Ontario’s 43rd General Election has, so far, gone mostly according to script. The governing PCs entered the campaign with a significant advantage in polls and continue to hold strong while the opposition NDP and Liberal campaigns have sought, mostly without success, to position themselves in front of each other as the main challenger to the … Read more

Millennials and Gen Z make up the largest voting bloc in Canada, but a combination of widespread disinterest in, and apathy about, politics and perceived voting barriers is leading to consistently low voter turnout in this voting bloc during elections. Many young people do not identify with the current political landscape or those who are … Read more

The Ontario government has committed to a generation-defining $28.5 billion New Subways Plan in the GTA. So why are we only discussing fares? It’s been four years since critics first derided Doug Ford’s subways plans as “back of a napkin” planning. Those same plans are now backed by all levels of government, fully funded, with … Read more

A few weeks ago, H+K Canada hosted Grounded in the Metaverse — a talk and Q+A designed to give our clients and partners a basic understanding of this new landscape and the potential it holds. With speakers including Andy Hood, Vice President of Emerging Technology for WPP, Ruby Quince, UK Creative Director and Jed Phillips … Read more

Overview Yesterday evening at Toronto’s TVO Broadcast Centre, the leaders of Ontario’s four major political parties faced off in the last official debate before the June 2nd provincial election. Doug Ford (Ontario Progressive Conservative Party; PC), Andrea Horwath (Ontario New Democratic Party; NDP), Steven Del Duca (Ontario Liberal Party; OLP), and Mike Schreiner (Green Party … Read more

A Sector in Transition Fuelled by the devastation brought on by COVID-19 and seen across the province — and country — the challenges facing Ontario’s long-term care (LTC) sector have come into sharp focus. This renewed focus on LTC isn’t only true for the thousands of families with loved ones residing in Ontario’s LTC homes, … Read more

On April 21, H+K Canada hosted Grounded in the Metaverse — a talk and Q+A designed to give our clients and partners a basic understanding of this new landscape and the potential it holds. With speakers including Greg Gray, Creative Director, H+K Canada, Andy Hood, Vice-President of Emerging Technology for WPP, Ruby Quince, H+K UK … Read more

Hill+Knowlton Strategies (H+K) is building on the success of its creative studio with the addition of Greg Gray, Sharon Serebro, Josh Sam and Kimberly Dabrowski. These diverse creatives join an experienced and accomplished creative studio made up of art directors, designers, copywriters and other specialists. These additions will help H+K continue to innovate the future … Read more

Overview It has been four years since the Ontario Liberals were ousted from government leaving only a fraction of their Members of Provincial Parliament standing in the legislature. Moreover, it has been two years since Steven Del Duca took the helm as leader of the party. These events underpin the two primary hurdles for the … Read more

Hill+Knowlton Strategies (H+K), one of Canada’s leading public relations + public affairs firms, is pleased to announce the addition of Jessica Fralick as Vice President, Corporate Advisory, specializing in reputational risk and issues + crisis management. Jessica joins the firm with over a decade of experience helping clients across a range of industries, from consumer, … Read more