Project Redacted: Ontario politicians refuse to release records detailing relationship with self-proclaimed ‘prophet’’
For years, high-ranking Ontario politicians have visited a controversial church north of Toronto led by a self-proclaimed ‘prophet’. An IJB investigation recently... Read more.
A self-proclaimed prophet, a powerful political ally and a fight over Ontario’s Greenbelt
A church north of Toronto whose leader has been accused by some former congregants of sexual or financial misconduct is facing dozens of municipal bylaw charges,... Read more.
He calls himself a prophet. But some say this Toronto-area pastor exploited his flock for years
Jodi says she remembers her hands shaking as her married pastor — the man she had for months been told to call “dad” — pulled her onto his lap on a cream-coloured... Read more.
Not Criminally Responsible: New IJB data reveals systemic failures that end in death
Ana Paula Kitterhing De Sousa never missed a text message from her daughter. But when Raquel Almeida Margulies texted a habitual “sweet dreams, mama,” at 10:28... Read more.
Behind the reporting: Emma Jarratt on investigating the systemic abuse of women
The Michele Landsberg Award recognizes journalism that advances awareness of women’s equality issues through a gendered lens. It is an extraordinary honour, particularly... Read more.
‘Conduct of the worst sort’: Canadian lawyers and child sexual misconduct
Ontario lawyer Gavin McNeill Grant impregnated a 17-year-old Crown ward, showed off pictures of her in lingerie to his coworker, and assaulted two women, including... Read more.
Canada is terrible at tracking maternal deaths
The first blood clot was about the size of an avocado. Beatrice Mikkola, 30 years old, was exhausted. She had just arrived home from the hospital, having survived... Read more.
NDAs to hush up alleged sexual misconduct are under fire. ‘I can’t agree to this’
Ashley Chand spent more than a decade working her way up through the ranks of human resources and administration positions at some of Vancouver’s most prestigious... Read more.
‘The justice institution has failed us’: The numbers behind the Indigenous femicide crisis in Canada
Indigenous women and girls are killed at rates six times higher than non-Indigenous women — yet the perpetrators are frequently convicted of lesser offences than... Read more.
Behind the reporting: The alarming rates of ‘femicide’ in Canada
Two days before the IJB’s femicide story published, I felt the emotional heaviness begin to set in. The federal government had just proposed sweeping changes to... Read more.
The ‘insane’ number of women being killed in Canada
Since 2019, at least 1,329 women and girls have been killed or died in Canada under suspicious circumstances — one victim every other day. A new IJB analysis uncovered... Read more.
Canadian courts often ignore minimum sentences for child porn, data shows
Courts across Canada have been issuing sentences for years that were less than the mandatory minimum for possession of child sexual abuse material, the Investigative... Read more.