Charlsie Agro is an award-winning journalist and veteran member of the CBC investigates team. As a host of Marketplace, her work is regularly featured on all of CBC's platforms including The National, News Network, CBC Radio. and cbc.ca.

She is a passionate consumer advocate, has investigated some of the biggest businesses in the world to fight the good fight for Canadian consumers. 

From exposing food fraud at farmers' markets to unsafe conditions for children at trampoline parks, Charlsie's hands-on approach to testing everything from filthy airplane surfaces to fast food often lands her in some interesting situations.

She's reported undercover to expose sexism in restaurant dress codes, scouted housing auctions in Australia, and even spent a week in Cuba tracking dangerous travel conditions for teens. 

Charlsie's investigations have led to the removal of unsafe products from the marketplace, changed the way homes are bought and sold in Ontario and BC, and put thousands of dollars back in people's pockets.

Her story about fast fashion's recycling promises sparked a conversation in countless communities and changed the way many people think about buying clothes.

But some of the simplest questions she's asked, like what's really in our chicken sandwiches and what do those DNA tests actually tell us... have led to popular and even global debates.

Charlsie is especially proud to be leading the team that puts buzzworthy products through the wringer. In its first year, BUZZKILL was recognized with a digital publishing award, a creative first for Marketplace. 

Charlsie also lends her broadcasting skills to the CBC/Radio Canada Olympic broadcast teams.  She was on the ground for two Olympic games in 2016 and 2018, covering speed skating, basketball, rugby, field hockey, equestrian, fencing, wrestling and more.

An athlete in her own right, Charlsie played NCAA Division I field hockey while attending St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia. She is also a graduate of Sheridan College's Journalism New Media Program. 

Charlise lives near Toronto with her family, and mini dachshund Winston.