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Myrialine Catule begins tenure as the fourth Canadian Journalism Foundation/Investigative Journalism Bureau Black Journalism Fellow
Myrialine Catule, recipient of the 2025 CJF-IJB Black Investigative Journalism Fellowship, will spend the next six months working on public-interest investigations with the IJB. “As an emerging journalist, I am proud to take my first step in the investigative field with the Investigative Journalism Bureau,” says Catule, a native Montrealer and recent graduate of Concordia… Read more
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Behind the reporting: Exposing an Ontario hospital’s dog testing secrets
Walking through the sterile hallways of St. Joseph’s Hospital in London, Ont., you would never think you are sharing the space with dogs. This is an environment where you expect heart attacks to be cured, not caused. What we discovered in our investigation into the use of dogs in cardiac arrest studies at the hospital… Read more
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INSIGHTS: Animal research is a failed research paradigm and not morally permissible
Ari Joffe, MD, FRCPC is a clinical professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Critical Care at the University of Alberta, and a clinical professor (secondary) at the John Dossetor Health Ethics Centre at the University of Alberta. He is also an attending physician in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, with a special interest… Read more
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‘Be ready in the morning’: Inside the sprawling online industry selling human smuggling services
A silver Toyota minivan pulls into a bank parking lot in Toronto’s west end. Two young Punjabi men step out and start looking around for their client, a woman they’ve been communicating with over the previous days through texts and calls. She has agreed to pay them $4,000 to be smuggled south across the border… Read more
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INSIGHTS: Thinking outside the cage – how to advance science without sacrificing animals
By Dr. Charu Chandrasekera Dr. Charu Chandrasekera is the founder and executive director of the Canadian Centre for Alternatives to Animal Methods (CCAAM). My career in biomedical research began twenty years ago with the prevailing conviction that animal experiments were essential to saving lives—the benchmark of a scientist’s impact. This belief remained unchallenged through years… Read more
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INSIGHTS: Is banning testing on dogs and cats the key to making animal research more ethical in Canada?
By Dr. Udo Schüklenk Udo Schüklenk is a Professor of Philosophy at Queen’s University and the Ontario Research Chair in Bioethics. Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s plan to outlaw scientific testing on dogs and cats has delighted pet owners across the province. But his proposal, announced in the wake of an Investigative Journalism Bureau report that… Read more
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Hospital commits to rehoming research dogs after IJB investigation
The Ontario hospital where dogs were used in heart attack studies for decades before the program was shut down last month has now committed to rehoming the animals. St. Joseph’s Hospital in London, Ont., announced Wednesday that eight dogs that remained in its facility will be placed up for adoption by a “trusted and fully… Read more
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Behind the Reporting: Composer uses live instruments to capture the struggle against child sexual abuse materials online
By Allison Leyton-Brown Allison Leyton-Brown is an award-winning composer, pianist, and musical director who has collaborated with the IJB on two podcast projects, Arachnid: Uncovering the Web’s Darkest Secrets and The Ultimate Choice. Both series are hosted by the IJB’s Rob Cribb and produced by Susanne Reber of Piz Gloria Productions in partnership with TVO.… Read more
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INSIGHTS: How online sexual exploitation disproportionally impacts vulnerable children
By Mama Fatima Singhateh Ms. Singhateh is the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Sale, Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse of Children. She was appointed by the UN Human Rights Council in 2020. When I assumed my function as the UN Special Rapporteur, I decided that one of my thematic priorities would be on the… Read more
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INSIGHTS: An expert shares lessons from the Flint, Michigan water crisis that could reduce lead in Ontario’s schools
Siddhartha Roy is a research associate at the Water Institute within the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. The IJB’s ongoing investigation into drinking water contaminated by lead — which found that half of all public schools in Ontario have exceeded federal safety guidelines — led me to Siddhartha Roy, an environmental engineer and… Read more
