Erin Anderssen - The Globe and Mail

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.

28

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

‘Be kind, be calm’: Have COVID-19 restrictions brought us to peak pandemic judgment?

A priest’s creature comforts: Chickens, grandchildren and God

The world is going to open up again: Are you ready?

Slaight Family Foundation donates $30-million to improve mental-health care in Canada

How teenagers are coping in the COVID-19 pandemic

February 27Updated

‘Boom, this just hit’: Newfoundland offers a cautionary tale about the threat of new COVID-19 variants

New COVID-19 variants raise renewed concerns over a potential third wave across Canada

February 14Updated

Canada’s drinking problem: why alcohol is the new cigarette

Doctors fume about COVID-19 patients who flout restrictions

January 11Updated

Ontario under fire for delaying provincewide lockdown until Boxing Day

December 21Updated

Year of the dog: In 2020, furry friends were just what we needed to make it through the pandemic

December 19Updated

The forgotten caregivers: How training parents can help treat kids with mental illness

Can a community reach zero youth suicide? In Peel, that is exactly what they’re trying to do

‘No one should die alone’: This woman comforted 49 people as they died from COVID-19

November 21Updated

How to win the winter mind game: Push back on negative thoughts and seek opportunities for activity

Suicide by rural men account for most gun deaths in Ontario

This Thanksgiving, more than any other, gratitude is precious – but warm feelings are only the first step to living well

October 11Updated

Report urges keeping schools open and prioritizing mental-health if COVID-19 leads to lockdown

October 9Updated

Green Party Leader Annamie Paul has lived a life unlike other politicians

October 4Updated

Cruel summer, leaving us here on our own