Sheena Goodyear
Journalist
Sheena Goodyear is a web journalist with CBC Radio's As It Happens in Toronto. She is equally comfortable tackling complex and emotionally difficult stories that hold truth to power, or spinning quirky yarns about the weird and wonderful things people get up to all over the world. She has a particular passion for science communication, and stories from LGBTQ communities. Originally from Newfoundland and Labrador, her work has appeared on CBC News, Sun Media, the Globe & Mail, the Toronto Star, VICE News and more. You can reach her at sheena.goodyear@cbc.ca
Latest from Sheena Goodyear
Mastodon teeth found in couple's backyard may shed light on New York's Ice Age
The New York State Museum is hailing it as a "major discovery" that will help scientists better understand once-abundant mammals.
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Why Gisèle Pelicot's supporters sang a feminist anthem outside the courthouse
Gisèle Pelicot's supporters have stood in solidarity outside the courthouse in Avignon, France, every day of her ex-husband’s high-profile rape trial. And on Thursday, after the court sentenced Dominique Pelicot to a maximum 20 years, they joined together in song.
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National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation hits different in Quebec. Its director is about to see why
Jeremiah Chechik has attended plenty of screenings of his 1989 comedy directorial debut, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. But the upcoming shows in his hometown of Montreal will be unlike anything he’s seen before.
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Why Switzerland is busy fixing up its vast network of nuclear bunkers
Switzerland is spending 354 million to make sure its network of public and private nuclear shelters are in tip-top shape and ready to accommodate all nine million Swiss residents, should the need arise.
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What can parasite eggs preserved in medieval poop tell us about human history?
Most people don’t get excited about intestinal parasite eggs preserved in 500-year-old human feces. But Marissa Ledger isn't like most people.
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He risked everything to stand up to Assad, but he never got to see the regime fall
Nobody had heard from Syrian activist Mazen al-Hamada after he was detained in Damascus in 2020. On Tuesday, his family identified his body in a hospital morgue. Hundreds took to the streets during his funeral to honour him.
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This whale made an epic trek across 3 oceans — possibly for the ladies
Scientist have documented what they say is the longest recorded migration of a humpback whale — from the Pacific Coast of Colombia to the Indian Ocean near Zanzibar.
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Austria wants to send Syrians home. Refugees and their advocates say it's too soon
Several European countries that have paused asylum applications from Syria until a clearer picture emerges about the country's political future. But Austria's government went a step further, calling for an "orderly return and deportation program."
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This Canadian is the new world champion of spreadsheets, and he has the belt to prove it
Michael Jarman, a Toronto financial modelling director, has become the undisputed world champion of managing spreadsheets in Microsoft Excel.
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Women weren't supposed to race. But 'Motorcycle' Mary McGee was having too much fun to care
Mary McGee, a pioneering racer and the first woman in the U.S. to race a motorcycle, has died at the age of 87.
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