Brit Griffin is a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 journalist. She is best known as the publisher of HighGrader

HighGrader

HighGrader is a Canadian magazine.It was launched in 1995 by musician Charlie Angus and his wife, Brit Griffin, as a venue for journalism relating to rural lifestyle and culture in Northern Ontario....

, a magazine she cofounded with her husband, musician and politician Charlie Angus

Charlie Angus

Charles Joseph Angus MP is a Canadian writer, broadcaster, musician, and politician. Angus entered electoral politics in 2004 as the successful New Democratic Party candidate in the Ontario riding of Timmins—James Bay. He was the NDP parliamentary critic for Canadian Heritage from 2004 to 2007,...

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Griffin and Angus first met in 1981, when Angus was a member of the band L'Étranger

L'Étranger (band)

L'Étranger was a Canadian punk rock band in the early 1980s. Named for the novel L'Étranger by Albert Camus, the band played a politically-minded brand of punk music that drew on both Clash influences and the band members' social justice-oriented Roman Catholic faith...

. They married, cofounded a homeless shelter

Homeless shelter

Homeless shelters are temporary residences for homeless people which seek to protect vulnerable populations from the often devastating effects of homelessness while simultaneously reducing the environmental impact on the community...

 in downtown Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

 in 1985, and subsequently moved to Cobalt

Cobalt, Ontario

Cobalt is a town in the district of Timiskaming, province of Ontario, Canada, with a population of 1,223 In 2001 Cobalt was named "Ontario's Most Historic Town" by a panel of judges on the TV Ontario program Studio 2, and in 2002 the area was designated a National Historic Site.-History:Silver was...

 in 1990. While living in Cobalt, Griffin and Angus cofounded HighGrader in 1995; Griffin acted as the magazine's publisher, while Angus was its editor.

Griffin was also credited as a co-author with Angus of the 1996 book We Lived a Life and Then Some (ISBN 1896357067) and the 1998 musical play Wildcat. She has also been published in the Jesuit magazine Compass.

Angus and Griffin have three daughters, Mariah, Siobhan and Lola.