Anna Mehler Paperny reflects on what it takes to expose a government shift on First Nations drinking water. ijb.utoronto.ca/news/behind-...

Ontario nurses are challenging a law they say lets hospitals dodge proper negotiation. It follows a decision that denied the implementation of mandatory nurse-to-patient ratios. The IJB previously exposed how nurses are being overburdened by unregulated ratios. ijb.utoronto.ca/news/ijb-get...

Ontario nurses are challenging a law that they say lets hospitals dodge proper negotiation after a decision that denied calls to implement mandatory nurse-to-patient ratios. ijb.utoronto.ca/news/ijb-gets-action-ontario-nurses-challenge-labour-law-to-address-lack-of-minimum-patient-ratios/

Court documents and correspondence reveal the Canadian government is aggressively fighting First Nations trying to get clean drinking water. ijb.utoronto.ca/news/liberal...

Ontario has become the first province in Canada to prohibit invasive medical research on dogs and cats. Meanwhile, at York University protesters gather to demand the release of nine macaques following an IJB investigation into York's primate lab. ijb.utoronto.ca/news/ontario...

‘Conduct of the worst sort’: Canadian lawyers and child sexual misconduct. youtube.com/shorts/KXYzV...

Thousands of Canadians had their children taken at birth by child services. Now, women affected by the practice of birth alerts are fighting back through class action lawsuits. ijb.utoronto.ca/news/b-c-to-settle-class-action-over-birth-alerts-that-separated-newborns-from-mothers/

Many Canadian lawyers convicted of child sexual offences or disciplined for misconduct continue to practice law, the IJB has found. Even when law societies take action, penalties often fall short of what some lawyers call meaningful accountability. ijb.utoronto.ca/news/conduct...

We are proud to announce that two talented journalists Shaina List and Vihaan Bhatnagar are joining the Investigative Journalism Bureau this summer as part of an annual IJB/Unifor internship. ijb.utoronto.ca/news/ijb-wel...

Animal activists say macaques at York University are suffering inferior environmental stimulation, excessive water deprivation, and psychological distress. We look inside the primate lab facing allegations of mistreatment. ijb.utoronto.ca/news/at-york...

This is Hamdi Lataj – an ex-bank burglar with multiple U.S. convictions, once suspected by police of drug trafficking with El Chapo, and targeted in an illegal gambling case involving alleged members of the mafia. Today, he lives large among Canada’s A-listers. ijb.utoronto.ca/news/who-is-...

"For women with disabilities, the legal gap in recognizing coercive abuse is dangerous: it perpetuates invisibility and systemic injustice, erasing how power is exploited to reinforce dependency." Ena Chadha in the latest IJB Insights: ijb.utoronto.ca/news/insight...

From Anna Mehler Paperny: "The people who work for you don’t want you to have information that you own. They’re betting you won’t care enough to make a fuss over it. Prove them wrong." ijb.utoronto.ca/news/reflect...

At least two Canadian hospital research labs have imported dogs for scientific research from a U.S. breeder cited for repeated animal care violations. Read the latest installment of our investigation with @newmarkjplus.bsky.social into the use of dogs in science. ijb.utoronto.ca/news/two-maj...

Ontario’s schools are failing to meet the safe levels of lead in their drinking water, a new report by @CELA shows.  Students across Ontario are being exposed to drinking water “that would be considered unsafe in the majority of the country,” says the report. More: ijb.utoronto.ca/news/ontario...

This Vancouver woman alleges sexual harassment at the law firm where she worked. When she was offered a non-disclosure agreement to settle the case, she refused to sign. Now she's speaking out against the silence that NDAs impose. ijb.utoronto.ca/news/ndas-to...

How is it possible that five per cent of Canada’s female population makes up 26 per cent of all the killings of women in this country? We still don’t have a satisfactory answer. Behind the Reporting: ijb.utoronto.ca/news/behind-...

Whistleblower, experts challenge researcher's claims on the use of dogs in research. Read the latest installment of our ongoing investigation into the use of dogs in science. ijb.utoronto.ca/news/whistle...

Ontario's NDP party is demanding urgent changes to hospital funding based on new data published by the Investigative Journalism Bureau. ijb.utoronto.ca/news/ijb-get...

The IJB is launching a new public database. Want to know if your hospital has borrowed money from a bank, received one-time government funding, or was in an annual operating deficit? Look up your hospital through the Ontario Hospital Finances Explorer: ijb.utoronto.ca/news/find-yo...

Why are Ontario hospitals turning to bank loans to stay afloat? In our latest investigation, we examine how healthcare executives are paying millions in bank interest while sprawling financial deficits across Ontario hospitals are putting “lives at stake.” ijb.utoronto.ca/news/why-ont...

Deadly radon gas is hiding in many public housing units, but residents often have no idea — and no ability to address it. ijb.utoronto.ca/news/radon-public-housing

We tracked the outcomes in over 1329 killings of females in Canada and found significant anomalies in how the justice system treats Indigenous victims. Read the IJB's analysis of the Indigenous femicide crisis in Canada: ijb.utoronto.ca/news/the-jus...

We spent more than a year tracking the killings and suspicious deaths of women and girls in Canada. Here’s what we found. www.youtube.com/shorts/Hw9IU... Read more: lnkd.in/ehHqnHrA

The 'insane' number of women being killed in Canada: The IJB spent more than a year examining the deaths of females across Canada. We uncovered damning statistics that experts say point to a systemic problem. ijb.utoronto.ca/news/the-ins...

