Kim Champion

Kim Champion

Canadian Mortgage Professional

Kim Champion

Senior Writer - Special Reports

20+ years experience

Kim's specialty topics

Alternative & Private Lending Broker Sentiment & Lender Relationships Financial Life Planning DE&I & Women of Influence in Mortgage Broking

Kim Champion is Senior Writer of Special Reports for Canadian Mortgage Professional, where she covers the brokerages, brokers, and market forces shaping Canada's mortgage industry. Her reporting spans alternative and private lending, the teams and firms driving growth in that space, broker sentiment on banks, non-banks, and lender relationships, and the leaders and initiatives, including Women of Influence in mortgage broking, setting the standard across the profession. She's driven by curiosity about what makes these leaders and firms excellent at what they do, and by the challenge of telling their stories well. Kim brings over two decades of journalism experience to the role, including B2B special reports and sponsored content across the legal, insurance, mortgage, human resources, and financial sectors. As a founding reporter for a digital-first community news outlet, part of one of Canada's largest hyperlocal news networks, she set the editorial tone for its local journalism, pairing storytelling that celebrated the community with hard-hitting coverage of issues such as homelessness and poverty. Prior to that, she led award-winning newsrooms from Parry Sound to York Region, setting the gold standard for enterprise reporting in local politics, and her own agenda-setting work in community journalism earned two provincial news awards for editorial writing within a five-year span, along with regional and international recognition. She is known for producing high-impact industry coverage that pairs data and expert insight with compelling storytelling. A love of community and a desire to help make it better anchor her volunteer work, particularly with the Spelling Bee of Canada.

How I think about writing for this industry…

“I have the best job in the world, getting on a call with someone who's spent decades becoming excellent at what they do, and hearing them think out loud about how they got there. It's my privilege to be trusted with those conversations, and I’m thrilled to give the reader a seat at that table, too.”

Awards and recognition

Also published by

Insurance Business Canada · Insurance Business Asia · Human Resources Director Canada · Human Resources Director Australia · Sudbury Northern Life · YorkRegion.com · MPA - Mortgage Professional America · NZ Adviser · Canadian Lawyer · Guelph Today · Barrie Today · NewmarketToday · Benefits and Pensions Monitor · Bradford News · MidlandToday

Featured content from Kim

The trusted team behind $3.5 billion in alternative lending Women of Influence drive BMO's BrokerEdge forward Rakhee Dhingra: Revolutionizing mortgages through financial life planning

Previous experience

  • Key Media — Senior Writer - Special Reports
  • Newmarket Today / Village Media — Reporter
  • The Vaughan Citizen / York Region / Star Metroland Media — Managing Editor
  • The Parry Sound North Star / Star Metroland Media — Managing Editor

Education

  • Journalism Diploma, Centennial College

Read the latest stories by Kim

The trusted team behind $3.5 billion in alternative lending

Complex borrower story? Non-conventional structure? See how a synchronized lending team approaches files without getting stuck in rigid checklists

The trusted team behind $3.5 billion in alternative lending

Women of Influence drive BMO's BrokerEdge forward

Two influential women are fostering a more inclusive future in the mortgage industry

Women of Influence drive BMO's BrokerEdge forward

Rakhee Dhingra: Revolutionizing mortgages through financial life planning

Executive talks pioneering approach

Rakhee Dhingra: Revolutionizing mortgages through financial life planning

Why mortgage brokers rank Calvert Home Mortgage Investment Corporation among Canada’s top lenders

Brokers highlight fast funding and hands-on underwriting support at Calvert Home Mortgage

Why mortgage brokers rank Calvert Home Mortgage Investment Corporation among Canada’s top lenders