James Bradshaw

Area of Expertise
Banking and financial services, media, postsecondary education and arts policy.James Bradshaw is the Institutional Investing Reporter for the Report on Business, based in Toronto. In that role, he is responsible for coverage of Canada's largest pension plans, private equity firms and alternative asset managers, which collectively control trillions of dollars of investments ranging from real estate to public infrastructure.
Previously, he spent six years as The Globe's banking reporter, covering the financial services sector, including the largest banks, fintechs and financial regulators.
Since joining the Globe and Mail in 2007, James has covered media, higher education, arts and cultural policy, and national news. He has occasionally written Editorials as well.
He has won a SABEW Canada Best in Business Award and the Edward Goff Penny Memorial Prize.
Why did you become a journalist?
I have spent my entire career in newspapers after starting in student journalism, and am driven by journalism's unique power to inform readers on a huge array of issues, to demand accountability and transparency from people in positions of power, to surprise and delight - and to do it in print and pixels, every day.
Years in Journalism
Years at The Globe and Mail
Education
Bachelor of Arts, English, Queen's University, 2006
Master of Arts, English Language and Literature, University of Toronto, 2007
Honours & Awards
SABEW Gold for Breaking News Coverage, 2024: "TD will pay $3 billion in fines after pleading guilty to money laundering" with Tim Kiladze, Stefanie Marotta, Andrew Willis and Rita Trichur
SABEW Silver for Feature, long-form, 2024: "TD Bank’s dirty laundry" with Tim Kiladze, Rita Trichur and Stefanie Marotta
SABEW Honourable Mention for Multimedia, 2024: "Lost in Space: Rising vacancies threaten Toronto’s office towers" with Jason Kirby, Jeremy Agius and Rachelle Younglai
SABEW Gold for Breaking News Coverage, 2023: "OSFI takes control of Silicon Valley Bank’s Canadian unit" with Stefanie Marotta, Sean Silcoff, Tim Kiladze and Andrew Willis
SABEW Gold for Breaking News Coverage, 2022: “Inside Scotiabank’s succession drama that stunned Bay Street” with Tim Kiladze and David Milstead
SABEW Gold for Breaking News Coverage, 2018: "NAFTA coverage" with Adrian Morrow, Robert Fife, Stephanie Nolen, Barrie McKenna, Eric Atkins, Andrew Willis, Tim Kiladze, David Parkinson, Josh O’Kane, Sean Silcoff, Susan Krashinsky Robertson, Rob Carrick, John Ibbitson and Campbell Clark
SABEW Best in Business for Profile, 2016: "How 'the Blais show' shook up Canadian telecom" with Christine Dobby
Hon. Edward Goff Penny Memorial Prize for Young Canadian Journalists, 2008
Languages spoken
English, French



