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| Terry Flynn, APR | | Professor & Director of the MCM Degree Program | DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University
| For more than twenty years, Terry has built an international public relations practice, specializing in environmental communication and community relations with such companies and organizations as: the Navy Environmental Health Center, the Chemical Manufacturers' Association, the U.S. Army, the Air National Guard, the Defense Logistics Agency, the Air Combat Command, Hercules, Ciba Specialty Chemicals, Allied Signal, the American Gas Association, the Edison Electric Institute, Duquesne Light Company, Florida Power Corporation, the Southern Company and the Town of Walkerton, Ontario.
During his professional career, Dr. Flynn's work has been internationally recognized by: Canadian Public Relations Society, the International Association of Business Communicators, the Community Relations Awards program and the Apex Awards for Publication Excellence. In 1993 he received his APR designation from the Canadian Public Relations Society. He is a member of the Counselor's Academy of the Public Relations Society of America, the Society of Risk Analysis, and the Association of Educators in Journalism and Mass Communication. He is also a member of the Reputation Institute.
Terry is an expert media, risk and crisis communication trainer. During his career he has prepared governmental and corporate spokespeople for local, regional and national communication initiatives.
In August 2004, Dr. Flynn completed his doctoral degree in Mass Communications, specializing in Crisis and Risk Communication, at the internationally renowned S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. He also has a Masters of Science in Communications Management from Syracuse University.
Born in Kitchener, Ontario, Terry received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Carleton University in Ottawa. In 1982, he was appointed Special Assistant to the Canadian Minister of the Environment, a position he held until 1984.
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