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Communications Affinity Group – Monthly Meetings

19 October 2023 - 16 November 2023 / Registration Open

The Communications Affinity Group is a forum for practitioners from across the network to meet regularly and discuss important or emerging communications and public affairs issues relevant to Canadian foundations, philanthropy and the wider non-profit and charitable sector.

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Aviv Milgram

Director, Member Engagement & Communications

The Communications Affinity Group is a forum for practitioners from across the network to meet regularly and discuss important or emerging communications and public affairs issues relevant to Canadian foundations, philanthropy and the wider non-profit and charitable sector.

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Aviv joined our team in January 2023 to lead PFC’s integrated member engagement and communications strategies and activities, in support of its advocacy, collaboration, and learning goals.

Coming from a background in both the philanthropic and non-profit sectors, Aviv’s experiences range from grants management and operations to directing strategic initiatives and stakeholder engagement. Her involvement has spanned from national philanthropy addressing community resilience, Indigenous reconciliation, and climate change, to local Montreal-based arts, culture, and heritage work in the museum sphere.

Aviv holds a BA from McGill University and an MA in Religion in Global Politics from SOAS, University of London.

Sara Krynitzki

Director, Public Affairs & Research

The Communications Affinity Group is a forum for practitioners from across the network to meet regularly and discuss important or emerging communications and public affairs issues relevant to Canadian foundations, philanthropy and the wider non-profit and charitable sector.

Learn more here.

Register below

Sara has spent over 20 years leading non-profit initiatives across Canada. She began her career in fundraising, has worked on Parliament Hill, and for over eight years managed community initiatives and granting for one of Canada’s largest community foundations, allocating millions of dollars annually, and connecting philanthropy to the greatest needs to tackle inequity.

As Director of Public Affairs and Research, Sara guides PFC’s thought-leadership, advocacy agenda, research, and public relations activities to foster good public policies for the sector and to advance impactful, forward-thinking philanthropy.

She has a BA in Political Studies from Trent University and a Master’s in Public Policy and Public Administration from Concordia University. Having lived in several communities across Canada and internationally, Sara is now based in Toronto with her husband and three children.   

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