Susan Ormiston is a journalist, and is currently the Washington Correspondent for the CBC.Ormiston has been a correspondent for CBC Television's "The National" and guest host for several CBC radio and television programs. She has covered prominent events including the election of Nelson Mandela in 1994 in the first free elections in South Africa, and was injured in the police crackdown during the George Floyd protests in Washington in 2020. She has covered wars and rebellions in Afghanistan, Lebanon, Syria, Libya and Egypt. She has also followed the euro crisis in Egypt, Italy, and Germany, and while based in London covered the London Olympics, the Royal Wedding of William and Kate, and the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.Originally from Saskatchewan, Ormiston attended Evan Hardy Collegiate in Saskatoon. She received her Bachelor of Journalism degree from Carleton University.