Philip A. Novikoff Memorial Award goes to McMaster’s Terry Flynn
'I am honoured and humbled by my nomination and the awarding of the Philip A. Novikoff Memorial Award,' said Flynn, pictured here with CPRS national president Renee McCloskey. He received a certificate and cash award, and was feted at a luncheon during the CPRS National Conference in Montreal earlier this week.
Terry Flynn was recently honoured by the Canadian Public Relations Society with the 2015 Philip A. Novikoff Memorial Award.
Established in 1989, the award is given to an accredited CPRS member who has furthered the standing of the public relations profession in Canada. The recipient contributes to the enhancement of CPRS and the betterment of the community.
Flynn, an assistant professor in McMaster’s Department of Communication Studies & Multimedia, was recognized by CPRS for his countless, significant contributions to Canadian public relations.
He received a certificate and cash award, and was feted at a luncheon during the CPRS National Conference in Montreal earlier this week.
“I am honoured and humbled by my nomination and the awarding of the Philip A. Novikoff Memorial Award,” said Flynn, who joined the University in 2004 as a faculty member in the DeGroote School of Business.
“I now stand with other Novikoff winners whom I have considered to be my mentors and our profession’s guiding lights. People like Lou Cahill and Luc Beauregard, true pioneers in our field and more recently Blair Peberdy, Colleen Killingsworth, Derrick Pieters and Jean Valin — champions of our profession and the Canadian Public Relations Society.”
Along with McMaster-Syracuse Master of Communications Management Program director Alex Sévigny, Flynn was instrumental in bringing Canada’s first and only Master of Communications Management (MCM) program to McMaster.
He is currently a member of the Board of Trustees for the Institute of Public Relations in Gainesville, Florida, as well as the A.W. Page Society in New York City. From 2006-2010, Flynn was a member of the Board of the Canadian Public Relations Society, having the pleasure of serving as the National President from 2009-2010.
His academic research has been published in the Canadian Journal of Communication, Public Relations Journal, Journal of Public Relations Research and Journal of Professional Communications.
Flynn has been actively involved in CPRS over the years, including researching and developing the official CPRS definition of public relations along with Fran Gregory and Jean Valin, and supporting the development of the CPRS Pathways to the Profession® program — helping to further the standards for public relations education in Canada.
