Canadian Public Relations Society Vancouver

Since 1959, Canadian Public Relations Society Vancouver (CPRS) has served public relations practitioners and communications specialists in British Columbia as a networking and professional development organization.

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No Good Deed: Can ethics be compartmentalized?

No Good Deed is a column devoted to the discussion of ethical challenges we may face in our profession. Each issue we’ll feature a member’s dilemma and ask three PR experts to comment on it. We’d love to hear from you, too, so please weigh in on the various “what would you do if…” problems your colleagues are confronted with.

Social Listening: Upcoming Professional Development Event!

Gaylene Macdonald (VP of Digital, Canada West, for Edelman), Fiona Burrows (Assistant Director, Community Relations for Simon Fraser University), and Robert Willis (Manager of Social Media and Digital Content for TransLink) share their tools, tips and tricks for social listening.

How Mark Zuckerberg’s Handling of The Cambridge Analytica Scandal May Actually Be Good For Facebook

In mid-March, when allegations surfaced that Facebook had facilitated the unethical mining and distribution of up to 87 million users’ data, many saw it as a hovering second foot in the grave of the social network. While platforms like Instagram, Snapchat, and YouTube continue to mature and evolve, Facebook had seemingly become....