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Adam Zivo is a Canadian journalist best known for his syndicated political columns in the National Post. He has had over 500 pieces published in over 20 media outlets; made hundreds of appearances on Canadian talk radio; and is an occasional correspondent for The News Forum, a Canadian television station.

 

Zivo has reported extensively from wartime Ukraine and has produced written and filmed reports from Israel during the 12-Day War (2025) and Iran War (2026), as well as from Taiwan, Poland, Moldova, Serbia, and Azerbaijan. Due to his work in Ukraine, he was a finalist for the 2023 National Newspaper Award for Best Columnist; a recipient of the 2024 King Charles III Coronation Medal; and an expert witness at the House of Commons' Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security.

 

Zivo's investigative journalism also persistently exposed the mass defraudment of Canada's experimental "safer supply" drug programs, forcing the federal government to drop its support for the initiative. More broadly, his criticism of the "harm reduction" movement – particularly its weaponization of bad science – has been widely cited by Canadian parliamentarians and is credited for shifting the national discourse on drug policy.

 

As the founder and director of the Centre For Responsible Drug Policy, Zivo has presented at Canada's top addiction medicine conferences and produced two mini-documentaries (the "Government Heroin" series) about the harms of safer supply. He also hosted Break The Needle, a 22-minute drug policy show that ran on The News Forum for 27 episodes.

 

Before entering journalism, Zivo founded LoveisLoveisLove, an LGBTQ advocacy campaign focused on large-scale art installations in Ontario. Among other things, he produced Toronto's "Big Gay Bus" (a mobile educational resource); the "Queering STEM" scholarship; and Toronto City Hall’s largest-ever indoor art installation.

 

Zivo holds a Master of Public Policy from the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy.

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You can contact him at (info at adamzivo dot com)

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