About Us

Western Communications is the University’s central resource for communications and marketing advice and expertise. Our mandate is to promote, protect and enhance the University’s reputation – locally, nationally and globally. Our portfolio includes four areas of specialization:

  • Advancement Communications & Marketing
  • Brand Strategy & Integrated Marketing
  • Editorial Strategy & Media Relations
  • Strategic Communications

Key areas of specialty include:

  • Brand strategy and brand architecture
  • Brand awareness campaigns
  • Communications strategy and planning
  • Donor and alumni communications
  • Institutional and internal communications
  • Integrated communications (with faculties and units)
  • Issues management 
  • Marketing content strategy, design, production
  • Marketing resources and templates
  • Media relations
  • Media training
  • News storytelling
  • Social media strategy – Western’s central channels
  • Web strategy – Western homepage collection, among others
Need advice? Get in touch!