Carolyn Jarvis
Chief Investigative Correspondent
Carolyn Jarvis
Chief Investigative Correspondent
Hailing from Richmond, B.C., Carolyn Jarvis is Global News’ award-winning Chief Investigative Correspondent.
Her work exposing the truth and seeking accountability has helped change laws, launched investigations into corporations, and sparked national conversations.
Awarded several honours in recent years for her large-scale investigations, Carolyn and her colleagues received recognition from the Canadian Hillman Foundation in 2023 for Profiting Off Kids, a two-year investigation that exposed deep flaws in Ontario’s child welfare system and the for-profit companies which house children and youth. In 2018, she was awarded a Canadian Screen Award for Best National Reportage for the investigative series, Who’s Watching?, which exposed shortcomings in Ontario’s probation system.
Carolyn’s documentary work aims to capture the humanity in every story. In 2023, she won a 2023 RTDNA award for Excellence in Innovation for the online story, Inside COVID’s Invisible Hospitals.
Her half-hour documentary, Canada’s Toxic Secret, shone a light on a troubling trend of industrial leaks and spills in Sarnia, Ont.’s “Chemical Valley” and prompted the Ontario government to fund a health review in the region. The documentary received a Silver World Medal from the New York Festivals TV & Film Awards and an Honourable Mention from the Canadian Hillman Prize.
Her reporting is frequently data-driven and deeply layered, such as the 2018 The Price of Oil series, which was the largest collaboration of Canadian journalists of that time.
From 2008 to 2016, she was the Chief Correspondent of Global News’ current affairs show, 16×9 and prior to that, she was the west coast correspondent and weekend anchor for the network’s flagship nightly newscast, Global National.
Carolyn comes from musical roots. She has a Bachelor of Music in vocal performance, has sung professionally with classical ensembles, such as Alberta’s Pro Coro, and was previously a board member of the Canadian Opera Company.
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Video Archives
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Anger, disgust, over alleged targeting of Indigenous kids
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Ontario for-profit group homes allegedly targeting Nunavut kids
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Why Grassy Narrows First Nation parents must fight to keep their kids at home
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How Grassy Narrows is fighting to keep its kids out of the child-welfare system
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Ontario child welfare money going to ‘factory mills of exploitation’: NDP
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Nunavut kids in care: Who is watching the children?
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‘These are lives. They’re not a commodity’: Indigenous kids in care allegedly targeted by for-profit companies
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Ontario health review links Sarnia-area air pollution to increased cancer risk
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Ontario proposes child welfare system changes
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Ontario ombudsman report exposes failures in Indigenous youth care
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Sarnia Children’s Aid Society’s debt erased following Global News report
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An Indigenous child welfare agency’s fight to restore culture and raise kids at home
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No group homes: Sarnia Children’s Aid Society’s bold approach to child welfare
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Ont. group home operator facing $60M proposed class-action lawsuit
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Calls grow for government probe into Ontario group homes chain Hatts Off
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Experts: There is no accountability in Ontario’s child welfare system
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Youth in Ont. group homes say they were overmedicated
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Kids risk human trafficking and drugs to escape Ontario group homes
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Ontario won’t publicize information about ‘high-risk’ group homes: Global News investigation
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Connor Homes: Ontario family behind allegedly rundown group homes also own luxury vacation rentals
Author Archives
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Nunavut vows review of costs, more checks on kids sent south amid Global News investigationNunavut says it will review what it pays providers to care for its children outside the territory amid allegations of mistreatment following Global News investigationInvestigationsMar 6
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Ford’s Conservative government failing vulnerable Indigenous youth: Ontario NDPThe Ontario NDP blasted the Ford government Tuesday, suggesting it is failing to protect vulnerable Indigenous youth in the province.PoliticsMar 5
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‘Appalling’: AFN Chief says Indigenous youth shouldn’t be placed in for-profit careCindy Woodhouse Nepinak, AFN National Chief, renews calls for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to apologize to Indigenous youth who’ve been wronged by Canada’s child-welfare systems.InvestigationsMar 5
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‘When am I coming home?’: Vulnerable Nunavut kids face loneliness, despair as millions spent sending them southNunavut was billed 53 per cent more per day, on average, for a child to live in an Ontario group home compared to what children’s aid societies in Ontario paid.InvestigationsMar 4
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Global News investigation exposes ‘dark secret of Canada,’ veteran NDP MP saysA federal NDP member of Parliament is blasting the federal Liberal and Ontario Conservative governments following a Global News investigation.InvestigationsMar 1
