By Donna Lindell, Program Coordinator and Professor, Centennial College Public Relations program This week, a new class of students enrolled in my post graduate public relations program spent their first class talking about truth, ethics and the importance of integrity. It is the foundation of our profession and of our…

I first became acutely aware of gender in the early days of my first job out of university and observations I made about the way professionals dressed. It was 1990. It took me more than a decade to sort out my own professional identity as a woman. …

This is a June 2019 revision to the report and analysis of the quantitative research completed in May 2017. The revision focuses the theory used, arguing that social media influencers are cultural intermediaries. The variables I used to evaluate 300 Canadian mommy blogs — such as using the product and…

Please, Mind the Audience This article was written for my Ethics and Media Law course, as part of the Masters in Public Relations, MSVU (written in July 2015). The Ethics of Mommy Blogging Traditionally, the Public Relations practitioner’s bread and butter has been earned media that relies on developing a working relationship of trust with…

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Mommy Bloggers vs. PR Pros: Who's Minding the Audience? Note: I know I said I wrote my last post, but this one is for my Media, Culture and Society class at MSVU and it made…fiveyearnapper.blogspot.ca

How addressing contradictions make it possible for organizations to transform the way we blend work and family This paper was completed in December 2015 as part of my Masters in Public Relations for the Organizational Theory course at Mount Saint Vincent University. …

How we can kill the Queen Bee and help the next generation of public relations practitioners get ahead This research was conducted for the Gender and Communications course, part of my Masters in Public Relations, Mount Saint Vincent University. Abstract I have felt the sting of a Queen Bee; a female…