Rachel Gilmore
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Rachel Gilmore | |
|---|---|
| Education | Carleton University (2012-2016) |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Website | rachelgilmore |
Rachel Gilmore is an independent, Canadian journalist based out of Montreal. She specializes in federal politics, disinformation, and the far-right.
Between 2020 and 2023, Rachel Gilmore was a parliamentary journalist in Ottawa for Global News. She reported on various issues, including the 2022 Freedom Convoy and the 2022 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election. She would equally lead Global News' presence on TikTok[1]. She would gain notoriety around this time, and would face attacks, including from Conservative Party of Canada leader Pierre Poilievre.[2] She was laid off in 2023, as part of broader layoffs at Global.[3]
Gilmore has since pivoted her work to independent journalism, through her outlet Bubble Pop Media. Her investigations, which generally take the form of short-form videos, have focused notably on the far-right, and in particular active clubs, including one such instance where members of an active club in Montreal – Frontenac Active Club – managed to use a gym without the owner's knowledge. In March 2026, two members of said active club, Shawn Beauvais-Macdonald and Giulio Zardo, would show up, in March 2026, at an event to intimidate her following her investigation.[4][5]
On March 2025, CTV hired Gilmore to host a weekly fact-checking segment for the 2025 Canadian federal election. She would be fired shortly after a conservative pressure campaign made her segment a "distraction" for the channel.[6][7]
Gilmore is associated with feminist reporting. She has repeatedly spoken up in defense of women's rights, in particular denouncing embarrassment and misogyny targeting female journalists. In December 2025, she was invited to testify in front of the House of Commons of Canada's Standing Committee on the Status of Women on the effects of anti-feminist ideology.[8][9]
Gilmore is regularly targeted by Internet harassment campaigns by far-right groups.[10][11]
References
- ↑ "Rachel Gilmore". LinkedIn. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
- ↑ Wentzell, Stephen (13 July 2022). "Poilievre's attacks on reporter 'antithetical to democratic values'". rabble.ca. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
- ↑ Wentzell, Stephen (9 March 2023). "Corus Entertainment/Global News layoffs put democracy at risk". rabble.ca. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
- ↑ Gilmore, Rachel. "The Fallout from Reporting on White Nationalism in Canada". The Tyee. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
- ↑ Fawcett-Atkinson, Marc (19 March 2026). "Des suprémacistes blancs ciblent les gymnases pour «endoctriner» de nouveaux adeptes". Le Devoir (in French). Retrieved 6 April 2026.
- ↑ Campbell, Janiece (3 April 2025). "Canadian journalist axed from CTV segment following online hate, urges better protections for reporters". NOW Toronto. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
- ↑ Lebrun, Luke (1 April 2025). "CTV Cancelled a Fact-Checking Segment in Response to Political Pressure From Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives". PressProgress. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
- ↑ O'Malley, Kady (8 December 2025). "Impact of 'antifeminist ideology', social media influencers on the agenda". iPolitics. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
- ↑ "Minutes - FEWO (45-1) - No. 19 - House of Commons of Canada". www.ourcommons.ca. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
- ↑ Coutié, Maxime. "Rachel Gilmore craint pour sa sécurité en raison des menaces de l'extrême droite | OHdio | Radio-Canada". ici.radio-canada.ca (in French). Retrieved 6 April 2026.
- ↑ Tout le monde en parle. "Rachel Gilmore : quand l'extrême droite réplique | Tout le monde en parle". Radio-Canada (in Canadian French). Retrieved 6 April 2026.