Carolyn Jarvis
Chief Investigative Correspondent
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Carolyn Jarvis is Global News’ award-winning Chief Investigative Correspondent, possessing an exemplary track record of seeking accountability, exposing the truth and piecing together complex stories. Jarvis’ work has helped changed laws, launched investigations into corporations, and sparked national conversations.
Receiving a number of honours in recent years for her large-scale investigations, Jarvis was awarded the 2018 Canadian Screen Award for Best National Reportage for the investigative series, Who’s Watching?, which exposed shortcomings in Ontario’s probation system.
Also in 2018, Jarvis and Global News were the sole broadcaster to partner on The Price of Oil series, the largest collaboration of Canadian journalists to date. The investigative project produced a half-hour documentary, Canada’s Toxic Secret, which shone a light on a troubling trend of industrial leaks and spills in Sarnia, Ontario’s “Chemical Valley” – and prompted the Ontario government to fund a health study in the region. Canada’s Toxic Secret was distinguished with both a Silver World Medal from the New York Festivals TV & Film Awards and an Honourable Mention from the Canadian Hillman Prize.
While in 2015, Jarvis’ hour-long investigation into the Moncton RCMP deaths put a spotlight on a concerning lack of training and equipment among frontline members of the RCMP. The investigation elicited a nationwide response, followed by labour code charges against the RCMP. Under Fire was honoured with the 2015 RTDNA Dan McArthur Award for investigative reporting.
From 2008 to 2016, Jarvis was the Chief Correspondent of Global News’ current affairs show, 16×9. Prior to that she was the west coast correspondent and weekend anchor for the network’s flagship nightly newscast, Global National.
Hailing from Richmond, B.C., Jarvis 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 for the Canadian Opera Company.
Video Archives
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Government unable to answer for secrecy around First Nation air pollution documents
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Ontario First Nation facing high levels of cancer-causing air pollution, documents forecast
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Moderna asks Health Canada to approve COVID-19 vaccine booster shot
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TNR Extra: Moderna’s president defends push for COVID-19 boosters
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TNR Extra: Boosters could be needed annually says Moderna’s president
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Inside Moderna and its fight to stay ahead of the virus
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Delayed second COVID-19 vaccine doses giving lasting protection
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Ontario care home where 81 died turned down advice on COVID-19 isolation rooms: emails
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Why didn’t Ont. nursing home with deadly outbreak follow its outbreak plan?
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Former inspector says nursing homes with bad track records should be fined
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What caused the delays in reaching Ontario’s long term care home residents with a COVID-19 vaccine?
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Ontario’s vaccine rollout: Successes, missteps and lessons learned
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Canadian vaccine maker pioneers new technology using plants
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Canadian in charge of Moderna’s international vaccine manufacturing
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Report: RCMP’s toxic culture tolerates misogyny and homophobia
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Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine appears to be 94.5% effective
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Shortages leave COVID-19 testing labs struggling for basic supplies
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Coronavirus: A look inside the supply chain crisis slowing Canadian labs
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Coronavirus: Ontario training hundreds of lab workers to address COVID-19 test backlog
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Ontario man accused of faking involvement with ISIS
Author Archives
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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
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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
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Canadians may need COVID-19 boosters by Christmas, Moderna president saysModerna’s president is warning Canada could see a rise in so-called 'breakthrough' infections of COVID-19 among fully-vaccinated people by Christmas time.HealthOct 2, 2021
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Exclusive look inside Moderna: Tracking variants and the call for COVID-19 boostersGlobal News takes an exclusive look inside Moderna and how the company is fighting to stay ahead of COVID-19.HealthOct 1, 2021
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Ontario LTC home where 81 died turned down advice on COVID-19 isolation rooms: public health emails sayA Toronto long-term care home turned down advice from health officials to use 'baby monitors' and 'room dividers' to help isolate sickened residents.InvestigationsJul 20, 2021
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‘Too slow, too late’: Ford gov. received months of warnings about long-term care before second waveThe Ford government received repeated warnings about the looming dangers in long-term care homes before COVID-19's second wave but failed to act.InvestigationsMay 3, 2021
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A Toronto nursing home left isolation rooms empty as COVID-19 spread on crowded floors, killing 81As COVID-19 spread on crowded floors of a Toronto nursing home that killed 81 people, a Global News investigation found the home left 20 rooms empty.InvestigationsMay 1, 2021
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Ontario ‘completely ignored and bulldozed’ problems in long-term care: former inspectorA former long-term care inspector is sounding the alarm over the state of inspections in Ontario’s nursing homes.InvestigationsApr 29, 2021
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‘A senicide’: Strategic missteps, logistical hurdles plague Ontario’s early vaccine rolloutThe initial weeks of Ontario's vaccine rollout was marred by poor planning, coordination and a failure to get vaccines into long-term care homes quickly, experts say.HealthJan 23, 2021
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Canada’s COVID-19 vaccine contender: Medicago’s breakthrough, ties to Big Tobacco and warnings a pandemic was comingFor years Medicago said a pandemic was coming and we should be ready. Today, it is a leading contender to create a made-in-Canada COVID-19 vaccine.FeaturesJan 11, 2021
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‘Massive undertaking’: Roadmap of Canada’s coronavirus vaccine roll-outFrom manufacturing in Switzerland to storage and distribution in Canada, we take a look at the complex supply chain of highly anticipated COVID-19 vaccines.HealthDec 5, 2020
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A coronavirus vaccine is almost ready. But will you take it?Health experts say that public mistrust over vaccines and related resistance to getting vaccinated could pose a serious challenge for curbing COVID-19.CanadaNov 7, 2020
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When the COVID-19 vaccine is ready, will you get it? We want to hear from youWill you take the COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available? We want to hear from you.HealthOct 23, 2020
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Coronavirus: Inside the supply chain crisis slowing Canadian labsDoctors and researchers say there is a growing crisis in the shortage of medical grade plastics and other supplies that are putting pressure on labs.Oct 20, 2020
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Ontario training hundreds of lab workers to deal with testing backlog. But is it enough?A new program to train desperately needed medical lab workers amid a growing backlog of COVID-19 tests is being rolled out in Ontario. Here are the details.CanadaOct 14, 2020
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Canada’s recycling industry is on life-support. Here’s how to fix itB.C. is the only place in Canada where producers pay for and run the recycling system, and the success is evident. But is it enough — or is it also time for governments to step in?CanadaMay 1, 2019
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The losing economics of recycling: Canada’s green industry is deep in the redIn today’s bleak new reality, the price for recyclables — things like plastic, paper and aluminum — has tanked. The business model was feasible before. Now, it’s a burden.CanadaApr 30, 2019
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Is Canada’s recycling industry broken?As plants struggle to sell the plastics, paper and other materials they've collected, Canada's recycling industry is having its moment of reckoning.InvestigationsApr 29, 2019
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Tower falls at Imperial Oil site in Sarnia, ‘high flaring’ seen from the site: company statementSarnia's Imperial Oil site is conducting controlled flaring as a safety precaution.CanadaApr 2, 2019
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No charges for Imperial Oil despite Sarnia residents fearing the plant ‘was going to blow up’Imperial Oil Ltd. will not be charged for a Feb. 23, 2017, incident that saw huge flames shooting from its Sarnia refinery, which residents described as being “absolutely anxiety-inducing.”EnvironmentMar 8, 2019
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Health minister says ‘action’ is needed but vague on how to stop crooked pharmacists"We want to know what’s happening and then what steps need to be taken by the College (of Pharmacists) or by the ministry," said Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott.InvestigationsFeb 28, 2019