Reporting on Canada as an international correspondent, I am particularly interested in immigration, wealth and malfeasance, and Canada’s place in the world as a NATO member and one of the world’s richest economies.
I took on my role in the summer of 2024 after working in Brussels for five years, first as a correspondent, and later as bureau chief, leading The Times’s coverage of the European Union.
I joined The Times in 2019, after nearly a decade as a staff correspondent with The Wall Street Journal in Europe and Africa. I have reported on financial meltdowns and refugee crises, wars and coups, from more than 30 countries.
In 2021 I was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting as part of a Times team that investigated the spread of Covid-19 in nursing homes. In 2019, I was part of a team at The Journal that won a Society of American Business Editors and Writers award for coverage of the crash of a Boeing 737-Max operated by Ethiopian Airlines. I won the 2016 One World Media award for my reporting on the refugee exodus from inside Eritrea.
I have also worked at The Economist, where I was a Marjorie Deane fellow. I studied modern history and politics at Oxford University as an undergraduate, and I hold a Master in Public Administration from the London School of Economics.
I was born and raised in Athens, Greece, where I took my first steps as a reporter working for Athens-based newspapers.
I live in Toronto with my husband, our two children and two Labrador retrievers.
As a Times journalist, I am committed to upholding the standards of integrity outlined in our Ethical Journalism Handbook. I have no partisan or other political affiliations, nor do I donate to causes that are related to my reporting. I always identify myself as a Times journalist when working. I pay particular attention to giving subjects of my reporting a fair, meaningful chance to comment, and I endeavor to present all sides of the debates that I cover accurately and fully.
Email: matina.stevis@nytimes.com
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The diplomatic rift has suddenly grown more stark as Canada amplifies its accusations that India is directing lethal operations abroad.
By Adam Pasick, Matina Stevis-Gridneff and Anupreeta Das
The Canadian police said the Indian government had orchestrated homicides and extortion in Canada to intimidate Sikh separatists. India, in return, kicked out Canadian diplomats.
By Matina Stevis-Gridneff
Canada has long had one of the world’s most open immigration policies. Now, faced with a growing popular backlash, it’s changing the rules.
By Matina Stevis-Gridneff and Ian Willms
Canada’s Liberals are reeling from a string of setbacks, even as the party survived a no-confidence vote in Parliament on Wednesday.
By Matina Stevis-Gridneff
She was on the front lines of dogged fights against injustices, including a recent series of murders of Indigenous women by a white man.
By Matina Stevis-Gridneff and Kim Wheeler
A left-leaning party that helped Canada’s Liberals build a majority in Parliament announced it was ending its support, making it possible an election is called early.
By Ian Austen and Matina Stevis-Gridneff
Heads of state and diplomats who have interacted with the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee say she uses humor, and talk of food, to help leaven hard discussions.
By Matina Stevis-Gridneff and Zolan Kanno-Youngs
President Biden’s stance on Ukraine was shaped by a deep commitment to America’s trans-Atlantic alliance. Some Europeans fear he may be among the last of his kind.
By Matina Stevis-Gridneff
The country’s struggle to reach an informal military spending target highlights how difficult it is for the alliance to quickly bolster its abilities.
By Matina Stevis-Gridneff
The German conservative, a steadfast U.S. ally, gained European Parliament approval to lead the European Commission for another five years. She’ll face tumult at home and abroad.
By Matina Stevis-Gridneff
