Katie Swyers

Regina-based journalist, reporter @CBCNews | 2021 Joan Donaldson scholar | She/her | 📩 Tips/story ideas: [email protected]

[Katie Swyers @KaySwys]

I just screamed, I absolutely cannot believe we won! Thank you so soooo much to everyone who watched trafficked!

[Canadian Association of Journalists @caj]

Félicitations à Sarah Chew, Katie Swyers, Martha Currie, Stephanie Liu de @RSJNow, gagnantes du prix d'excellence en journalisme au niveau étudiant pour «Trafficked». #CAJAwards

https://t.co/Xc8OIWo19Q

[Katie Swyers @KaySwys]

@emmabuchanan_ @thewalrus Oh Emma, I'm so happy for you! This is the best news; huge congratulations!

[Katie Swyers @KaySwys]

@marshamcleod_ I chronically overpack and frequently shove two large laptops into this. I've had it for a year and gotta say I'm pretty happy I caved to all the Instagram ads. https://t.co/JSOtFLxiXJ

[Katie Swyers @KaySwys]

@Ginella_M The BIGGEST CONGRATULATIONS, Ginella!!

[Saba Eitizaz/ صبا اعتزاز @sabaeitizaz]

Last night @wickdchiq @atRachelGilmore and I did a podcast episode on hate against women and racialized journalists in this country. Then I waited because I knew violence was was coming. And it landed in my inbox this morning, along with some others. Here is how Canada can hate:

[Katie Swyers @KaySwys]

@JournalismTMU If you don’t have your G2 yet, start the process now. You’ll be ready to apply for summer reporting positions before you know it and everything outside of the GTA needs a licence. But for today, take a deep breath and have fun!

[Yasmin Rafiei @YasminRafiei]

Just over a year ago, I read a paper which showed that when private equity buys nursing homes, death rates go up 10%. I was a med student at Stanford, but I halted my studies to investigate. Today, that investigation was published in @NewYorker https://t.co/cQzbWggk46

[Dr.VivianS @DrVivianS]

Apr. 2022 - #LTC Wait Times, by home:
https://t.co/kBplBZ0nh6

Focus on the last column: Most desired homes have the highest # of clients waiting (obviously).

Now look at the #LTCs with the shortest wait list.

[Michael Warner @drmwarner]

One agency charges our ICU $105/h/RN.
In Sept 2021 they charged $64.50/h/RN.

This 62.8% rate increase = extra cost per shift of $455.62.

Agency RNs cover 15-20 shifts per week

Extra cost for one ICU ~$7-9K/week or ~$355-473K/year.

Price gouging will bankrupt public healthcare

[Colin D'Mello | Global News @ColinDMello]

The Ford government claims says the province has hired 14,500 new nurses.

However data from the Ontario College of nurses shows 8,300 net new nurses between 2018-2021.

#onpoli

[Katie Swyers @KaySwys]

@nziafati @CdnPressNews It always brought a smile when I saw your byline on the wires. Excited to see what you do next!

[Mark McAllister @McAllister_Mark]

My question to Minister @SylviaJonesMPP about possible privatization of health care in Ontario. Her response? That the province is “looking at options” #onpoli

[CBC Entertainment @CBCEnt]

Toronto filmmaker receives backlash, death threats over Hindu goddess poster https://t.co/Mcpq0Lcwg7

[Michelle Allan @michelleallan]

A review of how Queen's evaluates Indigenous identity when hiring staff recommends all faculty who self-declared as Indigenous undergo a new process to validate their identity. https://t.co/GIcONE5528

[Katie Swyers @KaySwys]

Incredibly proud to have worked on this piece: https://t.co/4tladaGw20

[Investigative Journalism Bureau @UofT_ijb]

#Suspended is a sweeping collaborative series by the IJB and @TorontoStar: @thecribby @_declankeogh @orrdanie @KaySwys @giuliafiaoni @AnrikeVisser & Max Binks-Collier; @JournalismTMU's @kylzhu @hiheidilee @uhhbeer
You can see it all on our website: https://t.co/TU2F06aTCW

[Karen Pauls @karenpaulscbc]

My story from Red Lake, Minn. Thanks to ⁦@DoddsMissy⁩ and survivors for talking to me, @theviolencepro⁩ and ⁦@jillkpeterson⁩ for the research. More coming on @CBCTheNational ⁦@CBCWorldReport⁩ and @CBCWorldatSix later this week. https://t.co/7Tbw5SAcxQ

[Michelle Allan @michelleallan]

This story from my colleagues at the investigative unit is an absolutely wild ride-- I've been looking forward to reading it since @KaySwys first told me about her work on it. https://t.co/i5K1XwHsAm

[CBC Toronto @CBCToronto]

Ernest Matton, who was the head of the Aboriginal Healing Program at Toronto's Michael Garron Hospital, abruptly retired in May, soon after members of the Indigenous community raised questions about his identity. https://t.co/SoxmPrCxiP

[Katie Swyers @KaySwys]

@michelleallan Absolutely cannot wait to work with you in the future!