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digital presentation & weekend visuals editor @globeandmail (she/her)

Montréal, Québec
Joined March 2018
truly one of the coolest projects I've ever had the chance to take part in. Shoutout to @lizthesullivan & the big, talented team that made this possible 💓
What does a century look like? Like industrial revolution and human feats of strength and wars being wrought and iconic images of Canada. Take a look at 100 years of Globe staff photography, and get lost in the stories it tells. tgam.ca/100years
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One year after the fall of Kabul, photographer Goran Tomasevic documents life transformed under Taliban rule theglobeandmail.com/world/ar…
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Dawn Dumont Walker, 48, of Okanese First Nation, and her seven-year-old son, Vincent Jansen. Missing since July 22.
Posting. Please read and share. Saskatoon police search cellphone records, banking history of woman missing with son ⁦@fsinations⁩ theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
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An absolute legend of Canadian journalism departs The Globe (on her terms) with one last powerful column about women's rights: "I know you’ll continue the fight, and so will I. Don’t make me come back here in 30 years and write this column again."
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Long wait times. Pricey prescriptions. Deadly long-term care homes. Canada’s health care system requires major reform. In the Fixing Health Care series, four authors propose 10 ways to repair medicare right now. tgam.ca/3yIbccq
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ATTN: Shared Bylines, a mentorship and scholarship program for BIPOC student journalists in Canada, is officially back for 2022! Interested mentors and students should apply now. Deadline is June 20: sharedbylines.com/
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In light of the draft of a leaked majority Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v Wade, I want to call your attention to the people that would be impacted most by the end of legalized abortion across the United States. 🧵:
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In Chernihiv, the bodies and the bad memories keep coming. At least 1,300 people died during Russia’s 39-day siege of the city. My report from the city’s main morgue, where the refrigerator trucks were overflowing and bodies had to be piled on stretchers theglobeandmail.com/world/ar…
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Ukrainian officials say the town of Borodyanka is the most thoroughly destroyed place Ukraine has regained control of since the Russian withdrawal. 📍 @markmackinnon reports from Centralna St. in the shattered town with a pre-war population of 13,000. tgam.ca/3KObqSQ
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The last brave acts of the five #Ukrainian men found dead and bound in a Bucha basement theglobeandmail.com/world/ar…
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I'm absolutely thrilled to announce this picture has won World Press Photo of the Year—which is a hell of a title isn't it? Before I catch up to the incredible and deeply appreciated outpouring, I wanted to share some thoughts from Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc chief @RosanneCasimir
Congratulations to Amber Bracken ⁦@photobracken⁩ who has won the World Press Photo of the Year. I spoke to her about this magnificent photo, her arrest, and much more. theglobeandmail.com/arts/art…
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This story began as an effort to understand how a few thousand unexpected sick patients could overwhelm hospitals in a province the size of Ontario, with its 14+ million people. I had always heard Canadian healthcare was broken. I had no idea how broken. theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
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We are excited to present the ‘Kamloops Residential School’ by Amber Bracken (@photobracken) for @nytimes as the World Press Photo of the Year! Discover the winning image and read the #WPPh2022 Contest jury’s reasoning behind awarding this work: bit.ly/3ugbYuI
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Applications are open for Room Up Front’s 2022/2023 mentorship program! Early career BIPOC photojournalists and documentary photographers can now apply to be a part of our ten-month program with 13 experienced BIPOC photographers. Apply here: roomupfront.ca
The 2022 Women Photograph Grants are now open! We have $45,000 available in project grants to fund the work of women and nonbinary photographers working in a documentary capacity. Read more at the link below, and get your applications in by May 15! womenphotograph.com/grants-2…
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As the war in Ukraine unfolds in real time, @globeandmail presents Shooting War, a documentary featuring nine of the world’s top conflict photographers reflecting on careers spent on the front lines, and the physical and psychological scars they live with. tgam.ca/3IRLcwW
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