Jean Valin
Jean Valin is principal at Valin Strategic Communications. A multiple award winner, he had a 30 year career as a senior executive. He has advised senior officials and ministers of the Government of Canada on communication matters throughout his career.
He has worked on several high profile national issues such as Canada’s gun control program, anti-terrorism and organized crime legislation, same sex marriage legislation, the launch of Service Canada-Canada’s one-stop for all government services- as well as transportation policy for air, road and marine safety and security issues.
Valin is active in his professional association- the Canadian Public Relations Society (CPRS). He was awarded his accreditation (APR) in 1987 and was called to the College of Fellows in 2001 becoming the youngest member to achieve the highest level of recognition. He served as national president of CPRS in 1996-97 and has received several national public relations awards throughout his career. He is the 2014 recipient of the CPRS highest individual award: the Philip Novikoff award for lifetime achievements.
In 2000, he became a founding member of the Global Alliance for public relations and communication management- a confederation organization of more than 70 major PR associations around the world representing over 160,000 members. He was Chairman of the Global Alliance for 2004 and 2005 and continues to serve in various capacities on the Global Alliance board. In 2008 he received the President’s medal from the Chartered Institute of Public Relations in the UK. He is a co-author of the official definition of public relations adopted by the CPRS in 2008.
In 2012, he co-authored an in-depth study on corporate excellence- ‘Who has seen the future?’ and coordinated the development of the ‘Melbourne Mandate’- a call to action of new areas of value to public relations and communication management.
Co-editor of "Case studies in Public Relations from around the world" (publication 2014 and 2018. He is the recipient of the 2022 PRSA Atlas award for lifetime achievement. His current research interests include AIinPR and ethics.