This Magazine is an independent alternative
Canadian political magazine. It was launched "by a gang of school activists" in April 1966 as
This Magazine is About Schools, a journal covering political issues in the education system. During its early years, its editorial offices were located near the
University of Toronto in space rented from Co-operative College Residences Inc., which in the late 1960s spawned the experimental "free university"
Rochdale College. The educational philosophy of Rochdale College was influenced by this association, and by several individuals who published in
This Magazine, especially
Dennis Lee. The name was shortened to simply
This Magazine in 1973, and it gradually expanded its focus to include a wide variety of political, arts and cultural writing from a progressive perspective.