Fellowships
2014 Global Research Fellow. ABERJE (Association of Brazilian Business Communications). September 1 – December 31, 2014. Including a 6-week, hosted research visit to São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. (I was the first Global Research Fellow ever appointed by ABERJE)
2008 Fellow, Canadian Public Relations Society (FCPRS) The College of Fellows Canadian Public Relations Society
Awards
Scholarly
2011 Awarded. Best Professor, 2nd Year Course, McMaster MBA Association
2010 Awarded. DeGroote MBAA Basu 2nd Year Teaching Award
2002 Awarded. Leslie J. Moeller Award, Top Student Paper. Mass Communication Mass Communication & Society Division, Association for Educators in Journalism and Mass Communication
2002 Awarded. Top Student Papers, Public Relations Division and Science Communication Interest Group. Association for Educators in Journalism and Mass Communication Annual Conference, Miami
Professional
2018 Awarded. Canadian Public Relations Society “National Mentor of the Year Diamond Jubilee Award” — This award, established to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of CPRS, recognizes the outstanding effort of an accredited public relations practitioner who consistently and actively mentors public relations practitioners to advance in their careers. The Mentor of the Year exemplifies the critical role that mentoring plays in the advancement of the public relations profession. https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/terrence-terry-flynn-phd-apr-fcprs-named-canadian-public-relations-societys-mentor-of-the-year-683963681.html
2018 Awarded. Life Membership (LM) in the Canadian Public Relations Society
2015 Awarded. Philip A. Novikoff Memorial Award. Canadian Public Relations Society. “For recognition of superior and outstanding service over time as a public relations professional. Awarded to an accredited CPRS member who has furthered the standing of the public relations profession in Canada through professional practice and personal relations as well as the enhancement of CPRS and the betterment of the community.” http://www.cprs.ca/awards/NovikoffAward.aspx
2008 Awarded. William Cockman Memorial Award for Excellence in William Cockman Memorial Award for Excellence in Public Relations. Presented by the Hamilton Chapter of the Canadian Public Relations Society
1999 Awarded. “Award of Excellence”, Environmental Community Relations – “Award of Excellence”, Environmental Community Relations – Memphis Depot, Canadian Public Relations Society
1999 Awarded. “Silver Leaf Award”, Environmental Community Relations – Memphis “Silver Leaf Award”, Environmental Community Relations – Memphis Depot, International Association of Business Communicators
1995 Awarded. “New Business of the Year”, Junior Achievement of Waterloo Region
Nominations
Scholarly
2012 Nominated. DeGroote MBAA Basu 2nd Year Teaching Award
2012 Nominated. McMaster Student Union. “MSU Faculty Teaching Award”
2009 Nominated. DeGroote MBAA Basu 2nd Year Teaching Award.
2008 Nominated. DeGroote MBAA Basu 2nd Year Teaching Award.
2008 Nominated. McMaster Student Union. “Outstanding Course Professor”.