Andrea Woo - The Globe and Mail

Staff
Reporter
Vancouver, Canada

andreawoo@globeandmail.com
http://andreawoo.com

Andrea Woo is a reporter for The Globe and Mail. She has a current focus on substance use, mental health and drug policy.

Years at The Globe and Mail

7

Honours & Awards

2017 CAJ award - Open Media category (Canada's Fentanyl Crisis)

2017 Jack Webster Award - Best Breaking News Reporting - Print (Cheque Day)

2016 Jack Webster Award - Excellence in Digital Journalism (Fentanyl's Deadly Path)

2012 Jack Webster Award - Best Reporting of the Year - Print (YVR Plane Crash series)

2012 Jack Webster Award for Excellence in Multimedia Journalism (The Gastown Project)

2003 Jack Webster Award for Student Journalism

Languages Spoken

English, Cantonese

Andrea Woo abides by The Globe and Mail Editorial Code of Conduct

Latest articles

British Columbia

Penticton’s bylaw to fine people sleeping on sidewalks criticized for targeting the homeless

British Columbia

Libby Davies recounts four decades of political activism in her book Outside In: A Political Memoir

B.C. opioid overdoses lower for 2019 but experts still cautious amid unpredictable drug supply

British Columbia

B.C.’s chief health officer calls for decriminalization of illicit drugs

Cannabis is legal, but Vancouver’s 60,000-strong 4/20 event still an outlaw

Family of teen who overdosed calls for more drug checking at music festivals

B.C.'s illicit drug market sees rise in animal tranquilizer, illegal anxiety medication

British Columbia

Real estate groups issue recommendations on money laundering

Street artists transform Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside alley

April 12 Updated

In Vancouver, front-line workers are facing ‘a different kind of overdose’ in new synthetic drug

April 10 Updated

British Columbia

Vancouver health experts warn federal committee to expand focus in addiction treatments

Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre report aims to dispel harmful stereotypes about Indigenous women

British Columbia

Mayor of Vancouver suburb Port Moody taking leave of absence following sexual assault charge

Grizzly bear that killed mother and baby was emaciated and turned to ‘uncommon food sources,’ Yukon report finds

March 27 Updated

B.C. NDP table bill that provides tax breaks on LNG projects

British Columbia

New Vancouver detox centre serves as a reflection of how attitudes around substance abuse have evolved

March 22 Updated

British Columbia

B.C. hospitals are ignoring rules on involuntary mental-health patients, ombudsperson finds

Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou will argue abuse of process, political interference: Defence

Canada allows extradition hearings against Huawei executive Meng

British Columbia

B.C. authority on substance use recommends retail heroin sales