Irene Galea

About

Irene Galea is a business reporter for The Globe and Mail, Canada's newspaper of record. Since joining The Globe in 2021, her coverage has included telecommunications, technology and housing. Her work has earned four awards from the Society for American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW) for best business reporting in Canada. Irene is also the host of City Space, The Globe and Mail's podcast on the future of cities, which received gold in the podcast category by SABEW and a Digital Publishing Awards nomination. Irene was a 2024 fellow of the Arthur F. Burns program, reporting for the Globe from Berlin. Irene holds a Masters in Studies in Building History from the University of Cambridge (2023). Her dissertation explored the development of 19th-century bank architecture in Toronto. She received a Bachelor of Journalism from Carleton University (2019), where she was awarded the University Medal for ranking first in class. She was previously a member of the board of the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario and chair of its emerging professionals committee, a youth advisory board member for the National Trust for Canada, and an Emerging Historian with Heritage Toronto. Irene speaks English and French, and B2-level German. She has completed the Canadian Securities Course.