Susan Ormiston is CBC News first international climate correspondent, tackling high-profile stories and breaking news on climate change around the world. 

As a long-time CBC senior correspondent for TV, radio and online, Ormiston has reported from 30 countries and conflict zones including Afghanistan, Egypt, Libya, Russia, Ukraine, Lebanon, Syria, and Israel. She's covered natural and industrial disasters in Haiti, Bangladesh and the Philippines. She also reported extensively on Nelson Mandela, covering his election as President of South Africa in 1994, and his death nearly 20 years later. As CBC News London correspondent, she covered the European debt crisis, a royal wedding and baby, and the revolutions in Libya, Egypt, and Syria. She has also reported on global sporting events including the Olympic Games London 2012, Rio 2016 and PyeongChang 2018, and the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. She has been a guest host for CBC News Network and CBC programs including THE NATIONAL, THE CURRENT, and AS IT HAPPENS, and has also reported for CBC's THE FIFTH ESTATE and MARKETPLACE.

Ormiston has interviewed a wide range of newsmakers including U.S. President Bill Clinton, former Governor General Michalle Jean, U.S. Army General Stanley McChrystal, IMF managing director Christine Lagarde, and as well as the musicians Cline Dion, Shania Twain, and Sting.

In recognition of her journalistic accomplishments, Ormiston has won three Gemini Awards and a Canadian Screen Award, including Best Reportage for her work in Afghanistan, and Best Digital for a Canadian election special called Ormiston Online. In 2011, she won a Foreign Press Association award in London, and this spring, she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from the University of Saskatchewan. 

Prior to joining CBC, Ormiston  was a correspondent and host for W-Five. She studied at Carleton University, earning a Bachelor of Journalism.