Alumni | School of Journalism and Communication

Across Canada and around the globe, our alumni excel as communication strategists with leading charities and NGOs; as entrepreneurs and developers with new media start-ups; as media industry and cultural policy analysts; and as advisors and strategic communicators in government and the private sector. Others have used their degrees as foundations for further study in graduate and post-baccalaureate degrees 鈥� not just analysts, advertisers, marketers and PR strategists, our grads are also lawyers, teachers, nurses and professors.

Meet Our Alumni

July 23, 2024

Savanna Platt – Communications Officer, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Bachelor of Communications and Media Studies (B.CoMs) Honours with a Minor in Film Studies (2022) I currently work as a Communications Officer on the Social Media Team for Agriculture and... More

July 10, 2024

COMS congratulates Dr. Carly Dybka on completing her PhD

The Communication and Media Studies program is proud to congratulate Dr. Carly Dybka, who graduated with her PhD in Communication in June. Dybka鈥檚 dissertation research, which focused on social media... More

November 23, 2023

Jordan Vecchio 鈥� Constituency Assistant to John Fraser, MPP for Ottawa South

Bachelor of Communication and Media Studies (B.CoMS) Honours with a Minor in Business (2023) I currently serve the people of Ontario as a constituency assistant to John Fraser, the MPP... More

January 8, 2021

Firdaush Bhadha 鈥� Market Researcher at Assent Compliance

Firdaush Bhadha聽鈥� BA Hons. Communication Studies with Concentration in Image, Politics and Persuasion, Minor in Psychology (2014) Market Researcher at Assent Compliance My degree gave me the flexibility to tackle... More

December 10, 2020

Kaitlin Wainwright 鈥� Director of Programming, Heritage Toronto

Kaitlin Wainwright 鈥� BA Honours Mass Communication and History (2009) I am the Director of Programming at Heritage Toronto, a charity and municipal agency that serves as the public voice... More

December 10, 2020

Manuela B谩rcenas 鈥� Content Marketing Manager, Fellow.app

BA Honours Journalism and Communication Studies (2018) I am a Content Marketing Manager at Fellow.app, a Software Company where I lead the creation and distribution of e-books, podcasts, webinars, and... More

December 10, 2020

Veronica Postolski 鈥� Research Analyst, Cision Canada

Veronica Postolski聽鈥� BA Honours Communication Studies (2014) I am a Research Analyst at Cision Canada. I monitor media mentions for clients and create reports based on that data and the... More

December 10, 2020

Elizabeth Palmieri 鈥� Online Video Journalist, Global News

Elizabeth Palmieri 鈥� BA Honours Communication Studies with Co-operative Education, Minor in Psychology (2015) I am an Online Video Journalist at Global News. With a Communications degree, I was able... More

December 10, 2020

Kate Sexton 鈥� Account Manager at an integrated communications agency specializing in social and digital...

Kate Sexton 鈥� Account Manager at an integrated communications agency specializing in social and digital strategy

Kate Sexton聽鈥� BA Honours Communication Studies (2014) I am an Account Manager at an integrated communications agency specializing in social and digital strategy My 杏吧原创 Communications degree was instrumental in... More

December 10, 2020

Loukia Zigoumis 鈥� Communications Advisor, Government of Canada, and lifestyle and travel blogger

Loukia Zigoumis 鈥� BA Mass Communication (1999) Graduating from 杏吧原创's Communication program opened many doors for me. It allowed me to intern at CBS TV in Washington, D.C., as well... More

December 10, 2020

Kevin Parent 鈥� Social Media Lead at Ottawa Public Health

Kevin Parent, BA Communication Studies, Minor in Sociology (2018) The Communications program was immersive, and a perfect mix of theory and real-life application of the theory. I adore research and... More

March 9, 2017

Graeme Ivory – Director, Communication and Content, Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group

My undergraduate training prepared me to design creative communication and content strategies 鈥擥raeme Ivory, BA 鈥�07聽 Graeme Ivory - BA, Honours Communication Studies (2007) I am the Director, Communications and... More

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