On air · DATELINE CANADA · November 26, 2026
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On air · DATELINE CANADA · November 26, 2026 *
Diana Swain: press bio
One of Canada's most-awarded and best recognized investigative journalists, Diana Swain has received more than two dozen major awards across her four-decade career.
Among her career accolades, Diana Swain is the winner of three Gemini Awards for best news anchor. She was the first woman in Canada to be honoured with the award. As an investigative journalist, she has won more than two dozen awards, including the Canadian Hillman Prize, several Canadian Association of Journalists Awards, the Prix Judicia, and contributed to two Michener Award–winning investigations.
She is best recognized for investigative reporting for the Fifth Estate, for regularly filling in as anchor of The National, for creating and hosting The Investigators with Diana Swain, and for covering three Olympic Games in Beijing 2008, Sochi 2014, and Pyeongchang 2018. Her decorated career culminated in roles as CBC's Senior Investigative Correspondent, Executive Producer of the Fifth Estate, and Managing Editor of Investigations. She is a contributing correspondent to the recently announced Dateline Canada, and is the lead reporter for the program's premiere episode airing in November, 2026.
Swain started her broadcast career in Prince George, British Columbia, before moving first to Winnipeg and then Toronto to anchor CBC’s evening news.
She left CBC in early 2024 and now leads Diana Swain Strategies, an executive communication and coaching firm in Toronto.
Select Awards & Recognition
| Year | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Canadian Screen Award – Best News or Information Series (as Executive Producer) | Nominee |
| 2023 | Canadian Screen Award – Best News or Information Series (as Executive Producer) | Winner |
| 2017 | Honorary Doctorate of Technology, BCIT | Conferred (+ delivered convocation address) |
| 2016 | Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) award – Data Journalism (with Timothy Sawa & Lori Ward) | Winner |
| 2016 | RTDNA (Radio Television Digital News Association) award | Winner |
| 2012 | Canadian Hillman Prize – Scout's Honour (with Timothy Sawa & Angela Gilbert) | Winner (first Hillman Prize awarded in Canada) |
| 2011 | Gemini Award – Best News Information Segment | Nominee |
| 2011 | Canadian Medical Association media award – reporting on federal tobacco warning labels | Winner |
| 2011 | Canadian Association of Journalists award – Best Investigative Reporting | Winner |
| 2010 | Gemini Award – Best News Anchor | Winner (third Gemini in this category) |
| 2010 | Honorary degree, Humber College | Conferred |
| 2009 | Gemini Award – Best News Anchor | Winner (second Gemini in this category) |
| 2006 | BCIT Distinguished Alumna / Alumnus of the Year | Honoree |
| 2002 | Gemini Award – Best Host or Interviewer, News/Info Talk Program | Nominee |
| 2002 | Gemini Award – Best Writing in an Information Program or Series | Nominee |
| 2000 | Gemini Award – Best News Anchor | Winner (first woman to win this Gemini category) |