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Kruger Products
North Strategic Awarded PR AOR for Kruger Products
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Canada’s #1 tissue products manufacturer announces expanded partnership with North Strategic to provide public relations and influencer marketing support across its business Kruger Products, Canada’s leading paper manufacturer of Cashmere®, Purex®, Scotties®, and SpongeTowels®, today announced its expanded and integrated communications partnership with North Strategic as its official PR Agency of Record. The collaboration marks…

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Spider-Man 2 game
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 game launch is my PR dream
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By Simon Langlois, Senior Account Manager  —  “Office geek” is a badge I wear with pride.  When I started at North Strategic, I forced colleagues into conversations about video games—or anything fantasy and sci-fi, really—and my managers caught on quickly. They had me work on the Ubisoft account right away, one of the biggest video…

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Speechwriting and delivery
Speechwriting and delivery for thought leaders
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By Jonathan Forani, Senior Editorial and Media Strategist; and Jennifer Britton, Senior Account Director — A good speech doesn’t come out of thin air. Despite what proponents of artificial intelligence technology might tell you, a good speech requires more than a thoughtfully worded set of prompts. It also takes more than knowledge and charisma alone.…

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Indigenous Truth and Reconciliation
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: Validation and healing on Orange Shirt Day
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By Jackie Dunham, Editorial and Media Strategist  — Since 2021, Canadians commemorate National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30. The day honours the children who never returned home and survivors of residential schools, as well as their families and communities. For Dr. Jennifer Mervyn, a registered psychologist with expertise in decolonizing Western approaches…

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PR Interns
12 Questions with North Strategic’s PR Interns
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At North Strategic, our PR interns are like celebrities to us. That’s why we gave the Vogue treatment to this most recent duo, Kayla Ferns-Hackshaw and Yarin Gurevich, who just wrapped their exciting summer internships this week. But their time at North isn’t ending here. Recently, they took us on a tour of North’s new…

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Pro bono PR services
Our largest ever DE&I pro bono project: #BlackYouthCan
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By Nicole Grant, Sr. Vice President — Today we launch Publicis Groupe Canada’s largest ever pro bono campaign, #BlackYouthCan in support of the CEE Centre for Young Black Professionals (“CEE” stands for Careers, Education, Empowerment). I’m proud of this team, the cause and the work. And I hope this creates real and lasting change on…

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PR in Quebec North Strategic
PR in Quebec is about adaptation, not translation
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By Simon Langlois, Senior Account Manager, Montreal — If there is one sentence that I have repeated over and over during my years at North, it’s this: PR for the Quebec market is not about translation, it’s about adaptation. When presented with the added challenge of the French language in Quebec (and communities in other…

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North Strategic Toronto office
New Toronto office, same North Strategic
New Toronto office, same North Strategic 1017 763 Jonathan Forani

This summer, we’re turning over a new leaf – and opening new doors. While we said goodbye to our favourite parking attendants, eateries, and watering holes on King Street, North Strategic and Notch Video are excited to announce a new chapter: We have officially opened our new Toronto office at 111 Queen Street East. Just…

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5 ways North Strategic is doing PR differently
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By Jackie Dunham, Editorial and Media Strategist, and Jonathan Forani, Senior Editorial and Media Strategist — From media relations to public affairs to crisis management, public relations agencies provide a wide range of services to generate awareness and positive sentiment for their clients’ brands, products and services. But not all PR firms are created equal.…

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Meta Threads app
Should brands add Threads to the social channel mix?
Should brands add Threads to the social channel mix? 1024 683 Jonathan Forani

By Jean-Philippe Guay, Directeur de comptes, Montreal; Jonathan Forani, Senior Editorial and Media Strategist; and Nupur Abrol, Account Manager, Digital — Meta’s Threads app is no doubt the app of the moment, having clocked the fastest acquisition in social media history. But is the hype fading? As the dust settles on the app’s early days,…

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