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[ December 6, 2012; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] December 6, 2012
CPRS Hamilton and IABC Golden Horseshoe Chapter invite you to save the date for a seasonal social on Thursday, December 6, 2012, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at the Powerhouse in Stoney Creek.
 
Tickets are now available. Click here to register.

Cost: Members: $35  /  Students: $30  /  Non-members: $40
Location: Powerhouse, 21 Jones St. (at [...]

CPRS Hamilton is pleased to announce the start of another season of mentoring for students and young practitioners. If you would like to apply to the program as a potential mentee, fill out the application by Friday, September 21. The first event will be held Tuesday, October 16.
The program is still looking for additional senior [...]

President’s Message: Ginny Jones, APR
Dear Fellow CPRS Hamilton Members:
Hello and welcome back to reality. Are you wondering like me, where did the summer go? Hope you had some time to enjoy the sunshine.
Phone Check-in
As your new President, I’m delighted to share some news with you and identify some actions that the Board of Directors is [...]

CPRS Hamilton is pleased to announce that member Lisa Stocco has successfully earned Accreditation in Public Relations (APR) in 2011. Lisa was among seven other accredited individuals nationally to be recognized at the CPRS national conference “Currents 2012” held this past June in Victoria, BC. 
“For me, the process of working towards the APR designation has [...]

Toronto, May 16, 2012 – Khadija Lee, Kitchener, is the 2012 winner of the Lou Cahill Scholarship in Communications awarded by Brock University, St. Catharines.  The Scholarship is awarded to a communications student in the final year of study for academic excellence, community involvement and participation in charitable activities.
The Scholarship was established to honour Lou [...]

May 8, 2012: Hailey Laycraft, Mount Royal University, is the first winner of the Calgary Legacy Scholarship awarded by the Canadian Public Relations Society (CPRS) Calgary in partnership with the Communications + Public Relations Foundation. This $1,000 scholarship will be awarded annually to a second year student studying public relations/communications in a recognized program in one [...]

[ May 10, 2012; 5:30 pm to 9:00 pm. ] CPRS Hamilton has two important events taking place on Thursday, May 10: The CPRS Hamilton Annual General Meeting (AGM) and a special professional development session, “Putting Research to Work in Your Practice.” Registering for the AGM is free–and it gets you into the PD session free too! (Admission for the PD session only is $30.)

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On April 12, CPRS Hamilton members and guests enjoyed a wonderful night celebrating excellence in public relations at the annual Pinnacle Awards Gala. The event, held at the magnificent James Street Armoury in Hamilton, gave old acquaintances and peers the opportunity to exchange stories, meet new members and guests, and enjoy good food and great [...]

[ April 24, 2012; 7:30 am to 10:00 am. ] Consummate Crisis Communications – VIA Rail Derailment
Tuesday April 24, 2012, 7:30 a.m.
Ron Joyce Centre, McMaster DeGroote School of Business, Burlington Campus
4350 South Service Rd. Burlington, Auditorium

Crisis communications is critical to corporate reputation management. Nowhere is this truer than when catastrophe strikes as we saw right here in Burlington when VIA Rail passenger train 92 derailed [...]

[ April 5, 2012; 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm. ] IABC Golden Horseshoe Chapter invites their members, CPRS members, professional communicators,
and students in area communications and PR programs to an informal ‘Mixer, Munch ‘N’ Learn’,
Thursday, April 5, 2012 from 8:00 to 10:30 pm at the London Tap House, 31 John Street South,
Hamilton (John at Main).

Don’t miss this relaxing chance to unwind. Join old friends. Make [...]