Jimmy Thomson is Canada's National Observer's managing editor. He started out as a scientist — researching sea slug brains, of all things — and a polar guide before finding his way to journalism.

His work on climate, the environment, and Indigenous issues has been recognized with Jack Webster Award, Canadian Association of Journalists awards, National Magazine Awards, Digital Publishing Awards, Edward R. Murrow awards, and many others. He's been published across Canada and worldwide in outlets like The Guardian, The Washington Post, The Globe and Mail, The Narwhal, and The Walrus.

He played a very tiny part in the discovery of Sir John Franklin's ship, the Erebus, in the High Arctic, for which he was a co-recipient of the Erebus Medal, and his work has been translated into Mandarin, German, French, Russian, Norwegian, Inuktitut, Chipewyan, Slavey, Gwich'in, and Italian (and, once, a nationally syndicated comic strip).