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 change 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 broadcasters 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, Ont.’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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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
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Court docs: Owner of private foster care company earned an estimated $200k/year
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Whistleblowers from Ontario group home say money came before kids
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Ont. family behind luxury vacation rentals and allegedly rundown group homes
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Investigation finds youth in Ontario’s child welfare system restrained over 2,000 times in one year
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Broken child welfare systems are a result of profits being put ahead of children, experts say
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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
Author Archives
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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