Carrie Tait

StaffReporterCalgary, Alberta

Area of Expertise

Alberta, the Prairies, politics, rural issues and culture, COVID, breaking news

Carrie Tait is a reporter in The Globe and Mail’s Calgary Bureau, covering politics, rural issues and culture, and breaking news. Her coverage ranges from race relations in her home province of Saskatchewan to the lighthearted topic of skiing cats in Alberta. Carrie has reported on the wildfires and floods in Alberta and British Columbia; how Cargill’s meat-processing plant in High River became the site of Canada’s largest single outbreak of COVID-19; and naming trends among Calgary Stampede participants. Previously, she covered energy for the Globe’s Report on Business, and has also reported for the National Post. She joined the National Post’s Calgary bureau in 2008, after transferring from Toronto, where she primarily covered business.

Why did you become a journalist?

To share other people's stories

Years in Journalism

Years at The Globe and Mail

Education

Master of Arts, Journalism, Western University. 2004

Bachelor of Arts, Political Studies, University of Saskatchewan, 2002

Honours & Awards

Online Journalism Awards 2022 - Breaking News, Finalist, Large newsroom: Part of a team nominated for a package of stories about the wildfire that destroyed Lytton, British Columbia, in 2021

National Newspaper Awards 2021 - Breaking News, Finalist: Part of a team nominated for a package of stories on the deadly heat wave in British Columbia and the role that climate change played in it;

National Newspaper Awards 2020 - Business, Finalist: Part of a team nominated for exposing how the health and safety of some vulnerable workers in Canada’s food-supply chain were compromised during the COVID-19 pandemic

SABEW Canada 2020 - Investigative, Gold: Part of a team awarded gold for category for stories on Canada's vulnerable food sector workers

SABEW Canada 2019 - Breaking News, Honourable Mention: Part of a team recognized for a package of stories on Encana moving its headquarters to the United States

Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, Media Fellow, 2010/2011

Terry Fox Humanitarian Award - 2007-2000