PR Consultants

Looking for a PR consultant in the Hamilton / Burlington / Niagara area?

Many of the members of CPRS-Hamilton run their own independent consultancy firms. We encourage you to contact any of the following PR consultants.

Grace Diffey
APR Sandown Communications Consulting

27 Wycliffe Avenue
Hamilton, ON L9A 1C8
T 905-385-3261
gdiffey@sandown.ca

Grace is principal of Sandown Communications, specializing in strategic communications, stakeholder research, communications functional reviews and measurement. Grace is an accredited public relations practitioner with 20 years of corporate communications experience, and specific expertise in research-based strategy and best practices in corporate communications particularly in the areas of regulated professions, professional associations, government agencies and the provincial and municipal government.

Joanne Emerson
President, JEM Communications

2446B Lakeshore Road West
Oakville, ON L6L 1H7
T 905-827-7800
F 905-827-3127
emerson@jemprcomm.com

Tricia Hellingman
APR President Hellingman Communications

225 Locke Street South
Hamilton, ON L8P 4B6
T 905-527-2985
F 905-527-5443
thellingman@hellingman.com

Ginny Jones, APR
Principal, Acuity Options

176 Lover’s Lane
Ancaster, ON L9G 1G8
T 905-648-2049
F 905-648-0193
acuity.options@sympatico.ca

As Principal of Acuity Options, Ginny Jones has worked with hi-tech, hospitality, health care and communications industry clients on the design, implementation and measurement of a variety of business transformation/new economy initiatives. Recognized for her business acumen and insight, Ginny brings a wealth of marketing, human resource and corporate culture change experience to each project.Prior to founding Acuity Options in 1997, Ginny was responsible for Corporate Communications and Change for Rogers Communications Inc. in Toronto. As a pioneer "teleworker" at Rogers from 1989 to 1997, Ginny has been a long-time advocate for increased use of technology in the workplace. She is often asked to speak to groups and counsel companies on improving access and "employee mind sets", building community, evolving corporate culture and creating new business networks and opportunities through people and technology.

Jeffrey C. Martin, BA, APR, Fellow CPRS
President & Senior Counsel, Quorum Communications Inc.
2165 Lakeshore Road
Burlington, Ontario L7R 1A5
T: 905-333-9397
F: 905-333-3588
jeffmartin@quorumpr.com

Gordon Neufeld
Direct Outcomes

141 Glenfern Avenue
Hamilton, ON L8P 2T9
T 905-979-8904
F 905-521-1889
gneufeld@sympatico.ca

Joy Shikaze APR
MJS Communications

234 Valmont Court
Ancaster, ON L9G 5A1
T 905-304-3234
F 905-304-4234
joyshikaze@cogeco.ca
www.PRmeansBusiness.com

MJS Communications is a full-service public relations firm, specializing in developing and implementing media relations, communications and marketing strategies for business and not-for-profit organizations.

Joy Shikaze, APR utilizes her 20 years experience and networking within the PR industry to create customized project teams of communications professionals, whose technical expertise and creative talents are derived from a variety of educational and employment backgrounds. Using a proven communications approach known as the RACE formula (Research, Analysis, Communication and Evaluation), Joy works with clients to help them determine their target audiences and the key message they need to deliver. Then MJS Communications recommends the most effective means of reaching the audience through the media, publications, advertising, corporate communications, special events or a combination of programs. MJS Communications takes pride in maintaining up-to-date knowledge of the innovative techniques in the dynamic fields of public relations, communications, marketing and media relations.

Allyson Wenzowski
Publicity Works

Allyson Wenzowski is the principal of Publicity Works, a Southern-Ontario based Public Relations firm, with clients ranging from the not-for-profit to the commercial and retail sectors. Allyson has also worked in the not-for-profit sector in the areas of education and government for more than fifteen years. She sits on the board of directors of the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce and is division chair for Dundas. She is a member of the Canadian Public Relations Society, Rotary International, the Canadian Club, the Dundas Arts and Crafts Association, and the Dundas Neighbourhood United Way Committee.

She has won a number of Public Relations and Fundraising Awards such as the 2008 Canadian Public Relations Society Pinnacle Award, the 2007 Tourism Hamilton Promotion/Marketing Campaign Award, the 2007 Canadian Public Relations Society Award of Merit and the 2006 United Way Campaign Special Event Award.

612-1854 Main Street West
Hamilton, ON L8S 1H8
T 905-526-6084
C 905-379-7353
awenzowski1@cogeco.ca