Spanning 240 km, Ultramar’s proposed Pipeline Saint-Laurent would link the Lévis-based refinery with the distribution centre in east Montréal – but not without approvals from various ministries, organizations and regulatory bodies. We worked with Ultramar to manage the complex government requirements ranging from permits to the successful adoption of two private members’ bills (Bill n°229 … Read more
Edmonton, AB – July 17, 2012 – Hill+Knowlton Strategies (H+K), Canada’s No. 1-rated public relations and public affairs firm, is pleased to welcome Catherine Keill to its Edmonton, Alta., office as a senior account director. Ms. Keill brings extensive expertise in policy analysis, government relations and corporate communications through her work during the past 15 … Read more
Each year, we develop and implement a multi-channel communications program profiling Mercer as a thought-leader with human resources and business professionals in Canada. We profile their experts, speaking opportunities, webinars, whitepapers, original research and corporate social responsibility activities. Our relationships with business, retirement and human resource management media and keen knowledge of Mercer’s core sectors … Read more
Halton Healthcare Services, which operates hospitals in Oakville, Milton and Halton Hills, asked H+K to develop and implement a community engagement and communications strategy to build support for the New Oakville Hospital. Community acceptance was needed to relocate the hospital to the north end of town and for municipal funding for the redevelopment project. After … Read more
For more than four years, we have worked with Ducks Unlimited Canada to promote the organization’s wetland conservation efforts in Quebec. This fall, we handled the company’s important announcement of its successful acquisition of a vast area of land in the Outaouais region. On hand for the event were Peter Kent, Canada’s Minister of the … Read more
To challenge Canadians and their health-care professionals to start the conversation about arthritis, we helped Arthritis Consumer Experts and The Arthritis Society co-launch a bilingual program: the National Arthritis Awareness Program. Integrating numerous arthritis organizations – under the slogan “Arthritis is Cured! (if you want it)” – we helped develop an arthritis diagnostic tool, debunk … Read more
Anticipation of the wedding of His Royal Highness Prince William to Miss Catherine Middleton created a true global media and cultural frenzy. To mark this historic event, the Royal Canadian Mint minted two collector coins of the royal couple and engaged H+K to launch them in Canada and the UK. In the weeks leading up … Read more
To highlight her role as a champion of children, families and communities in developing nations, we helped position Plan Canada’s president and CEO Rosemary McCarney as a thought-leader. Our program ensured Plan Canada was a go-to source on international-development issues. Speaking opportunities led to a keynote at Ottawa’s Women of Influence luncheon and inclusion in … Read more
The Better Pharmacare Coalition (BPC) is an umbrella advocacy organization that represents more than two million patients in British Columbia through 11 patient groups. In 2010, the BC Government stated major changes were pending to the province’s generic drug pricing, and they were implementing components of recommendations by the Pharmaceutical Task Force. We developed a … Read more
To better understand the attitudes, knowledge and sexual behaviours of men who have, or have had, sex with men, the University of Toronto (U of T) – with the Canadian AIDS Society, AIDS Committee of Toronto and l’Université du Québec à Montréal, among others – created the Male Call Canada study. We needed to generate … Read more
