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.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
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.
Episode 1: How Logan Findlay Started her Career in Public Relations
For the first episode of The Comms Major Podcast, Wahiba sits down with Logan Findlay, Director at Talk Shop Media, a leading public relations and communications agency with offices in Vancouver, Toronto, and Los Angeles. Logan has over five years of experience in communications, public relations, media and event management. Logan shares how she got started in the industry while navigating job instability during the pandemic. She also gives an inside look into working with clients and how she stays organized in a role where no two days are the same.
Learn more about Logan and Talk Shop using the links below:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/loganfindlay/
https://www.talkshopmedia.com/
Learn more about Wahiba’s work and connect with her on LinkedIn or Bluesky
Learn more about Karen’s work and connect with her on LinkedIn
Join the conversation using #TheCommsMajor on LinkedIn and Bluesky.
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