We're excited to announce our fourth annual Communications Bootcamp for underrepresented youth in grades 10-12 here in Edmonton August 13 to 15, 2026!
This program continues to empower young voices and provide hands-on media experience to students who might not otherwise have these opportunities.
If you know talented high school students who would benefit from this program, please share this post and encourage them to apply.
Application and video with program details are available through the Linktree link in our bio.
Help us build the next generation of diverse storytellers!
#CommunicationsEducation #YouthEmpowerment #Edmonton #MediaDiversity
The Public Relations Club is excited to present a Spring Soirée: An Evening With Alumni!
When: April 29, 2026 - 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Where: The Lookout (SA-200), SAMU Building
MacEwan University. 10850 104 Avenue NW
Anyone is welcome! Students, faculty, alumni, and other communications professionals. Join us for an elegant evening as we celebrate the closing chapter of the public relations diploma program and the incredible journey we have shared. This special night brings us together to reflect, reconnect and raise a glass to what comes next. Enjoy exciting door prizes, delicious hors d’oeuvres, live music, and a complimentary drink.
We are excited to talk about the new public relations major coming to the communications degree this fall!
Dress Code: Springtime elegance! Think soft pastels, muted blues, florals and sophisticated seasonal style.
Please note: Attendees are responsible for parking. Parking options include nearby parkades, surface lots, and street E-park zones (rates may vary).
Link to tickets is in bio.
Students - use discount code STUDENT at checkout
If you have any questions, please contact the MacEwan Public Relations Club at [email protected] with the subject line “Spring Event Inquiry”
We can't wait to celebrate with you!"
Thanks to everyone who participated in or attended the MacEwan Documentary Short Film Festival on April 1, 2026. A partnership between our program and Arts & Cultural Management, the evening brought together filmmakers, students, and community to celebrate powerful storytelling by emerging MacEwan creators.
A strong showing from our program! Best Student Film went to graduating BCS student Eric To (BCSC 302: Online Content Production, taught by Marlene Wurfel), and Best Alumni Film to grads Adrian Ting and Savannah Johnson (based on work from BCSC 207: Documentary Film Principles and Practices, taught by Sheena Rossiter). Film links and photos below.
Shoutout to Marlene Wurfel and Dr. David Garfinkle for adjudicating, and to our partners in Arts & Cultural Management—Chair Heather Fitzsimmons Frey, instructor Candace Makowichuk , and the AGAD 223 student organizing team.
The evening began with a reception and red carpet, followed by seven short documentaries exploring culture, identity, community, careers, music, and faith, and wrapped with a filmmaker Q&A.
Congratulations to all filmmakers, and thank you to the students, staff, adjudicators, donors, and volunteers who made this event possible.
- Best Student Film: Steel to Sneakers: A Career Change From Engineering – Directed by Erica To
- Best Alumni Film: Keeping Traditions Alive – Directed by Adrian Ting & Savannah Johnson
The program featured the following documentaries:
- Plan B: Zac Kenny's Story – Directed by Kaden Schell
- Keeping Traditions Alive – Directed by Adrian Ting & Savannah Johnson
- Lucky Keith – Directed by Sami Fitzgerald
- A Kyrgyz Story: Preserving Culture – Directed by Julietta Harvey & Emilie Rubayita
- This Young Adults Church Community is Not What You Think – Directed by Alice Hategekimana
- Community Strong – Directed by Kaden Schell & Neal Yong
- Steel to Sneakers: A Career Change From Engineering – Directed by Erica To
Events like this highlight the strength of Edmonton’s film community and the importance of supporting the next generation of storytellers.
Department Chair Iain Macpherson recently delivered a keynote, “From Silos to Signal: Strengthening the City’s Voice,” for the City of Edmonton’s Strategic Communications team, on the relationship between internal and organizational communication in municipal messaging—and how aligning internal and external communication can produce clearer, more effective public messaging.
Watch the recording via the link in our Instagram bio (Linktree).
NEXT WEEK: Join us for April’s Energy Talks!! Vivian Giang explores how creation stories shape contemporary debates over natural resource development, focusing on geothermal projects in Hawai‘i and Aotearoa–New Zealand 🔥🌎😶🌫️ Learn how perspectives differ in Native Hawaiian and Māori cultures when it comes to the land & resource management, and the importance of ongoing consent 🤝
📆 Wednesday, April 15
🕖 7:00 - 8:30 PM
📍 Edmonton Public Library Strathcona Branch
Register here at the link in our bio! 🔗
A special premiere of “The Perfect Match” at the Northwest Film Festival on April 11 at 7 PM at Metro Cinema. This powerful documentary, directed by Sandro Silva, and produced by Sheena Rossiter, Assistant Professor for MacEwan University Department of Communication, follows a Ghanaian father’s inspiring advocacy for stem cell donation after his son’s battle with rare cancer.
