Read the latest news from the cluster.
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April 23, 2020Global Reporting Program recognized with award nominations and wins
The Global Reporting Program’s investigation into the global fishmeal industry has been nominated for several national and international journalism awards.
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November 21, 2019Investigation on fishmeal industry reveals hidden costs to fishing the oceans for fish farms
In The Fish You (Don’t Know You) Eat, a yearlong investigation of the global fishmeal industry, the Global Reporting Program, in partnership with NBC News, uncovered a supply chain from Latin America to West Africa to China that is polluting the ocean, causing food insecurity in coastal communities, and risking the collapse of fisheries.
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November 14, 2018Bringing Global Students Together
The UBC Global Reporting Centre is launching an ambitious new Global Reporting Program that brings students around the world together to research and investigate under-covered issues, and produce major works of journalism.
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November 13, 2018How Academics, Nonprofit News Sites, and Government Can Collaborate to Inform the Public
The Global Reporting Centre has launched an ambitious project investigating labor abuse, environmental impact and corruption in global commerce. Published by the Global Investigative News Network and the Chronicle of Philanthropy.
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October 1, 2018Bringing Scholars into the Newsroom
As the director of a $2.5 million SSHRC project, Peter Klein is bringing journalists and scholars together to investigate corruption, labour abuses, and environmental costs in global supply chains.
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July 29, 2018GRC Receives $1.9 Million to Investigate Corruption in Supply Chains
The Global Reporting Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia, has announced a C$2.5 million ($1.9 million) grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council for a project that will bring together leading journalists, academic experts, and media organizations to investigate corruption in global supply chains.
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June 22, 2018$2.5M funding awarded for global ‘Hidden Costs of Supply Chains’ project
Professor Genevieve LeBaron, co-director of SPERI, is part of an international team of researchers that has received $2.5M for a new seven-year research project ‘The Hidden Costs of Supply Chains: A Global Investigation’
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June 5, 2018A new $2.5 Million Investigation on Supply Chains
With a $2.5 million partnership grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), the Global Reporting Centre is launching Hidden Costs.