toronto, ontario, canada
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Claim your profileGreg Mercer is an investigative reporter with the Globe and Mail. Formerly the Globe's Atlantic Canada reporter, he’s worked as a journalist across Canada for more than 20 years, reporting for The Guardian, The Narwhal, Huffington Post, Toronto Star, National Post, New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal, Sportsnet.ca and the Waterloo Region Record.His reporting on the toxic legacy of Kitchener’s rubber industry earned a 2019 Michener Award nomination and a National Newspaper Award and prompted Ontario to review hundreds of previously-denied compensation claims from sick rubber workers. That investigation also led to the 2019 Michener-Deacon investigative journalism fellowship to examine occupational disease in Canada.Greg’s other career highlights include two extended assignments in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake, and covering the 2012 and 2016 Olympics in London and Rio de Janeiro.






Bachelor Of Arts, Economics, Journalism at St. Thomas University (Ca)Graduated: 2002