College of Fellows
Driven by values, passion, and performance

The College of Fellows was established in 2000 to recognize those CPRS members who are proven leaders in public relations/communications and who have made exceptional contributions to the profession and their communities.

Characteristics of a Potential Member of the CPRS College of Fellows

  • CPRS member for at least 10 years and demonstrated leadership within CPRS.
  • Accredited member in good standing and actively participating in the Accreditation Maintenance program.
  • Demonstrated personal and professional qualities; a role model to fellow practitioners whose ethics, values and behaviour are consistent and unassailable.
  • Advanced the state of public relations through leadership in exceptional programs in the field.
  • Authored abstracts, articles, and reports; shown leadership through lectures, speeches, workshops, etc. that have advanced awareness of public relations.

Submission Requirements for Membership in the CPRS College of Fellows

  • Demonstrate professional experience by providing a detailed outline of positions held as a public relations practitioner, beginning with your current involvement, and including a summary of your contributions to the communications activities/successes of the organizations or clients with whom you worked or are working. In other words, how did you help 'make a difference’?
  • Demonstrate professional capability by providing three documented examples of exceptional professional capability. Relevant examples can be based on work you conducted or led for your organization or client, voluntary public service activities, awards and citations that have recognized your work and contribution to the advancement of public relations, and/or demonstrated mentoring and other educational activities that have assisted younger and advancing practitioners to enhance their strategic and tactical knowledge and skills. Specifics are important.
  • Demonstrate participation in the advancement of public relations by providing three examples of how you significantly contributed to further knowledge in public relations, or how you significantly contributed to the strengthening, leadership and advancement of CPRS and/or other organizations in the field of communications.
  • Demonstrate recognition for your work by providing three letters of recommendation from fellow practitioners and two letters of recommendation from former or current employers or clients outlining their understanding of the quality of your thinking, planning, counselling and outputs; your ethical standards and demonstrated values; and, your leadership capabilities.

Successful candidates for the CPRS College of Fellows must agree to offer time and skills to undertake tasks as requested to advance the state of public relations in Canada, help mentor others, speak and write about the value of effective public relations, and agree to be involved in one or more College initiatives; in addition, Fellows are expected to maintain membership in CPRS and accredited status, and serve as a role model for all others in the field of public relations.

If you have 20 years’ experience and meet the other criteria, please give some serious thought to applying. We now have 80 Fellows and Honorary Fellows across Canada and would like to strengthen our numbers and undertake more projects while improving on those we have in place. To submit your application for membership in the CPRS College of Fellows, please complete the application form and accompanied by the prescribed support documentation (please use the submission template below) and a $50 fee.

If you have any questions about the application process, please contact Bart Mindszenthy.

Deadline for submissions is November 1, 2010, and all submissions must be forwarded to the College of Fellows Selection Committee, c/o Canadian Public Relations Society, 4195 Dundas Street West, Suite 346, Toronto, Ontario M8X 1Y4.

Bart Mindszenthy, APR, FCPRS
Presiding Officer
CPRS College of Fellows
(416) 924-2425
mailto:bart@mrcom.com

