Canada’s Only Pin up Magazine
Pin ups of the frozen North…
Ok! so it’s not always snowy and frozen in Canada, just 9 months out of the year.
The idea of True North Pin Up Magazine was created in the blustery winter of 2018.
It all started because Keri was looking for somewhere to get her photos published, but finding nothing that was Canadian. Sure there is plenty of AMAZING magazines outside of Canada, but why not here? Then finding that there are groups of pinups all across Canada.
That created the headlong mission to create a 100% Canadian pin up publication.
The first and only Canadian Pin Up Magazine, and our sole mission is CONNECTION.
We believe in revolutionizing and connecting the Pin Up Community, and those living and loving the vintage life in Canada.
Connecting Pin Up’s and vintage lovers from coast to coast. Supporting local and featuring all Canadian Pin Up and Vintage related people, places, things and activities. We feature Canadian Pin Up’s, Retailers, Artisans, Photographers, Musicians, and Events.
Revolutionizing and empowering the entire community through body positivity, connection and authentic expression of self. From Canadian to Canadian.
Connection. Integrity. Empowerment. Local. Revolution.
We actively support Diversity and Inclusion, Women’s Rights, LQBTQIA+, Black Lives Matter, All Children Matter, MMIWGs, and the BIPOC Communities.
We want to acknowledge the traditional territories and oral practices of the Blackfoot Nations, which include the Siksika, the Piikani, and the Kainai. We also acknowledge the Tsuut’ina and Stoney Nakoda First Nations, the Métis Nation (Region 3) and all people who make their homes in the Treaty 7 region of Southern Alberta where True North Pin Up Magazine is located and lives.
We believe in supporting others and creating safe spaces.
We don’t believe in “vintage values” of division, separation and community oppression, we just like the clothes and cars.
Behind the Magazine
Keri Looijen aka “Kiki Lou” Editor-In-Chief
As a passionate advocate for women and families, in 2018, she launched an annual fundraiser called Rides For Relief Charity Car Show Fundraiser; to raise the essential funds to support women and children fleeing domestic violence. Her inspiration led to empowering others, working with and advocating for those who have lost their voice.
As a community builder, her shining strengths are in connecting people. Currently publishing the only Canadian quarterly Pin Up magazine, True North Pin Up Magazine, with the sole focus on connecting pin ups and vintage lovers from coast to coast.
Keri is a published author contributing to various magazines, online blogs, and multiple written platforms. Holding a double major in Digital Marketing and Integrated Marketing Communications, Keri’s main gig is Marketing Manager for a Travel Drumheller - the Destination Marketing Organization for Drumheller. Equipped with more than a decade of digital and event marketing experience and a detailed eye for opportunities and solutions, she gets to tell the world all about her love for adventure and most importantly - dinosaurs!
An avid bargain hunter, she scours antique and thrift stores and markets looking for vintage pyrex and odd kitschy treasures for her home. Unshakeable, as a vintage horror movie buff Keri claims to never be scared and has a fascination with old monsters and scaring children on Halloween. She’s hooked on houseplants (85 and counting) and death gardens. Yes, those are a thing.
