Jackie Marchildon
About Jackie Marchildon
Jackie Marchildon is the senior bilingual editor for Global Citizen, based in Toronto, Ontario. She is the principal reporter for Canada, as well as the lead reporter on global health, covering issues ranging from foreign policy and universal health coverage, to disease outbreaks and immunization efforts, to polio eradication. Jackie is especially interested in how gender influences global health. Her noteworthy reporting includes a reporting project on female genital mutilation in Canada.
Stories
'Unignorable Tower' Illustrates the Massive Scale of Poverty in Toronto
The building would need to house more than 116,000 people. Read more
15% of Female Students Have Been Sexually Assaulted by Another Student in Canada: Survey
School boards are also lacking in policy when it comes to dealing with reports. Read more
PartnerHealthJohnson & Johnson to Deliver up to Half A Million Doses of Their Ebola Vaccine to the Democratic Republic of ...
The current Ebola outbreak has infected more than 3,000 people. Read more
Another Canadian Province Just Banned Single-Use Plastic Bags
Nova Scotia is the third province to implement a ban. Read more
A Lab Worker Got a Smallpox-Related Infection After Refusing the Vaccine
Smallpox was officially declared eradicated in 1980. Read more
PartnerEducationConnected North Links Indigenous Students in Remote Areas to Classroom Resources
The network connects students to opportunities that are unavailable locally using Cisco technology. Read more
AdvocacyHealthThis US Bill Could End Preventable Mother and Child Deaths by 2035. Here’s What You Need to Know.
The Reach Every Mother and Child Act is a bipartisan bill that aims to save 600,000 women by 2020. Read more
The World Officially Has Eradicated Two Strains of Polio
This great news was announced on World Polio Day. Read more
FeatureHealthThese Are the People Fighting Polio Around the World
Polio is 99.9% eradicated — thanks to frontline health workers. Read more
3 Key Things You Should Definitely Know About Canada’s Dedication to Ending Polio
Not too long ago, polio affected 350,000 people per year around the world. Read more