Emily Mathieu is a freelance journalist, with extensive experience reporting on housing policy and vulnerable populations, most recently as the Affordable and Precarious Housing beat reporter for the Toronto Star.

Toronto Star: 2001 – 2020 Precarious and Affordable Housing, Beat Reporter: Nov 2016 – Feb 2020. • Focused coverage of all levels of housing policy, with a focus on the Residential Tenancies Act, Toronto Community Housing, Toronto’s Emergency Shelter, and Drop-In Systems, as well as the intersection between poverty, addiction, mental health and related government policy. Investigations Unit: 2010 – 2016. • Notable Projects: The lack of cohesive (or any) sexual violence policies at Universities and Colleges Across Canada; systemic flaws in Toronto’s taxi licensing system; mortgage fraud and secondary lending markets, ponzi schemes, as well as team reporting on former Mayor Rob Ford. General Assignment/ Radio Room/ Administrative support: 2010 – 2001. Permanent hire in 2008 following diverse contract work across several departments. • Monitored police, fire, ETF scanners to alert reporting staff to breaking news; produced multiple stories each day; as well as conducted general reporting on business, Toronto, and Global news, following two years providing administrative support for multiple departments.