CPRS Northern Lights

Save the date! The CPRS Northern Lights chapter will hold its Annual General Meeting on June 19, 2024. Further details will come out at a later time.

CPRS Northern Lights is excited to bring its members an exciting and engaging one-day conference in Prince George!

Date: October 13, 2023

Time: Conference 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. | Dinner + Keynote 6:00 p.m. – 9 p.m.

Location: Conference Space at UNBC | Dinner TBD

Seats to this event are limited.

Tickets sales end on Oct. 6.

Highlights include:

• Tim Connrad, APR will kick off the day with a moderated discussion about his work on the front lines of three Emergency Operations Centres responding to wildfires across BC. He’ll discuss the changing landscape of emergency operations communications, the impact of the Meta news-block on social media platforms and share some success stories that included multiple national media reports.
• Robert Doane from CBC will be our keynote speaker at our dinner gala discussing the national broadcaster’s soon-to-be released National Indigenous Strategy. He’ll also discuss how an Indigenous strategy for any organization must be beyond metrics and be a part of the solution(s) needed to make the world a better place then we found it. He’ll also discuss how trauma and real world realities we face… how a strategy must extend into communities in a meaningful way.  

Register your spot here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/721546544137?aff=oddtdtcreator

Every great conference is supported by great sponsors!

Would you like to sponsor this event?

We are so grateful for any consideration to sponsor the inaugural Canadian Public Relations Society Northern Lights’ Fall Conference!

Our membership consists of communication professionals who work, live and support organizations across northern B.C.

CPRS NL members hold themselves to a high standard of ethics and professionalism.

Your sponsorship of this event helps provide continued professional development for our members, and assists in showing the benefits of CPRS to non-members. It also helps inspire emerging communication professionals.

Supporting our first Fall Conference ensures we can stay connected with one another to learn from each other, and navigate the ever-changing landscape of communications. This in turn, benefits the organizations we work for and partner with on a daily basis.

Benefits: Recognition on CPRS NL Facebook and website; digital brand and logo visibility during conference; multiple mentions during, pre- and post-conference.

We’re happy to share our new Northern Lights board of directors, elected following our Annual General Meeting in June.

President | Julie Rogers

Vice President | Eryn Collins

Treasurer/Secretary | Stephanie Deol

Communications Chair | Cameron Orr

Membership Chair | Mike Kellett

Accreditation Chair | Holly Plato

Professional Development Chair | Kyla Graham

Director at Large | Katherine Voigt.

Northern Lights’ Annual General Meeting will be on June 22 starting at 3:00 p.m.

We will have things start off with a special guest speaker, Chris Obst. Chris will talk on the subject of leading others with inspiration, authenticity, and courage, without burning yourself out!

An email with the agenda and a link to join via Zoom will be sent to Northern Lights members soon.

E-mail cprsnl@gmail.com if you have any question.

See you there!

Each month, the Northern Lights CPRS chapter holds a professional development session over a lunch hour, either to hear from experts in the field or just to toss ideas back and forth.

Our next session will be March 15, at noon. It will be an open discussion.

Joining Northern Lights puts you into a supportive, welcoming professional network of northern communicators and public relations people of all skills and experience. You can learn more about CPRS and how to join our chapter by visiting the Canadian Public Relations website here.

Our monthly Lunch and Learns are held on the third Wednesday of each month.