FELLOWS

  • Robin Alford APR, FCPRS - Manitoba
  • Nancy H. Arab APR, FCPRS -Calgary
  • Terry Aseltine APR, FCPRS - Manitoba
  • Nicole Beaulieu ARP, FSCRP - SQPRP
  • Luc Beauregard C.M., ARP, FSCRP L.M - SQPRP
  • Jean Boileau ARP, FSCRP - SQPRP
  • Scott Bonikowsky APR, FCPRS - Toronto
  • John M. Bowles APR, FCPRS, FCIPR - New Brunswick
  • Esther Buchsbaum APR, FCPRS - SQPRP
  • Andrea Collins APR, FCPRS - Edmonton
  • Al Czarnecki APR, FCPRS - Toronto
  • Bernard Dagenais ARP, FSCRP - SQPRP
  • Monique Deviard ARP, FSCRP - SQPRP
  • Grace Diffey APR, FCPRS - Hamilton
  • Martine Dorval ARP, FSCRP - SQPRP
  • Deanna Drendel ARP, FSCRP - SQPRP
  • David Eisenstadt APR, FCPRS, Fellow PRSA L.M - Toronto
  • Robert W. Ellis APR, FCPRS - Regina
  • Lucie-Anne Fabien ARP, FSCRP - SQPRP
  • Dr Terence (Terry) Flynn APR, FCPRS - Hamilton
  • Francine L. Gaudet APR, FCPRS - Vancouver
  • Daniel N. Granger ARP, FSCRP - SQPRP
  • Elizabeth Jane Hirst ARP, FSCRP - SQPRP
  • Mark Hunter LaVigne APR, FCPRS - Toronto
  • Tony Iavarone APR, FCPRS - Toronto
  • Sarah K. Jones APR, FCPRS - Toronto
  • Sean Kelly APR, FCPRS - Newfoundland & Labrador
  • Colleen Killingsworth APR, FCPRS - Calgary
  • Donald J. LaBelle APR, FCPRS L.M - Edmonton
  • Antoine Landry ARP, FSCRP - SQPRP
  • Pierrette Leonard APR, FCPRS - Ottawa/Gatineau
  • Joel Levesque APR, FCPRS - New Brunswick
  • Carol Levine APR, FCPRS - SQPRP
  • Fraser Likely APR, FCPRS - Ottawa/Gatineau
  • Bruce MacLellan APR, FCPRS - Toronto
  • Janet E. MacMillan APR, FCPRS - Nova Scotia
  • Sandy Manners APR, FCPRS - Hamilton
  • Jeffrey C. Martin APR, FCPRS - Hamilton
  • Gordon Kenneth McIvor APR, FCPRS - Toronto
  • Pat McNamara APR, FCPRS - Toronto
  • Barbara Mekelburg APR, FCPRS - Vancouver Island
  • Bart Mindszenthy APR, FCPRS L.M - Toronto
  • John Muldoon APR, FCPRS L.M- Toronto
  • Steven Parker APR, FCPRS - Nova Scotia
  • Patricia Parsons APR, FCPRS - Nova Scotia
  • Maureen Payne APR, FCPRS L.M - Calgary
  • Derrick Pieters APR, FCPRS - Edmonton
  • Barbara Pollock APR, FCPRS - Regina
  • Pierre Pontbriand APR, FCPRS - Ottawa/Gatineau
  • Gilles Roberge ARP, FSCRP - SQPRP
  • David Rowney APR, FCPRS - Toronto
  • Matthieu Sauvé ARP, FSCRP - SQPRP
  • Robert (Bob) Scott APR, FCPRS - New Brunswick
  • Maureen Shaughnessy Kitts APR, FCPRS L.M - Toronto
  • Barbara Sheffield APR, FCPRS L.M - Toronto
  • Sharlene Smith APR, FCPRS - Vancouver Island
  • Richard Sparkes APR, FCPRS - Newfoundland & Labrador
  • Katita Stark APR, FCPRS L.M - Toronto
  • Sharon Stevens APR, FCPRS - Vancouver
  • Bruce Stock APR, FCPRS - Toronto
  • Karen K. Stone APR, FCPRS - Nova Scotia
  • Ian Thompson APR, FCPRS - Nova Scotia
  • Daniel Tisch APR, FCPRS - Toronto
  • Jean Valin APR, FCPRS - Ottawa/Gatineau
  • Geraldine Vance APR, FCPRS - Vancouver
  • Allard W. van Veen APR, FCPRS L.M - Vancouver
  • Kim West APR, FCPRS - Nova Scotia
  • Janet Wile APR, FCPRS - Toronto

HONORARY FELLOWS

  • Mary Barker APR, FCPRS(H) L.M - Nova Scotia
  • Edsel Bonnell C.M., APR, FCPRS(H) L.M - Newfoundland & Labrador
  • Serge de La Rochelle ARP, FSCRP(H) L.M - SQPRP
  • Robert H. Drain APR, FCPRS(H) L.M - Manitoba
  • W. Muriel Fleger APR, FCPRS(H) L.M - Toronto
  • John Francis APR, FCPRS(H) L.M - Calgary
  • B.A. (Scoop) Fredstrom APR, FCPRS(H) L.M - New Brunswick
  • Jean Freeman APR, FCPRS(H) L.M - Regina
  • Roselle Green APR, FCPRS(H) - Nova Scotia
  • Ruth Hammond APR, FCPRS(H) L.M - Toronto
  • Melbourne James APR, FCPRS(H) L.M - Toronto
  • Roger D. Landry ARP, FSCRP(H) L.M - SQPRP
  • Patrick H. Macleod APR, FCPRS(H) L.M - Individual
  • David McAsey APR, FCPRS(H) L.M - Calgary
  • Edmund Murray APR, FCPRS(H) L.M - Nova Scotia
  • Jim Osborne APR, FCPRS(H) L.M - Calgary
  • Carl Radimer APR, FCPRS(H) - Manitoba
  • Bill Rees APR, FCPRS(H) L.M - Edmonton
  • Roberta Resnick APR, FCPRS(H) L.M - Toronto
  • Lesley Spencer APR, FCPRS(H) L.M - Toronto
  • Hugh Tilley APR, FCPRS(H) L.M - Toronto
  • Pierre Tremblay O.C., ARP, FSCRP(H) L.M - SQPRP
  • Aimé Trudel ARP, FSCRP(H) L.M - SQPRP
  • Hilda Wilson APR, FCPRS(H) L.M - Toronto