The Comms Major Podcast
The Comms Major Podcast
Podcast Description
The Comms Major podcast explores trends in the communications industry in Canada and beyond.
Each episode features a candid conversation with a communications professional as they navigate a career in this ever changing landscape.
The hosts are University Canada West professors Wahiba Chair and Karen Tankard.
Chair is a strategist and award-winning marketing, communications, and public relations educator. Tankard is an award-winning former CBC journalist, with more than two decades as a communications instructor.
Follow the Comms Major podcast for new episodes dropping in the summer of 2025. Join the conversation on LinkedIn and Bluesky using #TheCommsMajor.
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The podcast explores trends in the communications industry with a specific focus on career navigation, interviewing key industry figures. Notable episodes include a discussion with Logan Findlay about starting a career in public relations and overcoming job instability during the pandemic.
The Comms Major podcast explores trends in the communications industry in Canada and beyond.
Each episode features a candid conversation with a communications professional as they navigate a career in this ever changing landscape.
The hosts are University Canada West professors Wahiba Chair and Karen Tankard.
Chair is a strategist and award-winning marketing, communications, and public relations educator. Tankard is an award-winning former CBC journalist, with more than two decades as a communications instructor.
Follow the Comms Major podcast for new episodes dropping in the summer of 2025. Join the conversation on LinkedIn and Bluesky using #TheCommsMajor.
George Van Rooyen may be familiar to some communications students at University Canada West, where he teaches upper-level courses including crisis communications.
George comes from journalism and then made the move to public relations.
At the time of taping this episode, George was a senior manager of media and communications for Flyover, an event company in Vancouver. He was also president of the Canadian Public Relations Society, Vancouver chapter.
George is now an account director at C Suite Content, a consulting firm helping senior executives create compelling thought leadership content.
In his conversation with co-host Karen Tankard, George talked about his transition from journalism to PR, the use of AI in the communications industry, a typical day on the job, and offered advice to students and new communicators.
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