Kelly Grant
StaffReporterHealth reporterToronto
kgrant@globeandmail.com

Area of Expertise

Primary care, chronic disease (cancer, brain and heart health, diabetes, obesity and more), and pharmaceutical policy

Kelly Grant's career in journalism began in high school, when she worked as a night and weekend tape editor at her local television station in London, Ont. She's been hooked on reporting ever since. After earning a Bachelor of Journalism degree from Carleton University in Ottawa, Kelly worked as a cop reporter and editorial writer at the Windsor Star and as a general assignment writer and Toronto city hall reporter at The National Post.

She joined The Globe and Mail in 2008. Kelly has held a variety of posts at The Globe, including Toronto editor and Toronto City Hall bureau chief.

She is now a national health reporter with a special interest in primary care, chronic diseases, including cancer, brain health, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and obesity, and pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical policy. In 2022, she undertook a special assignment reporting on health care in Nunavut. When not reporting, she can usually be found at the arena, cheering on her three sons.

23

Years in Journalism

18

Years at The Globe and Mail

Education

Bachelor of Journalism, Carleton University

Honours & Awards

National Newspaper Award, (team) winner of the Geoffrey Stevens Award for Sustained News Coverage for reporting on how measles made a comeback in Canada, 2025

Michener Award, finalist, for Have Nurses, Will Travel, with Tu Thanh Ha and Stephanie Chambers, 2024

Digital Publishing Awards, Gold, Best Feature Article: Long for 22 weeks, zero days, 2024

National Newspaper Awards winner of the George Brown Award for investigations into a tuberculosis outbreak in Nunavut, 2022

National Newspaper Award (team) winner for sustained news coverage about COVID-19 in long-term care homes, 2020

National Newspaper Awards, winner of the E. Cora Hind Award for beat reporting, 2019

RNAO Media Award, Best Newspaper Series, Into the Home (with Elizabeth Church), 2016

International EPPY Award for Best News or Event Feature video for Saving Cyla, 2015

Online Journalism Awards, Explanatory Reporting (large newsroom), finalist, for Saving Cyla, 2015

Languages spoken

English, smattering of French

Podcasts

The Decibel: How a new kind of drug could change the future of Alzheimer’s
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