Patrick White - The Globe and Mail

Patrick White

StaffReporterToronto, Canada

PatrickWhite@globeandmail.com

Patrick White is based in Toronto, but prefers to file stories from small-town coffee shops. He reports mainly on reconciliation and justice issues.

Patrick has been posted in Winnipeg, Toronto City Hall and Kandahar Air Field. Starting in 2014, he focused on the use of solitary confinement in federal and provincial prisons. His reporting has been credited with changing laws around prisoner isolation in the country.

A four-time National Newspaper Award winner, Patrick is also the author of one non-fiction book, Mountie In Mukluks, about an RCMP officer posted to the Arctic during the 1930s, and one Globe and Mail e-book, Trial On Ice: An Oral History of the 1972 Summit Series. Prior to joining The Globe, he spent time at Newsweek and the New York Post.

Why did you become a journalist?

Front-row seat to the greatest show in town.

19

Years in Journalism

16

Years at The Globe and Mail

Education

Master of Science, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, 2006

Bachelor of Arts, History from the University of Victoria, 2004

Honours & Awards

Best New Writer, National Magazine Award, 2007

Best Long Feature, National Newspaper Awards, 2011

Best Multimedia Sports Stories in North America, Associated Press Sports Editors, 2013

Best Long Feature, National Newspaper Awards, 2014

Public Education Award, Canadian Criminal Justice Association, 2015

Beat Reporting, National Newspaper Awards, 2016

Best Short Feature, National Newspaper Awards, 2018

Best Reconciliation Reporting, Canadian Association of Journalists, 2021

Michener Award Finalist (team nomination), 2022

Books

Mountie In Mukluks: The Arctic Adventures of Bill White, Harbour Publishing

Trial On Ice: An Oral History of the 1972 Summit Series, The Globe and Mail, Inc.

Patrick White abides by The Globe and Mail Editorial Code of Conduct

Latest articles

Some in Canada’s South Asian community see Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s killing as sign of growing rift outside India

September 22, 2023

Final arguments begin in a lawsuit that could award Ontario Indigenous groups billions

September 11, 2023

Ottawa won’t regulate how lawyers bill First Nations clients after concerns raised over ‘unfair’ fees

August 16, 2023

Revised isolation techniques for prisoners remain unconstitutional, lawyers argue

Quebec judge certifies class action over federal prisons’ segregation practices

Mohawk Mothers harassed by security at former Royal Victoria Hospital

Manitoba First Nation to excavate church basement for possible burials

AFN bars ousted national chief RoseAnne Archibald from its annual meeting

RoseAnne Archibald’s ouster casts shadow over Assembly of First Nations annual meeting

As AFN’s annual convention approaches, ousted national chief RoseAnne Archibald faces long odds against reinstatement

RoseAnne Archibald vows to fight to reclaim her position as AFN National Chief

Forgotten history or identity theft? The Métis question in Ontario hits home at a tiny cabin in the woods

Proposed legislation would grant Métis self-governing status, power to negotiate with Ottawa

First Nations challenging Métis groups over alleged infringement of rights

art & architecture

Inside the strange legal sideshow that helped fuel the Norval Morrisseau art forgery scandal

Advocacy group for Indigenous women says isolation units should be banned in prisons

Isolation cells in women’s prisons used almost exclusively for Indigenous prisoners, panel finds

Prisoners’ rights advocate Coralee Cusack-Smith pushed for changes to correctional system

First Nations coalition asks Ottawa to delay bill that would recognize Métis group

Survivor drew attention to Saskatoon Police’s ‘starlight tours’