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Two Prestigious Awards for DLSPH’s Investigative Journalism Bureau
This article is a repost from a Dalla Lana School of Public Health news article. Read the original here. Within two short years of its launch, the Investigative Journalism Bureau (IJB) at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health has already garnered two prestigious journalism awards and received a nomination for a third. In 2021,… Read more
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IJB wins prestigious award for Generation Distress series
Investigative Journalism Bureau and Toronto Star reporters have won the inaugural Mindset Award for Reporting on the Mental Health of Young People for the Generation Distress series. The 2021 Generation Distress articles reported, in often wrenching detail, stories of struggle, tragedy, resilience and triumph. Four stories earned the award, which was presented at this year’s… Read more
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U of T Faculty of Law students delve into journalism, media law issues during Toronto Star ‘externship’
This story has been reposted from U of T News. The original article can be found here. From working with in-house counsel experts to advancing social justice initiatives and providing information about access to justice services at legal aid clinics, the University of Toronto Faculty of Law continues to offer its JD students first-hand experience through… Read more
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The Investigative Journalism Bureau welcomes three talented reporters to its team
The journalists will join the IJB through two career-building programs, the Unifor Investigative Summer Internship, and the CJF-IJB Black Investigative Journalism Fellowship. Three brilliant young journalists are joining the Investigative Journalism Bureau. Thea Gribilas and Mariyah Salhia are this year’s Unifor Investigative Summer Interns and will spend the next four months at the IJB, working… Read more
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IJB named as finalist for mental health reporting award
The Investigative Journalism Bureau and our partners are honoured to be announced as a finalist in the first-ever Mindset Award for Reporting on the Mental Health of Young People for our inaugural series Generation Distress, which investigated North America’s spiking youth mental health crisis. We are grateful to the many young people who have let us into their lives… Read more
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Unifor Summer Investigative Journalism Intern (two positions available)
The Investigative Journalism Bureau is hiring two summer interns! Come work with the Investigative Journalism Bureau as a Unifor Summer Investigative Journalism Intern. Organization: The Investigative Journalism Bureau (IJB) at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health (DLSPH), University of Toronto (U of T). The Bureau conducts in-depth public interest journalism involving students, professional journalists, academics and researchers… Read more
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IJB Audio Brief: Hate Crimes
Canada’s hate problem is reaching new heights, but its justice system has failed to dissuade prolific purveyors of hate and discrimination who repeatedly target vulnerable groups, an Investigative Journalism Bureau/Toronto Star investigation has found. A national analysis of hate-related civil, criminal and human rights tribunal cases reveals Canadians who have faced up to four separate… Read more
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Collaborator Profile: Dr. Aaron Goodarzi
Dr. Aaron Goodarzi is an internationally renowned expert on Radon exposure. He is an associate professor at the University of Calgary, the Canada Research Chair for Radiation Exposure Disease and the scientific director at Evict Radon, among other things. Radon is an invisible and odourless radioactive gas that is emitted from the soil, where it… Read more
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IJB publishes podcast episode on Indigenous youth mental health
After struggling for decades with her mental health for most of her life, Jaclyn Carr has found resilience in found resilience in traditional drumming and singing. But for many other First Nations youth in Canada, who suffer from some of the highest suicide rates in the world, culturally sensitive counselling and community healing practices remain… Read more
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The Investigative Journalism Bureau joins the Global Investigative Journalism Network
The IJB is honoured to join the Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN), an international consortium of renowned non-profit investigative newsrooms. The network’s board unanimously approved the IJB’s membership in December, making it one of 16 new members selected from a pool of 82 applicants. “GIJN is delighted to welcome the Investigative Journalism Bureau to our… Read more
