Issues Management + Executive Communications

The Issues Management and Executive Communications team supports university leadership through issues management, strategic communications, and executive messaging. Reporting to Gail Fredrickson, we help the university respond to complex and evolving situations, advance institutional priorities, and communicate with clarity, consistency and purpose.

What We Do

• Provide strategic communications advice to university leadership.
• Coordinate crisis and emergency communications responses.
• Develop communications strategies for institutional priorities and major initiatives.
• Coordinate reactive media relations and institutional positioning.
• Develop executive communications, speeches and key messaging.
• Monitor emerging issues and support institutional readiness.

Contact Us

News monitoring feedback, requests and news tips: news.monitoring@ualberta.ca

Key Links:

• Office of the Vice-President (External Relations)
• U of A Strategic Communications
• University of Alberta News
• U of A in the News
• Media Resources and Contacts
• Emergency Information and Procedures