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.
Marzia Sager was on track to become a pediatrician – until she realized the passion just wasn’t there. So she pivoted into communications, and hasn’t looked back.
Today, Marzia is the Communications and Advancement Lead at PowerPlay Young Entrepreneurs, where she crafts strategies to share the organization’s stories and impact with key stakeholders. She’s also the co-founder of the Glow Within Foundation, empowering female-identifying high school students through education in mental, emotional, and physical wellbeing.
Her social impact work has earned her recognition on BC Business’s Top 30 Under 30 list and the 2022 IABC/BC Making Waves Award, given to an outstanding new communicator. After years of volunteering, she currently serves as President of the BC Chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators.
In this episode, Marzia opens up about her unconventional journey and offers honest advice for anyone whose path to their dream career isn’t exactly a straight line.
Learn More about Marzia and the IABC/BC using the links below:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/marzia-sager/
Learn more about Wahiba’s work and connect with her on LinkedIn WahibaChair.com
http://LinkedIn.com/in/WahibaChair
Learn more about Karen’s work and connect with her onLinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/karen-tankard-ma/
Follow @TheCommsMajor on LinkedIn and join the conversation using #TheCommsMajor
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