  The sites also incorporate social media components such as a blog, in which Bill MacPhee exchanges opinions on mental health news with readers. The site is also leveraged to distribute questionnaires/surveys and regular email newsletters to more than 6,000 e-newsletter recipients. With four different e-newsletters, new information concerning schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression can be sent directly to those in need of the information. There is also a psychiatrist’s newsletter to send new information concerning medications, research, and guidance directly to the medical professionals who have patients dealing with mental illness.


Consulting Services
Magpie provides consulting services to various public and private organizations in the mental health community. Magpie uses its strong understanding of the mental health market to help clients design and implement meaningful events, public relations, products, and content to better reach their target audience.


Advocacy Services
Bill MacPhee knows first-hand the importance of medication. Bill also knows that open access is a must when getting medications covered by government programs. Magpie Media has produced white papers, as well as developed advocacy campaigns and lobbying efforts on important issues concerning access to medications.


Speaking Engagements
Mental health advocate and consumer Bill MacPhee, CEO and founder of SZ Magazine and Anchor Magazine, is an inspiring international speaker who talks candidly about his illness and recovery. With great detail and clarity, Bill explains what it is like to be paranoid, have hallucinations, and become frustrated, depressed and suicidal. He helps you understand the disorder known as “youth’s greatest disabler” and how it affects not just the individual, but the entire family.

Hear Bill’s message of hope and optimism as he talks about his personal journey from a disturbed young adult paralyzed by schizophrenia to a man determined to recover and take back his life.

If you would like to book Bill for a speaking engagement. Please feel free to contact him at 1-866-672-3038 or send him an email.


DVDs
Magpie Media offers three inspirational and educational DVDs: Living With Schizophrenia, Life After Mental Illness, and An Interview with Paula Todd. These inspirational and educational DVDs are a great use at conferences, internal meetings, support group discussions, and for personal enjoyment at home.