As stated by the Canadian Blood Services organization, “currently people who are Black, Indigenous, Asian, Hispanic or of mixed-race heritage collectively make up only about a third of registrants.” This initiative is aimed at ensuring the Black community has direct access to this critical conversation about representation and health equity.
It is not just a slogan when we say “Representation Matters.” Representation saves lives.
Tickets can be purchased at Showpass - see linktree in bio
All are welcome! Please share and spread the word! Let’s pack up the theatre! Come one, come all!
hashtag#ThePerfectMatch hashtag#HealthEquity hashtag#BlackCommunity hashtag#RepresentationMatters
Join us for April’s Energy Talks!! Vivian Giang explores how creation stories shape contemporary debates over natural resource development, focusing on geothermal projects in Hawai‘i and Aotearoa–New Zealand. 🔥🌎😶🌫️ Learn how perspectives differ in Native Hawaiian and Māori cultures when it comes to the land & resource management, and the importance of ongoing consent 🤝
📆 Wednesday, April 15
🕖7:00 - 8:30 PM
📍 @epldotca Strathcona Branch
Register using the link in our bio!! 🔗✨
The Public Relations Club is excited to present a Spring Soirée: An Evening With Alumni!
Join us for an elegant evening as we celebrate the closing chapter of the Public Relations diploma program and the incredible journey we have shared. Anyone is welcome! This special night brings us together as students, alumni and faculty to reflect, reconnect and raise a glass to what comes next.
Please enjoy:
- A complimentary drink included with your ticket
- Delicious hors d’oeuvres
- Speeches from the Public Relations Club executives, faculty, alumni and the Canadian Public Relations Society (CPRS)
- Live music
- Exciting door prizes
- A bar with additional drinks available for purchase
- Opportunity for mingling and making lasting connections
Let’s toast to growth, achievement and the bright futures ahead!
Dress Code: Springtime elegance! Think soft pastels, muted blues, florals and sophisticated seasonal style.
Please Note: Attendees are responsible for parking. Parking options include nearby parkades, surface lots, and street E-park zones (rates may vary).
If you have any questions, please contact the MacEwan Public Relations Club at [email protected] with the subject line “Spring event inquiry”
We can't wait to celebrate with you!
Ticket info in Linktree (link in bio)
Discount code for students: STUDENT
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If you have questions please email [email protected].
BCS students may be able to take this course as a Breadth Requirement or a major option/minor option; talk with Student Advisor Susan Dut about that.
👉 Info + sign-up in Linktree (link in bio)
Deadline June 15th!
Journalism Bootcamp 2025!
Open to Edmonton & Area High School students in grades 10 – 12!
We highly encourage students from diverse and underrepresented communities to apply.
Sign up today to jump into the world of Journalism and gain new skills!
⭐Appreciate the importance of representation in the media.
⭐Gain an understanding of journalistic reporting and media production work.
⭐Learn some of the tools and techniques used in journalism and media production.
⭐Interact and network with local media professionals and educators.
The form can be found in the linktree in our bio!
Or the direct link to Application Form here: https://forms.gle/YC8acGEj4kqTyXkZ6
Any questions, please reach out to our Academic Advisor, Susan Dut at [email protected].
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Please join for an amazing evening on June 18th, featuring award-winning Afghan journalist Zahra Nader!
This event is sponsored by Right to Learn Afghanistan (formerly Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan) and MacEwan University.
"Zahra is the courageous editor of "The Zan Times" - () and leads an investigative newsroom focused on human rights violations in Afghanistan with a focus on women and girls. After her talk, journalist Graham Thomson will moderate a Q and A with the audience.
We'll enjoy some nibbles and a complimentary glass of wine - and watch our own Sheri Somerville lift up the room with her inimitable spirit - as she raises some fun, and some funds in an auction for RTLA's work. You'll be out by 9 - but you'll have had an uplifting evening with friends for an important cause. Bring along a few friends of your own!"
Tickets are only $20!
You can use the QR code to get to Eventbrite and get your tickets (quantity limited) - or follow this link to get there: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/journalism-as-resistance-how-afghan-women-journalists-cover-the-taliban-tickets-1308366873539?aff=oddtdtcreator
#BCS #Journalism #MacEwan
