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Dakshana Bascaramurty
StaffReporter
dbascaramurty@globeandmail.com

Dakshana Bascaramurty is a national news reporter for The Globe and Mail who writes about race and ethnicity. She won a 2013 National Newspaper Award in beat reporting for her coverage of changing demographics in the 905 region. Previously, she was a feature writer for Globe Life.

Honours & Awards

National Newspaper Award, 2013

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Latest articles

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Nova Scotia hospitals to add more staff to ER departments in response to health care crisis
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Emergency room deaths in Nova Scotia rose 10% to 558 in 2022, data show
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Newcomer YouTubers help immigrants get settled in Canada with advice and candid takes
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Canada’s Baha’i community see Iran protests as hope for political and social change
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BLM protests prompted an influx of donations to Black non-profits. What happened when the deluge dried up?
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Photographer Stephen L. Starkman turns his lens inward to capture his journey through cancer treatment
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Ontario education workers, parents and students share what’s at stake with the strike
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Smaller cities, Atlantic provinces attracting immigrants, according to 2021 census data
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Canadians more supportive of immigration than ever, new poll finds
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This Ontario nurse knew our health system was broken. That still didn’t prepare her as a patient
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Uprooted trees, frayed nerves and a massive cleanup: Halifax residents get to work fixing Fiona’s mess
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An Indian family sought a new life in the U.S., but never made it out of Canada alive
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‘We’re going to have whatever party we can have until the battery dies on the speaker’: Couple doesn’t let Fiona spoil wedding
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Three stories of resilience as Atlantic Canada residents begin post-Fiona recovery
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As Hurricane Fiona approaches Halifax, a city braces for the worst
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Canadians across country mourn Queen Elizabeth, a ‘steady presence through tumultuous times’
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Canada faces criticism for visa denials undermining International AIDS Conference
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What’s happening in ERs across Canada? Dispatches on wait times, crowding and closures
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City of Toronto working to reinstate Sikh security guards who lost jobs over clean shave policy
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Toronto police data find officers use more force against Black residents than any other racialized group