Patrick White
StaffReporterToronto, Canada
PatrickWhite@globeandmail.com

Patrick White is based in Toronto, but prefers to file stories from small-town coffee shops. He reports mainly on reconciliation and justice issues.

Patrick has been posted in Winnipeg, Toronto City Hall and Kandahar Air Field. Starting in 2014, he focused on the use of solitary confinement in federal and provincial prisons. His reporting has been credited with changing laws around prisoner isolation in the country.

A four-time National Newspaper Award winner, Patrick is also the author of one non-fiction book, Mountie In Mukluks, about an RCMP officer posted to the Arctic during the 1930s, and one Globe and Mail e-book, Trial On Ice: An Oral History of the 1972 Summit Series. Prior to joining The Globe, he spent time at Newsweek and the New York Post.

Why did you become a journalist?

Front-row seat to the greatest show in town.

22

Years in Journalism

19

Years at The Globe and Mail

Education

Master of Science, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, 2006

Bachelor of Arts, History from the University of Victoria, 2004

Honours & Awards

National Newspaper Awards, Explanatory Work (with Lindsay Jones), 2025

Michener Award Finalist (team nomination), 2022

Canadian Association of Journalists, Best Reconciliation Reporting, 2021

National Newspaper Awards, Best Short Feature, 2018

National Newspaper Awards, Beat Reporting, 2016

Canadian Criminal Justice Association, Public Education Award, 2015

National Newspaper Awards, Best Long Feature, 2014

Associated Press Sports Editors, Best Multimedia Sports Stories in North America, 2013

National Newspaper Awards, Best Long Feature, 2011

National Magazine Award, Best New Writer, 2007

Books

Mountie In Mukluks: The Arctic Adventures of Bill White, Harbour Publishing
Trial On Ice: An Oral History of the 1972 Summit Series, The Globe and Mail, Inc.
Patrick White abides by The Globe and Mail Editorial Code of Conduct

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