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Why politicians avoiding reporters hurts democracy
Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s campaign team has made a strategic decision to avoid long form interviews, clearly calculating that the risks outweigh any benefits in

Toronto Star Opinion Column
In the early days of the pandemic, I wrote an opinion column for the Toronto Star on communications strategy in troubled times.

Column for CBC.ca
Donald Trump was a walking case study in awful communications during a public health emergency, as I wrote for CBC.ca.

Yukon Travel Story
After a long, pandemic-imposed break from travelling, it sure was nice to get on the road in summer 2021 to #Yukon. My article on a memorable

Hosting APPrO
And we’re off for the 2021 Association of Power Producers of Ontario (APPrO) virtual conference. It’s my honour to be the event host for the second year

ESG Conference
With #ESG on everyone’s lips, I’m really looking forward to taking part in the Daring to Leap online Forum tomorrow. Host Faith Goodman and her colleagues at the VeriStell Institute have

Mind Over Matter Magazine
On the third annual Women’s Brain Health Day, I’m looking at the just-released edition of Mind Over Matter magazine. I was honoured to once again

Humber College Talk
Thanks so much to Heather Seaman for inviting me to speak to her journalism class at Humber College. A great group of young people with insightful questions. Heather

Crisis Communications Speech
In my home studio to give another talk on best practices in #crisiscommunications to a group of municipal officials this morning. Never more topical than