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Indigenous kids allegedly called ‘cash cows’ of Ontario’s child-welfare systemMore than 50 insiders from Ontario’s child-welfare system allege for-profit group home companies are targeting or charging more to care for Indigenous youth to increase revenue.InvestigationsMar 1
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Air pollution in Sarnia-area linked to increased cancer risk: health reviewA government-funded health project shows that in certain parts of Sarnia there is an increased risk of cancer, particularly leukemia, because of exposure to air pollution.CanadaDec 1, 2023
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Ontario proposing fines of $250K for anyone caught breaking child-protection lawsOntario is proposing to increase fines for individuals convicted of breaking child-welfare laws from $1,000 per day of non-compliance to a maximum court-imposed fine of $250,000.InvestigationsJul 18, 2023
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Ontario ombudsman slams foster care company, child welfare agencies for failing Indigenous girlOntario's ombudsman has released a searing report which details how multiple child welfare agencies failed to ensure the safety of a 13-year-old Indigenous girl.InvestigationsApr 13, 2023
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Ontario children’s aid society handed $1.3M after Global News reportSarnia-Lambton Children’s Aid Society (CAS) received the new money and is home to a groundbreaking initiative in the province's child-welfare systemInvestigationsMar 23, 2023
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‘A better way’: An Indigenous alternative to Ontario’s faltering child-welfare systemAn Indigenous child protection agency in Ontario called Nogdawindamin uses a novel approach to child welfare that focuses on culture, families and community to keep kids at home.FeaturesMar 8, 2023
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How one Ontario child welfare agency is fighting to fix a broken systemSarnia-Lambton Children’s Aid Society created a plan to end the practice of kids growing up in group homes. It has succeeded, but their results have come at a cost.FeaturesMar 7, 2023
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Ontario youth group home chain hit with $60M proposed class-action over alleged ‘abuse’A proposed class-action lawsuit filed against an Ontario group home chain alleges the company’s key figures “enriched” themselves at the expense of vulnerable kids in their care.InvestigationsMar 6, 2023
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Boy found malnourished, living in squalor after ‘chronic neglect’ by Toronto children’s aid: reportA report from Ontario's Ombudsman reveals how the Children's Aid Society of Toronto repeatedly failed to protect a 10-year-old boy.InvestigationsDec 19, 2022
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Opposition calls for investigation into Ontario for-profit group home chainOntario's NDP are calling for an investigation into the province’s second-largest operator of kids’ group homes following an investigation by Global News.InvestigationsNov 23, 2022
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Reports, inspections, a death: Red flags raised for years inside kids group home chainA Global News investigation has uncovered two government reports that raised serious concerns about a large Ontario group home chain.InvestigationsNov 23, 2022
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‘Like a zombie’: Ontario group home chain accused of overmedicating kids in careFormer workers and youth who lived at a large chain of group homes say they were overmedicated, a Global News investigation has found.InvestigationsNov 22, 2022
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‘Throwaway kids’: Allegations of human trafficking, mistreatment at Ont. group home chainA Global News investigation into one of Ontario's largest for-profit group home providers has revealed alarming allegations.InvestigationsNov 21, 2022
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Child welfare agencies, families left in dark about ‘high-risk’ group homes, some linked to deathsThe Ontario government is failing to disclose 'high-risk' foster care and group homes with children’s aid societies - the organizations responsible for placing kids in care.CanadaSep 22, 2022
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Ontario ombudsman finds ‘substantial increase’ in complaints involving kids in carePaul Dubé outlined trends and investigations his office handled between April 1, 2021 and March 31, 2022 in a report released Tuesday.InvestigationsAug 10, 2022
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InteractiveInteractive: Inside COVID’s rehabilitation hospitalsTake an interactive journey into the lives of three COVID patients — and the rehabilitation facilities fighting to help them get home.CanadaJan 29, 2022
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Ford government slammed for withholding vital air pollution data from Aamjiwnaang First NationThe Ontario government is facing criticism for withholding critical air pollution data which projected startling levels of a cancer-causing chemical in the air of a First Nation.EnvironmentNov 16, 2021
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Cancer-causing air pollution forecast at 44 times annual level in Ont. First Nation, docs showAn Ontario First Nation has finally obtained critical air pollution data, previously held in secret.EnvironmentNov 15, 2021
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Moderna asks Health Canada to approve COVID-19 vaccine booster shotModerna is asking Health Canada to approve a booster shot of its COVID-19 vaccine.HealthOct 5, 2021
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The booster debate: Will you need a third COVID-19 shot?Questions on booster shots are dividing scientists. Who needs a third shot of the COVID-19 vaccine? And when might they need it?HealthOct 3, 2021