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Behind the Reporting: Wendy-Ann Clarke reflects on child sexual abuse investigation for Arachnid podcast
When this podcast project began, I knew right away I wanted to be a part of it. I wanted to join a team that was raising awareness and doing something about a crisis most people still don’t understand. But once we dug in, admittedly it got uncomfortable, disturbing, even. The proliferation of child sexual abuse… Read more
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Panel: How Journalism Can Serve as a Vehicle for Knowledge Mobilization
Join the Investigative Journalism Bureau’s Rob Cribb and Dr. Blair Bigham, along with researchers Dr. Zahra Shakeri and Dr. Hailey Banack, on May 29 at the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health for a discussion on the role of journalism as a vehicle for effective knowledge translation. Read more
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Arachnid – New IJB Podcast Series Explores Dark World of Online Child Exploitation
The Investigative Journalism Bureau (IJB), in partnership with TVO, Piz Gloria Productions and the Toronto Star, is proud to launch a searing new podcast series examining the unspeakable crimes of online child exploitation and the David-and-Goliath fight to make it stop. Arachnid: Hunting the Web’s Darkest Secrets is a six-part series that brings listeners into… Read more
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Arachnid: Hunting the Web’s Darkest Secrets
Every day tens of millions of images of child sexual abuse are circulating on global online platforms. The children depicted in those criminal images are real. Many are now adults held hostage by these disturbing images despite available technology like Canada’s Project Arachnid, which detects these images and sends out removal notices. In this six-part… Read more
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INSIGHTS: Crushing workloads have made me fall out of love with nursing
Jenn Miller is a registered nurse in Ontario. In this installation of Insights, Miller reacts to an IJB investigation which found nurses working in acute medical units at Niagara Health Services hospitals were sometimes assigned 10 patients each. Nursing was my first love. I remember the pride I felt in joining a respected, trusted profession.… Read more
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Groundbreaking First Nations Housing Class Action Suit Begins
Lawyers representing more than 100 First Nations communities across Canada have begun arguments in a groundbreaking class action lawsuit alleging Canada has “deliberately underfunded” housing on reserves. Over four days of hearings last week, lawyers for the First Nations plaintiffs and the federal government argued over whether Canada has a duty to ensure adequate housing… Read more
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IJB shortlisted for CJF Jackman Award for Excellence for groundbreaking lead investigation
The Investigative Journalism Bureau (IJB) is proud to announce that its in-depth investigation into toxic lead in Ontario’s drinking water has been shortlisted for the Canadian Journalism Foundation’s (CJF) Jackman Award for Excellence in Journalism in the small media category. The Lead in Drinking Water series uncovered widespread contamination in schools and daycares across Ontario,… Read more
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The IJB earns 10 journalism awards and nominations for groundbreaking reporting in 2024
The Investigative Journalism Bureau (IJB) has been recognized across 10 prestigious journalism awards in Canada and the United States. The newsroom recently earned two 2024 National Newspaper Awards (NNAs), a Mindset Award for Workplace Mental Health, and a Signal Award for podcasting. IJB is also nominated for two Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) Awards and… Read more
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Heliograph: Arthur Caplan on Can We Trust the System Behind Drug Trials
In this episode of Heliograph, host Blair Bigham sits down with world-famous bioethicist Dr. Arthur Caplan to pull back the curtain on the shadowy world of phase one clinical trials, where new drugs are tested on humans for the first time in a broken system of incentives and lies. The IJB had the pleasure of… Read more
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The IJB announces collaboration with Postmedia
The Investigative Journalism Bureau is proud to announce a collaborative relationship with Postmedia that will foster ambitious investigative journalism reaching Canadians across the country. At a time when the media industry continues to face challenges, the partnership between the IJB and Postmedia is designed to produce journalism of the highest calibre while training the next… Read more
