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‘They make you doubt your sanity.’ Staff describe toxic workplace at top mental health hospital
Many staff inside the country’s leading mental health institution say they are suffering their own trauma from a toxic workplace rife with discrimination and bullying. Anonymous employee feedback from health-care providers at Toronto’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) include widespread staff complaints about a work culture they say left them with mental health challenges including… Read more
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Behind the Reporting: Susanne Reber on the things we don’t want to talk about
There are some things most people don’t want to talk about, because it’s uncomfortable or it pushes their emotional limits. Well that’s usually where things start for me and my long time collaborators at IJB and TVO. It has become the hallmark of our work together. A few years ago Robert Cribb, IJB director and… Read more
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Environmental lawyers demand action on lead in school drinking water
A leading group of environmental lawyers has asked the province to immediately address high levels of lead in drinking water at three school boards now under government control. “Three of the school boards now overseen by your Ministry… reported the three highest numbers of lead exceedances among school boards in the province in 2023/24,” wrote… Read more
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Behind the stories: mental health in journalism
As journalists, we’re trained to keep the microphone pointed outward as we gather the pain of others. But in recent years, there has been growing acknowledgement of the mental distress inflicting the tellers of difficult stories. The urgency of mental health challenges among journalists is real. The Taking Care Report, a national survey of 1,200… Read more
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INSIGHTS: Why aren’t withdrawn MAiD requests tracked in federal data?
Neil Seeman is a senior fellow and associate professor at the Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto, where he specializes in Big Data and health systems innovation. People with severe disabilities have been told a wheelchair ramp costs more than an assisted death. Living in poverty and food insecurity… Read more
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Reporter Lindsay Catre reflects on her internship experience at the IJB
There’s a special feeling that comes from contributing to something larger than yourself: a sense of purpose that goes beyond personal achievement. That’s exactly how I felt during my time at the Investigative Journalism Bureau. Journalism here isn’t just practiced, it’s lived. The newsroom moves with a quiet intensity: source interviews unfold in side rooms,… Read more
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INSIGHTS: Is poor planning the real problem in hospitals?
Dr. Gail Tomblin Murphy is an international expert in health workforce planning and research and the key architect behind the needs-based planning model. She is the past Vice President of Research, Innovation, and Discovery and Chief Nurse Executive at Nova Scotia Health. She is now Director of Dalhousie University’s PAHO/WHO Collaborating Centre, providing technical guidance… Read more
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INSIGHTS: How transparent are health charities with your donations?
Dr. Blair Bigham is an assistant professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and senior editor at the Investigative Journalism Bureau. He trained in not-for-profit governance at the Rotman School of Management and has held numerous board positions, including Chair of the MedicAlert Foundation of Canada. Canadians are celebrated for being generous, and… Read more
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IJB Director Robert Cribb awards DOGE with the Golden Padlock Award at the IRE conference
Four current and former IJB journalists were among a small group of Canadian reporters attending the largest gathering of investigative journalists on the continent last week. Investigative Reporters and Editors, a U.S.-based organization that trains and supports investigative reporting, was held in New Orleans. Conspicuous among a small group of Canadian journalists were IJB reporters… Read more
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King’s College journalism students join the IJB for summer internship
The IJB is proud to welcome two journalism students from the University of King’s College, continuing a partnership with one of Canada’s top journalism programs. King’s master of journalism students Lindsay Catre and Jacqueline Newsome are working with the IJB through July, strengthening their reporting skills outside of the classroom in collaboration with journalists from… Read more
