Patricia Parsons

Toronto Canada

Retired Professor, Communication Studies

I recently retired as (full) Professor of Communication Studies and a past chairman of the Department of Public Relations & the Department of Communication Studies at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, NS, on Canada’s east coast, where I joined the faculty after a career in health science and medical communication. My academic research and writing have been primarily in the areas of communication ethics and strategy development, and healthcare communication. Primary teaching responsibilities: communication ethics & strategic planning in the four-year BPR, as well as the MA (Communication) and the MPR programs. Founding Coordinator of the science communication program.