Robyn Doolittle
Area of Expertise
Investigations, sexual violence, crime, freedom of information, corporate lawRobyn Doolittle is an award-winning journalist and author. She is The Globe and Mail's corporate law reporter, and a former long-time member of the newspaper's investigative team. In her new legal beat, Doolittle has dug into the inside story of an executive pay scandal at the Law Society of Ontario, the collapse of Minden Gross LLP, and the fallout at the Lincoln Alexander School of Law at Toronto Metropolitan University after a group of students wrote an open letter demanding that the school drop its neutral position on the Israel-Hamas war.
Since coming to The Globe in 2014, Doolittle has investigated political and business corruption, the Hockey Canada scandal, gender inequities in the workforce and Canada’s broken freedom of information system as part of the Secret Canada project. Her “Unfounded” series, which exposed the ways that Canadian police services mishandle sexual assault cases, prompted a national overhaul of policy, training and practices around sexual violence.
She is the author of two books, “Had It Coming – What’s Fair In The Age of #MeToo?,” which was shortlisted for the RBC Taylor Prize for non-fiction, and “Crazy Town: The Rob Ford Story,” both of which were national bestsellers.
Years in Journalism
Years at The Globe and Mail
Education
Bachelor of Journalism - Ryerson University (now called Toronto Metropolitan University)
Honours & Awards
Gold, Digital Publishing Award, Best Digital Editorial Package, 2024, for Olympics coverage
National Newspaper Award, Breaking News, 2024, for Olympics coverage
National Newspaper Award, Project of the Year, 2023, for Secret Canada
IRE Medal and FOI Award, Investigative Reporters and Editors, 2023, for Secret Canada
Canadian Association of Journalists, Freedom of Information Journalism Award, 2023, for Secret Canada
World Press Freedom Canada, Career Achievement Award, 2023
Michener Award, 2022, for Hockey Canada's Secret Funds
Canadian Association of Journalists, Data Journalism Award, 2021, for The Power Gap
CJF Jackman Award for Excellence in Journalism, 2018, for Unfounded
The Landsberg Award, 2018, for Unfounded
National Newspaper Award, Journalist of the Year, 2017
National Newspaper Award, Investigations, 2017, for Unfounded
Michener Award, 2017, for Unfounded
Canadian Association of Journalists, Data Journalism Award, 2017, for Unfounded
Canadian Association of Journalists, Don McGillivray Award for Investigative Journalism, 2017, for Unfounded
Online Journalism Awards — The Al Neuharth Award for Innovation in Investigative Journalism, 2017, for Unfounded
Online Journalism Awards — University of Florida Award for Investigative Data, 2017, for Unfounded
Journalism Data Journalism Awards, Investigation of the year, 2017, for Unfounded
Kobo Emerging Writer Prize, 2015 for Crazy Town - The Rob Ford Story
Michener Award, 2013, for an investigation into former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s substance abuse
Professional affliations
Board member, CJFE
Languages spoken
English, basic French