 The founder of "Geez" magazine, Aiden Enns, originally had the idea of the magazine in 2003 while he was working as managing editor at Adbusters in Vancouver.Enns then moved to Winnipeg and recruited writer and activist Will Braun who came on board as co-editor and co-publisher.The first issue of "Geez" was published in Fall 2005 with an initial 500 paying subscribers and no advertising revenue.