Sara Mojtehedzadeh
Sara Mojtehedzadeh is a reporter on The Globe and Mail’s investigative team, focusing on immigration issues. She spent a decade as the Toronto Star's labour reporter, including several years on the newspaper's investigations team, where her work explored precarious work, income inequality, and workplace safety.
Sara was recognized by the National Newspaper Awards and Canadian Association of Journalists for a 2023 series investigating Canada's pipeline of low-wage labour. Other award-winning pieces include an undercover investigation of temp agency deaths at a Toronto industrial bakery, an investigation into the toxic legacy of a General Electric factory, and numerous probes into abuses in the temporary foreign worker program. Her investigation into injury and illness rates at Canadian Amazon warehouses amid the COVID-19 pandemic won her an Amnesty International Canada media award in 2021.
Sara previously worked for the BBC, producing radio coverage on African current affairs.
Why did you become a journalist?
My journalism aims to capture the everyday realities of people and communities that might otherwise be overlooked. I hope this allows readers to see themselves reflected in our pages, and sparks curiosity about those around them.
17
Years in Journalism
Education
Bachelors' Degree, Peace and Conflict Studies and Spanish, University of Toronto
Masters of Science, Comparative Politics, London School of Economics
Honours & Awards
Winner - National Newspaper Awards, business reporting, 2024
Winner - World Press Freedom Canada, Press Freedom Certificate of Merit, 2024
Winner - Canadian Association of Journalists, labour reporting, 2024
Winner - Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW), investigative reporting, 2024
Winner - Amnesty International Canada Media Award, 2021
Nominee - Canadian Association of Journalists, labour reporting, 2020
Winner - ILO Global Media Competition Award on Labour Migration, 2019
Winner — Upton Sinclair Memorial Award, 2018
Nomination — Michener Award, 2018
Nomination — National Newspaper Award, Business, 2018
Nomination — National Newspaper Award, Investigations, 2018
Nomination — Canadian Journalism Foundation, Jackman Award, 2018
Winner — Journalists for Human Rights/Canadian Association of Journalists Award, Human Rights reporting, 2017
Winner — Canadian Association of Journalists Award, Labour Reporting, 2017
Finalist — Canadian Hillman Prize, 2016
Nomination — National Newspaper Award, Beat Reporting, 2016
