Stacey Johnson
Stacey Johnson is the editor of Signals and a contributor. For 25 years, Stacey has been providing strategic communications counsel to government, corporate, technology and health organizations. She began her career at the CTV Television Network and then moved to Hill & Knowlton Canada where she advised clients in a variety of industries and sectors. Stacey is the Vice President, Communications and Marketing for CCRM, a leader in developing and commercializing regenerative medicine-based technologies and cell and gene therapies. She has a Master's degree in Public Relations. You can follow her on Twitter @msstaceyerin.
Posts by: Stacey
Cell and gene therapies are a game changer for patients. As academics and industry have been saying for years now, these therapies offer the promise of cures for previously incurable diseases and disorders. There were over 1,000 clinical trials underway worldwide at the end of the first quarter of 2019.[1] The U.S. Food and Drug […]
Canadian science groups and a non-partisan organization that promotes the “transparent use of evidence in government decision-making in Canada” have come together to launch a national campaign before Canadians go to the polls this fall to elect their federal representatives. The #VoteScience campaign, organized by Science & Policy Exchange, Toronto Science Policy Network and Evidence […]
Cancer is the leading cause of death in the world. Julio C. Valencia, NCI Center for Cancer Research, CC BY-SA Synthetic biology is an exciting discipline that, according to SynBio Canada, “represents a maturation of genetic engineering and biotechnology.” Medicine by Design names synthetic biology as an engineering design principle that will help accelerate breakthroughs in […]
Propaganda is everywhere these days. Even (especially?) at a conference for public relations professionals. La Generalista, aka Alicia Wanless, was the opening keynote speaker at the recent Canadian Public Relations Society’s (CPRS) “Evolving Expectations” annual conference, held this year in Edmonton, Alberta. Ms. Wanless, a researcher at King’s College London, is an expert on information […]
There’s a new blog in town and it’s in direct competition to Signals. Or is it? In our information saturated world, there is a great deal of competition for your attention. In 2015, Netflix users had streamed 42.5 billion hours of video and its users collectively spent 140 hours a day watching content from a […]
Right Turn: PR, propaganda, science, storytelling and a soupçon of stem cells
Propaganda is everywhere these days. Even (especially?) at a conference for public relations professionals. La Generalista, aka Alicia Wanless, was the opening keynote speaker at the recent Canadian Public Relations Society’s (CPRS) “Evolving Expectations” annual conference, held this year in Edmonton, Alberta. Ms. Wanless, a researcher at King’s College London, is an expert on information […]