Published: February 10, 2025; Aithor: Julia Sonrisa
In this lively one-hour webinar hosted by the Information Integrity Lab, we will examine misinformation and disinformation through the lens of a communications or organizational leader. These phenomena often drown out the real picture of what is going on, creating anxiety and panic or discouraging people from taking the right steps to reduce the risk to their families and their communities.
In this interactive webinar, you will learn from seasoned communications professionals, Barry J. McLoughlin and Laura M. Peck as well as Jennifer Irish, the Director of the University of Ottawa’s Information Integrity Lab.
Barry J. McLoughlin, President of TLC Transformational Leadership Consultants Inc. provides strategic communications counsel to CEOs, Ministers, and political leaders across Canada. Barry received his Master of Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School and has conducted over 2500 seminars for public, private, and non-profit leaders across North America and around the world. Barry is a regular media commentator on media, politics, and public policy.
Laura M. Peck, Vice-President of TLC Transformational Leadership Consultants Inc., specializes in training and coaching senior leaders in every sector in leadership communications strategies and skills. Laura teaches ‘Strategic Communications for the Master of Business Administration and Economic Development at the Shannon School of Business at Cape Breton University and lectures in the Executive Strategic and Intelligence Certificate Program at the Telfer School of Management.
Jennifer Irish, Director of the Information Integrity Lab, University of Ottawa, advancing understanding, analysis, and knowledge transfer related to disinformation and misinformation. She serves concurrently as an Associate at uOttawa’s Telfer Centre for Executive Leadership and as Program Director of its Executive Security and Intelligence Leadership Certificate. She brings to these positions previous extensive leadership experience in Canada’s foreign service and government in national security and international affairs.
Ms. Irish’s 35-year career in the foreign service and federal government included 5 diplomatic postings abroad, and leadership experience in international security, global environment issues, human rights, and humanitarian affairs. In Canada’s Security and Intelligence Community, she led in intelligence assessment and global threats and trends analysis, including as Director General at the Integrated Terrorism Assessment Centre which assesses threats to Canada related to terrorism and extremism. She also served as the Director of Operations of the Intelligence Assessment Secretariat of Canada’ Privy Council Office, which provides strategic global intelligence assessments for high-level government decision-makers.
Ms. Irish also provides professional training services in leadership, management, business and decision-making processes, strategic analysis, briefings, and engagement strategies, to national security. law enforcement and other clients.
Time: 12:00-1:00 pm EST
Free!
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