In the latest episode of IJB’s Heliograph podcast, abuse researcher Jennifer Fraser discusses how gaslighting works, its impact on truth and journalism, and why it matters to us all. Listen now: shows.acast.com/651db1f30832...

Cocaine and bananas: Fruit shipments from Ecuador president’s family firm allegedly used to smuggle drugs Read more: ijb.utoronto.ca/news/cocaine...

Broken bones, chemical exposure, unpaid labour, and “deplorable” housing conditions. Migrant farm workers’ experiences reveal why some critics call this government program “the new slavery.” Read more: ijb.utoronto.ca/news/this-is...

A third of criminal sentences in child porn possession cases have fallen below the mandatory minimum of 12 years, an IJB analysis of 100 Canadian court cases has found. Read more: ijb.utoronto.ca/news/canadia...

Your doctor could be receiving payments from a drug company. Why won’t anyone tell you? ijb.utoronto.ca/news/your-do...

It began with a road trip to a home in North Bay, when we were starting to investigate the spill of toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in local drinking water. IJB reporter Masih Khalatbari takes you behind the reporting of our latest investigation: ijb.utoronto.ca/news/behind-...

The feds knew for years that toxic forever chemicals contaminated North Bay’s water—and concealed it . Our latest investigation exposes the buried truth North Bay residents were denied for years. ijb.utoronto.ca/news/feds-co...

Ontario government officials discussed lowering the lead limit for drinking water four years ago, but have since failed to act, newly released documents show: ijb.utoronto.ca/news/ontario...

When a doctor moves around, troubling issues from their professional histories don’t necessarily follow them. The Bad Practice project led by the @occrp.org found 100+ doctors left behind troubling pasts to start fresh in in another jurisdiction. Read more: ijb.utoronto.ca/news/bad-pra...

A large Scarborough research facility performs drug safety tests on dogs – sometimes involving invasive and fatal experiments – the Investigative Journalism Bureau has found. Read the full story: ijb.utoronto.ca/news/numerou...

More than 70 journalists, students, funders, and supporters came together this week for an evening of reunions and reflection, celebrating the Investigative Journalism Bureau’s fifth anniversary and new partnership with Postmedia. Read more: lnkd.in/gdxNhSxb

Coming soon: Our new podcast, Arachnid: Hunting the web’s darkest secrets in collaboration with TVO, Piz Gloria Productions and the Toronto Star is launching on all platforms on May 27. Stay tuned and listen to the trailer: www.tvo.org/podcasts/ara...

"Crushing workloads have made me fall out of love with nursing." A registered nurse reacts to an IJB investigation which found #nurses working in acute medical units at Niagara Health Services hospitals were sometimes assigned 10 patients each. #NursesWeek ijb.utoronto.ca/news/insight...

Who's policing clinical trials? Often, no one. On the latest episode of the Heliograph podcast, the IJB's Blair Bigham sits down with world-famous bioethicist Arthur Caplan. Listen here: ijb.utoronto.ca/news/heliogr...

Groundbreaking First Nations Housing Class Action Suit Begins ijb.utoronto.ca/news/decisio...

We're delighted to share that our investigation into a failing federal mental health care program for First Nations and Inuit people has been awarded the 2024 Mindset Award for reporting on mental health in the workplace. www.mindset-mediaguide.ca/winners

We're thrilled that our investigation into a failing federal mental health care program for First Nations and Insuit people has been awarded the 2024 Mindset Award for reporting on mental health! Thank you to the Canadian Journalism Forum on Violence and Trauma. x.com/mindset_guid...

Canadians rethink travelling to the U.S. amid trade war rhetoric, according to an IJB analysis of data from the Canadian Border Services Agency. #TradeWar #investigativejournalism

Canadians rethink travelling to the U.S. amid trade war rhetoric, according to an IJB analysis of data from the Canadian Border Services Agency. Watch the video: youtu.be/PjSyyCBKSpU?... #ontario #canada #journalism #investigations #healthcare #tradewar #tarrifs #politics #trump

Rob Cribb, director and founder of the Investigative Journalism Bureau, on the future of investigative journalism.#investigativejournalism #CanadianJournalism www.tiktok.com/@ijbstories/...

The IJB has updated its publicly-accessible Lead Tracker database which details lead levels in school and daycare drinking water.: ijb.utoronto.ca/school-dayca... #schoolsafety

Did you know that thousands of Ontario students are potentially exposed to toxic levels of lead every year? Read the full sorry here: ijb.utoronto.ca #ontario #canada #toronto #ottawa #lead #leadwater #leadinwater #tapwater #ontarioschools #health

Half of all Ontario #publicschools reported lead levels in water that exceeded the federal #waterquality guideline at least once in the past five years. ijb.utoronto.ca/news/tests-s...

We're hiring! We have two IJB/UniforTheUnion Summer Investigative Journalism Intern positions open. The positions, which run from May 1 to Aug. 31, are full time and pay $13,000. Applications are due March 14. #cdnmediajobs #journalismjobs ijb.utoronto.ca/news/the-inv...

The IJB and Emmy award-winning investigative reporter and filmmaker @habibanosheen.bsky.social , collaborated for a groundbreaking project on Clinical Trials called Bodies for Rent. We invited her to share her expert thoughts and insights at our latest Press Club. ijb.utoronto.ca/projects/bod...