By Donna Lindell, Professor & Coordinator Yesterday I stood in front of my public relations students in my Communications Management II class for the last time….final class is Thursday with a test. At the end of the class, there was a long, noticeable silence. It was the space students were giving me to give them…
As part of Centennial College’s unique Storyworks course, offered in second semester, students get to create and execute a real campaign for a real client. A group of six students working for non-profit CivicAction, worked with survey company Maru/Matchbox to design a survey of millennials asking them what issues they wanted their civic leaders to…
Video produced by CCPR student for their Storyworks client, CivicAction.
Hello everyone. I am Milena and my story with Toronto started 2016 just when I arrived to Canada. I didn’t know much about Toronto and yet here I am. It became the city where I want build my future in. And to me, a city is all about people living in community. So today I…
Presented by: Marguerite Holland It was a snowy night in December and I was waiting to cross the road at the intersection of Carlaw and Danforth, in Toronto’s east end. The walk signal lit up and I started crossing the road, while keeping my eye on the only vehicle that was signaling left – a…
Toronto needs to ditch the car Hi, I’m Emily, and I think Toronto should ditch the car and make more space for pedestrians, cyclists, and transit users. I love living in a city where I have multiple ways to get from point A to B, whether it’s strolling down the street, whizzing by on my…
Hi my name is Quyen and I want to share my experience in J.O.B.S. Jobs. Back in the 90s when my parents were 20, they gave birth to me in the red cross refugee camp in Indonesia. We had refugee status because of the Vietnam War and had a choice to move. Out of all…
We’re so proud of our students, we can hardly stand it! This year, students who began our program in September 2016 won three student awards for excellence in Communications Plans, done, by the way, for REAL clients. Congratulations to the student teams: And a huge congratulations to Student of the Year, CCPR student Priya Khemchandra,…
By Samantha White, Class of ’17 I can safely say that Storyworks is not like any class I have taken before. The amount of real-life client work I have been fortunate enough to work on is preparing me for my career, and I am thankful for that. I entered the CCPR program with a bachelor’s…
By Priyanka Nasta, Class of 2017, International student I remember my first day starting the communications and public relations (CCPR) program at the Story Arts Centre. I was new to the country, didn’t have any friends, didn’t know anyone and hadn’t even secured an accommodation yet. Despite all this, I felt fairly confident about going…
