Seven members joined the ranks of their prestigious colleagues in achieving Lifetime Membership status with CPRS. Lifetime Membership status is awarded to those candidates who have been active members of CPRS for 30 years and signifies the recognition by their peers of their contributions to CPRS and to the professional practice of public relations.
Terence (Terry) Flynn Ph.D., APR, FCPRS, LM
Dr. Terry Flynn is an Associate Professor of Communications Management in the Department of Communication Studies & Multimedia at McMaster University and lead Professor and founding Director of the Master of Communications Management (MCM) program. Prior to joining McMaster University, Terry was a seasoned international communications consultant specializing in international reputation management, crisis and risk communications, and community relations and engagement. Terry is the recipient of the 2015 Philip A. Novikoff Memorial Award, is an award-winning teacher, an accomplished researcher and author with numerous publications in academic and professional journals, and a much sought after speaker on issues impacting the global public relations profession. An active member of CPRS, Terry’s many contributions include: serving as National President in 2009-2010, founding member of the National Council on Education, and one of the authors of the CPRS Pathways to the Profession.
Judy Lewis, LM
Judy is co-founder and Executive Vice President of Strategic Objectives, providing senior counsel to many of Canada and the world’s leading brands and organizations. Named CPRS ‘PR Professional of the Year’, Judy specializes in results-oriented marketing and brand-building public relations campaigns, which have been recognized with over 200 awards. Strategic Objectives has been named ‘Agency of The Year’ several times by IABC and is the only Canadian PR agency to ever win the United Nations Grand Award for Outstanding Achievement in Public Relations. Judy is also an active community volunteer. She is the Chair of the Advisory Committee for Centennial’s Corporate Communications & Public Relations program and the Communications Strategist for The Canadian Centre To End Human Trafficking. Judy is a member of Profit Magazine’s Top 100 Canadian Women Business Owners and the recipient of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal and the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal for Outstanding Contribution to Canada and the Communications Industry.
Bruce MacLellan APR, FCPRS, LM
Bruce MacLellan is Founding President and CEO of Proof Inc., formerly Environics Communications, one of Canada’s leading public relations and public affairs agencies. Bruce is a veteran communications practitioner and entrepreneur providing counsel to leading private and public sector clients. An avid and award winning conservationist, winning the Betty Day Award and the Vision Award from the Ontario Land Trust Alliance, Bruce volunteers with the Nature Conservancy of Canada, currently serving as National Board Chair, and is Past-President of the Lake of Bays Heritage Foundation. He’s the former Chair of the Board of the Communications and Public Relations Foundation, and is the 2016 recipient of the CPRS Award of Attainment, presented to a CPRS member whose personal activities and leadership have gone beyond the call of duty.
Christine Smith B.Ed, LM
Former newspaper journalist and employee communication specialist, Christine honed her leadership and communications skills as a Professor and program coordinator of Centennial College’s Corporate Communications and Public Relations postgraduate program. Along with teaching and consulting, Christine developed the curriculum for the industry’s next generation of leaders and was nominated for the George Wicken Award for Outstanding Teaching. As a freelance writer, Christine draws on her journalism background to create effective and strategic copy and content for a variety of clients, specializing in health care, education and non-profit. An active member of CPRS Toronto, Christine has served on the society Board and on the CPRS Education Council as lead exam developer for the Public Relations Knowledge (PRK exam).
Eileen Tobey APR, FCPRS, LM
Eileen Tobey is Founder and CEO of beSPEAK Communications, a Toronto based boutique PR agency. A senior executive with nearly 30 years of owner-management entrepreneurial expertise, Eileen has built a career focused on creating and managing successful initiatives for her clients. She is an accredited Fellow of the Canadian Public Relations Society (CPRS) and an active member of CPRS Toronto, having served as an awards judge, grader and mentor within our organization for nearly 25 years. Eileen is an inaugural SheEO Activator and currently sits as an independent board member at HealthPro.
Deborah Trouten, APR, FCPRS, ICD.D, LM
Deborah is a Toronto-based communications consultant with more than 30 years of experience with major global and national corporations. As founder and president of Dakota Communications Inc. in 1999, Deborah advises companies on reputation management, strategic communications, change communications & management, stakeholder relations and corporate governance. Her career spans a number of industries. She is also a certified board director and has been a director on several boards throughout her career including CPRS Toronto. Deborah currently serves as a member of the Communications & Public Relations Foundation board and Partners International.
Janet Wile ABC, APR, FCPRS, LM
Currently Manager, Internal Communications, with Chartered Professional Accountants (CPA Canada), Janet is an award-winning business communicator and a champion for effective, integrated communications within organizations. She is accredited by both IABC and the Canadian Public Relations Society (CPRS). She was named a Master Communicator by IABC Canada in 2007 and became a CPRS Fellow in 2009. She has mentored many students and accreditation candidates, sits on the advisory committee for the Corporate Communications program at Seneca College, and in 2006, was named ‘Mentor of the Year’ by CPRS Toronto.