Behind the human face God was hiding,
I did not know.
I veiled my eyes and was separated from truth,
I did not know.
Hindustani poet

The Monument
How a Canadian play is helping victims of the Rwandan genocide open their hearts and minds
Reader's Digest, October 2010

The Merry-Go-Round
Thanks to a Canadian nonprofit group, women
in Kenya are transforming their lives—and the
role of women—through small start-up
businesses of their own
Reader's Digest, August 2011

What would you do for political or religious freedom?
Reader’s Digest, April 2010

Siamak Pourzand
Siamak Pourzand: Iranian writer and intellectual persecuted by the state for his criticism of the country’s brutal leadership
London Times

Designing Women
What happens when fashion, religion and politics collide?
Elle, April 2011

The Power of Song
R&B singing sensation Kim Davis sings from the soul...and from the depth of her own pain.
Reader's Digest, January 2011
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Flora's Fight
Former Kenya politician survives the death of a son and torture to remain steadfast in creating a new future for her country.
Reader's Digest, December 2010
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Cry Freedom
Held hostage in Somali for 15 months, Amanda Lindhout returns to Canada and starts the Somali Girls Scholarship Program. Elle, September 2010

It¹s in the cards
A Colombian woman changes lives with paper and positive thinking.
Elle, February 2010

Nanny's Other Family
Canada's live-in caregiver immigration program may not be good for the kids
by Susan McClelland
The Walrus Magazine, September 2009

Peacemakers
Former female soldiers from Liberia work for
positive change, but will they be forgiven for
their transgressions?
Text: Susan McClelland
Elle 2009

Cut Both Ways
Winner, 2008 Amnesty International Media Award for excellence in human rights reporting.
Ninety percent of women in Sierra Leone have undergone female circumcision as part of a coming-of-age ritual. Its detractors call the tradition traumatic and say it can lead to sexual dysfunction and complications during childbirth. So why are some of the practice’s strongest defenders women?
By Susan McClelland
Chatelaine, October 2008

The Write Stuff
Young Journalists from Sierra Leone talk about despair and hope.
By Susan McClelland
Elle, September 2008

Mariatu and Me
A story of survival and hope from a child victim of Sierra Leone's civil war
By Susan McClelland
More magazine, September 2008

Could you rebuild your relationship from scratch?
After her new partner, former Crazy Canuck skier Dave Irwin, suffered a
brain injury, Lynne Harrison had to help him walk, talk‹and remember who she
was,
Best Health, Summer 2008

Man of the Hour
Susan McClelland talks with CBC’s man of The Hour, George Stroumboulopoulos.
Reader’s Digest, April 2008

Darfur
Member of Parliament Glen Pearson adopts three young children from Darfur. Glen and his wife Jane invite Susan into their very special family.
Canadian Living, February 2008

Who Am I?
Susan meets a woman who discovers a past to be proud of: Cameroon and the slave trade.
Reader’s Digest January 2008

Beauty Nights
A top salon in a family shelter? Canadian charity Beauty Night makes it happen.
By Susan McClelland
Elle, December 2007

Krall's Space
Susan talks to legendary jazz musician Diana Krall about love, children, spirituality and having fun.
By Susan McClelland
More Magazine
November 2007
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Adult Bullying
Are you being bullied? Adults, just like kids, bully and the results are just as traumatizing.
By Susan McClelland
Canadian Living, September 2007

Degrassi: Everyone’s School
The International TV Sensation is more than a hit show.
By Susan McClelland
Reader’s Digest, September 2007

Ishmael Beah's Long Way Back
Ishmael Beah’s best-selling memoir, A Long Way Gone, tells the terrible story of his life as a child soldier. Now read how Buddhism and storytelling helped him recover.
by Susan McClelland
Shambhala Sun, September 2007

Belinda Stronach
The Woman Behind the Headlines
By Susan McClelland
Reader's Digest, August 2007

Mariatu Kamara, Survivor
SUSAN McCLELLAND talks to two young people who know too well what happens when war becomes child's play
The Globe and Mail, Saturday, April 14, 2007

Dating Abuse
How well do you know your daughter's boyfriend? Even the young are vulnerable to relationship abuse. Here's how you can spot it-and what you can do about it.
By Susan McClelland
Canadian Living, March 2007

Les Stroud, Survivorman
Could you last a week alone in the desert, the jungle or the Arctic-with no food or shelter?
By Susan McClelland
Reader's Digest, March 2007

Working Girl
Many Philippine women, who are brought to Canada as nannies are turning to prostitution to earn a decent wage.
By Susan McClelland
Elle, February 2007

When Love Hurts
How one battered woman fought back -- and won.
By Bonnie Williamson, written by Susan McClelland
Canadian Living, November 2006

Unusual Suspects
Finalist, Canadian Association of Journalists Investigative Reporting Award, 2007
After months of speculation that they murdered an Ontario couple at a Mexican resort, Cheryl Everall and Kimberly Kim give Susan McClelland an exclusive glimpse into their bizarre plight.
Chatelaine, September 2006

My Muskoka, Gone Forever
In 2006 Susan decided to sell her family cottage, the place she grew up and the place her memories and dreams were born.
It was not a difficult decision in the end. Muskoka...a love gone forever.
By Susan McClelland
Reader’s Digest. July 2006

The Enduring Mystery of Mary
Over the centuries Mother Mary has played a leading role in religious devotion. But why?
By Susan McClelland
Reader's Digest, May 2006

Home at Last
Natasha Falle turned her first trick when she was 14-years-old. Soon after she was addicted to crack cocaine. Today she is clean and helping teens get off the streets, and she credits her triumph over drugs to the unconditional love of her mother, Rose. Here is their story.
By Susan McClelland
Canadian Living, April 2006

Monia Mazigh fought a very public battle to free and exonerate her husband Maher Arar…
By Susan McClelland
Canadian Living, March 2006

Cyber Sex
This is one woman's story as told to journalist Susan McClelland
Canadian Living, February 2006

Nanny Abuse
Winner 2005 Amnesty International Media Award
Finalist, Canadian Association of Journalists, Investigative Reporting Award, 2006
By Susan McClelland
The Walrus, March 2005

Sad Little Girls
Finalist, Canadian Association of Journalists, Investigative Reporting Award, 2004
In Cambodia, SUSAN McCLELLAND reports on a thriving child-sex trade
Maclean's, November 24, 2003

Drug Mules
Transporting narcotics seems the answer to their problems, reports SUSAN MCCLELLAND. Big mistake.
By Susan McClelland
McLean's, July 28, 2003

The Mail-Order Bride Business
First comes marriage, reports SUSAN McCLELLAND. Then -- maybe -- comes love.
Maclean's, October 28, 2002

Who's my birth father?
Canadians conceived with donated sperm are demanding to
know their genetic roots -- but Ottawa isn't making it easy.
Maclean's, May 20, 2002

Inside the Sex Trade
Trafficking in foreign prostitutes is one of the fastest-growing illicit activities in the world. Welcome to a hidden Canada -- and lives of quiet desperation.
Maclean's, December 03, 2001

Animal Wrongs
National Magazine Award Honourable Mention, 2002
The growing trade in animals, some of them rare species, poses dangers to public health and safety--and to the animals themselves
Maclean's, January 22, 2001

Hidden Heartbreak
Alzheimer's is devastating for those who have it and for their families. It threatens to overwhelm Canada's fragile system of care for the elderly.
By Susan McClelland
Maclean’s, January 14, 2000