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Susan Ormiston

Toronto

International Correspondent at Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)

CBC International Correspondent

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  • 2 weeks ago | cbc.ca | Susan Ormiston |Jill English

    For 65 years, an international treaty forged at the height of the Cold War has governed Antarctica. But with rising geopolitical tensions, consensus is increasingly hard to find. "Up until just a few years ago, we talked about the Antarctic Treaty as a framework for peace and stability in the Antarctic region, and the Arctic as a place of relative stability," said David Hik, chief scientist at Polar Knowledge Canada, an agency focused on strengthening polar science and technology in Canada.

  • Mar 18, 2025 | msn.com | Susan Ormiston |Jill English

    Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.

  • Mar 18, 2025 | businessandamerica.com | Susan Ormiston |Jill English

    In the middle of an active volcano at the bottom of the world, dozens of fur seals bask in blowing wet snow. They are mostly unfussed by their two-legged guests. Around them lie cockeyed iron tanks and wooden boats from an early 20th-century whaling settlement, so weathered they’re nearly absorbed by the black sand beach. Traces of Chilean and British bases appear just as humbled.

  • Mar 15, 2025 | businessandamerica.com | Susan Ormiston

    According to an international treaty, military vessels aren’t allowed in Antarctica without a scientific objective. That’s what the HMCS Margaret Brooke is currently doing in the southern polar region, supporting 15 Canadian climate scientists in their research. Partway through its Antarctic expedition, the Margaret Brooke was joined by the navy’s top commander, Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee.

  • Mar 15, 2025 | msn.com | Susan Ormiston

    Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.

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Susan Ormiston
Susan Ormiston @OrmistonOnline
12 Jun 25

Ryan Straschnitzki using an exoskeleton designed by the Human In Motion robotics team from Simon Fraser University. Long way for Ryan since I interviewed him after the Humboldt hockey team tragedy.

Cami Kepke
Cami Kepke @CamiKepke

Amazing stuff. Humboldt Broncos bus crash survivor Ryan Straschnitzki is operating the XoMotion-R exoskeleton by himself for the first time. https://t.co/6SVbQ60057

Susan Ormiston
Susan Ormiston @OrmistonOnline
8 Jun 25

On World Oceans Day come with me to the Southern Ocean encircling Antarctica. It’s changing …and the continent too, the penguins though are just as irresistible.And the seals? Watch our Voyage Beyond the Antarctic Circle tonight on CBC TV at 8:00 pm 🐧 🐧 @CBCNews #Antarctica

Susan Ormiston
Susan Ormiston @OrmistonOnline
22 May 25

Took a brief trip back to the west - Big Sky country where talk is hot about Alberta separation.. here’s what some folks told us. https://t.co/aayqD2fOwk https://t.co/PzvMSyC4Ny