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.