About Us
1994903 Ontario Corp.
SMJ Magazine is a diverse image, lifestyle, and business publication issued four times a year online, with limited printed editions. SMJ Magazine was launched in June 2013, and after 29 issues has grown to a professionally designed and beautifully illustrated publication.
We publish original stories in the fields of fashion & design, arts & entertainment, health & wellness, and faith & community. We showcase inspiring and uplifting stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things; to dream bigger, reach higher and achieve greater. Our primary target market is women from college graduate age to early retirees (late 20s to early 60s), especially women which make up visible minorities and marginalized communities. Secondary markets are men in that same age range, millennials (19 to 37), and alternate lifestyles.
We publish four regular issues seasonally to allow us time during the remainder of the year to obtain contracts for special editions, which could cover anything from a fashion show to a concert, a trade show to a conference, or an opening to a production. Our regular issues act as marketing tools and are distributed in print at selected outlets throughout the GTA.
SMJ Magazine is an App on Magzter via Apple Store and Google Play Store. We were nominated in 2015 and in 2016 for Mississauga’s MARTY Awards in Literary Arts and Media Arts, and in 2017 for Fashion Media of the Year at the African Fashion Week Toronto Industry Awards. SMJ Magazine content is copyrighted through Seventh House Publishing Arts. Our website is www.smjmag.com, and we are on all social media platforms.
SMJ Live evolved out of the magazine in 2015 to provide for on-the-spot reporting, such as wherever in the GTA the Publisher appears or has been asked to speak. Content from Special Editions such as the Canada Glass Awards and a number of feature stories such as concerts or film festival reviews have originated from SMJ Live involvement in the said event.
Shelland House of Films was created in 2018 from a major re-branding of the magazine in 2016, and takes a detailed look at the story behind the story. Initially, we wanted to transform published articles that had more to say into full length documentary projects, focusing on visible minorities and marginalized communities. Since then we have broadened our topical interest to any issue which impacts on the greater general public. Our admittedly ambitious reach is captured in our vision for Shelland House of Films. Once again, it stems from the principles we first established with the magazine.
- Authenticity. Shelland House of Films tells originally researched stories.
- Integrity. Shelland House of Films’ topics look at the social justice aspect of an issue, often involving visible minorities and marginalized communities.
- Transparency. Shelland House of Films’ projects distill the issue to its root causes.
- Responsibility. Shelland House of Films aims to bring awareness and educate the public as to the various aspects of these root causes.
- Legacy. Shelland House of Films’ goal is to address solutions from the issue’s root causes, change the societal or cultural view, and focus on future positive impact.
In 2019, all the above registered businesses became divisions of the for profit company 1994903 Ontario Corp. By re-organizing our business network in this manner, we have been able to expand our opportunities for funding and other financial support to a broad base in both the public and private sector.
Shelley jarrett
Shelley Jarrett is a filmmaker, creator, producer, speaker and women’s advocate.
She is also a multiple award winning entrepreneur. Recently, became the Recipient of Women Entrepreneur Award for 2019, celebrating Small Business Week in Ontario.
Shelley is the Founder and Publisher of SMJ Magazine, an image lifestyle and business publication. Covering stories on arts & entertainment, beauty & fashion, health & wellness, faith and community.
SMJ Magazine also gives entrepreneurs a platform to tell their business stories. The magazine App can be downloaded on the google play and apple store.
Shelley has completed her debut award-winning feature documentary “W’AT ABOWT US” Stories of eight women from 5 different cultural backgrounds telling their stories of truth and their own experiences of abuse and sexual assaults in diverse locations.
The documentary has won best movie trailer and best movie poster from Barcelona Film Festival. Shelley has merged her passion for community development and working with women with her love for film and media arts.
Shelley has also added a weekly podcast to her rooster, conversations about building and sustaining healthy relationships.
Shelley provides mentorship to over 300 women who are currently registered with 10 Thousand Coffees within the Start Ups Here Toronto Hub. (Curated Membership Hub)
Her most dedicated work is board advisory to Canada Centre for Women Empowerment, lending voice to the working women support group supporting women dealing with domestic violence.
Shelley is a Board Member of the prestigious Art Gallery of Mississauga
Shelley has managed to merge her passion for community development and working with women, with her love for film and media arts.
Accomplishments:
2019: Women Entrepreneur of the Year Award celebrating Small Business Week in Ontario
2019: Nominated for The Waterfront Awards 2019 in Film Television and Digital Arts
2019: Woman Achievement Award for outstanding contributions to the community IWD2019
2019: Excellence Achievement award for film and media
From Glorious Women of Wonders
2018: Recipient for Women of Essence Global Award for media (South Africa)
2017: Co-authored a book: “Transforming Lives One Story at a Time”
2017: Nominated for fashion media award of the year. African Fashion Week Toronto
2016: Selected as a Role Model for the 2016 Black Women Awards
2016: SMJ magazine and Shelley was nominated for two MARTY Awards
2015: Selected to be part of a women panelist “Making it in the Media”
2015: Honored as one of the 100 Black Women to Watch Canadian International Black Women
2014: Profiled by the Canadian Small Business Women Association as the Business Woman of the Month
2013: Received a Canada Glass Award for entrepreneur of the year
andrew terry pasieka
Born in Toronto but raised in Edmonton, Alberta, Mr. Pasieka has post-secondary degrees at both the University of Alberta and the University of Toronto. He first showed an avid interest in the arts as a teenager. After he moved back to Ontario he became involved in theatre in the early1980s.
During the 1990s, Mr. Pasieka moved to semi-professional (non-Equity) theater, became a member of SOCAN and Theatre Ontario. By 2001, Mr. Pasieka had over 90 productions to his credit. He was a participant in two acclaimed juried festivals in Toronto, He formed his first company, Seventh House Performing Arts Company, in 1997.
Mr. Pasieka became involved in freelance writing in the 1990s in the field of arts and entertainment. Prominent among publications were Canada’s national newspaper, The Globe & Mail, and Canada’s national music trade magazine during that decade, The Record. Mr. Pasieka moved to Mississauga in 2002, forming a new company, Eleventh House Performing Arts in 2009. Several more theatre productions followed over the next three years.
Seventh House was transformed in 2013 to become Seventh House Publishing Arts. It holds all the published work of SMJ Magazine, an image-lifestyle-business publication formed in mid-2013. Mr. Pasieka is editor-in-chief, and has also edited several manuscripts for book publication by various authors under Seventh House.
SMJ Live evolved out of the magazine in 2015 to provide for on-the-spot reporting, such as wherever in the GTA the Publisher appears or has been asked to speak. Content from Special Editions such as the Canada Glass Awards and a number of feature stories such as concerts or film festival reviews have originated from SMJ Live involvement in the said event.
Shelland House of Filmswas created in 2018 from a major re-branding of the magazine in 2016, and takes a detailed look at the story behind the story. Initially, we wanted to transform published articles that had more to say into full length documentary projects, focusing on visible minorities and marginalized communities. Since then we have broadened our topical interest to any issue which impacts on the greater general public
The first project was W’AT ABOWT US, which was nominated for best poster and best movie trailer. Mr. Pasieka won the award for Best Writing/Screenplay of W’AT ABOWT US at the Barcelona Planet Film Festival.