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Erin Anderssen
StaffFeature WriterOttawa, Canada
eanderssen@globeandmail.com

Area of Expertise

Mental health, social policy, social issues

Erin Anderssen is a feature writer for The Globe and Mail. She writes about mental health, social policy and family issues. She is a five-time National Newspaper Award winner, and co-author of New Canada, a book about young Canadians based on a Globe and Mail series.
 

30

Years in Journalism

Education

Bachelor of Journalism, Carleton University

Honours & Awards

National Newspaper Award, 2008 (Special Project)

National Newspaper Award, 2006 (Special Project)

National Newspaper Award, 2004 (Explanatory)

National Newspaper Award, 2000 (Long Feature)

National Newspaper Award, 1996 (Sports)

Books

The New Canada, McClelland & Stewart
Erin Anderssen abides by The Globe and Mail Editorial Code of Conduct

Latest articles

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Federal government introduces legislation to delay changes to the MAID law until next year
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A complicated grief: Living in the aftermath of a family member’s death by MAID
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She walked across Canada from east to north to west. Along 20,000 kilometres, she discovered herself
canada
Cost-sharing program helps keep pets with their owners
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Ottawa seeking to delay expansion of MAID for mental disorders
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More than half of young Canadians who sought mental health services said they weren’t easy to access
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Medical experts call on government to delay expansion of MAID for mental illness
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Canada will soon allow medically assisted dying for mental illness. Has there been enough time to get it right?
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What the Queen’s symbolic reign meant for female empowerment and representation
politics
Pierre Poilievre’s landslide victory charts new course for Conservatives
canada
Canadians across country mourn Queen Elizabeth, a ‘steady presence through tumultuous times’
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In the fight over Nova Scotia’s shores, Owl’s Head’s protectors push against the rising tide of development
opinion
Consider the octopus, and how it could challenge our ideas about meat
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canada
Super savers are fighting rising grocery costs – and inflation – one deal at a time
canada
Quebec teacher removed from classroom over Bill 21 says taking off hijab to keep her job would send wrong message to students
canada
The great junk transfer is coming. A look at the burden (and big business) of decluttering as Canadians inherit piles of their parents’ stuff
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Are you inheriting your parents’ clutter? Eight tips for managing intergenerational junk
canada
How mental health training for regular citizens is helping to fill Canada’s therapy gap
canada
Convoy protestors uncertain about future after Ottawa blockades end with no resolution
politics
House of Commons passes Emergencies Act motion as Trudeau warns threat of convoy trucks could return