CMST 2PR3
PUBLIC RELATIONS: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES
Winter 2026 · Public Relations:Princ&Prac · C01
Readings
- Etext Public Relations Canadian Edition 6 Month AccessISBN 9780199029952; 9780199029914
Fall 2026 · Public Relations:Princ&Prac · C01
Readings
- eText Canadian PR For The Real World - 6 Month AccessISBN 9780135880388
Fall 2026 · C01
Topics
- CPR, ch. 1 (“Public Relations in Canada”)
- Dan Guadanolo, “Public Relations Is Bad News,” The Conversation , August 11, 2020, https://theconversation.com/public-relations-is-bad-news-143230
- CPR, ch. 2 (“Influencing Public Opinion: The Foundation of PR Then and Now”)
- CPR, ch. 3 (“Corporate Social Responsibility, Cause PR, and Environmental PR”)
- Scott Martin, “Hypocrisy Aside, Bell’s ‘Let’s Talk’ Campaign Is Deeply Harmful,” The Maple , January 24, 2022, https://www.readthemaple.com/hypocrisy-aside-bells-lets-talk-campaign-is-deeply-harmful/
- CPR, ch. 5 (“Writing for PR”)
- John DiMarco, “Writing Technical, Persuasive, and News Communication,” in Communications Writing and Design (Oxford: Wiley Blackwell, 2017), 9-44
- CPR, ch. 8 (“Digital and Social Media and Public Relations”)
- CPR, ch. 4 (“The Public Relations Plan”)
- CPR, ch. 9 (“Internal Communications”)
- CPR, ch. 11 (“Issues Management and Crisis Communications”)
- “Crisis Management and Communications,” Institute for Public Relations (September 23, 2014), https://instituteforpr.org/crisis-management-communications/
Readings
- Canadian PR for the Real WorldPearson · ISBN 9780135880388
- Note: students may choose to use an older edition, but do so at their own risk (in the event some material has been updated, revised, or is no longer available).
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- Campus Store (short title) ↗
- Campus Store reading list ↗Winter 2026
- Campus Store reading list ↗Fall 2026
- Course outline / syllabus ↗Fall 2026