The treatment meant to save Niibin Pahpeguish’s life began to feel like a prison. After almost a decade battling an addiction that began with prescribed painkillers and later escalated to street opioids, she entered a treatment program in 2009. There, at a facility in Brantford, Ont., she was put on methadone, a drug prescribed to […]| Investigative Journalism Bureau
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 […]| Investigative Journalism Bureau
We rely on health care workers in some of our most vulnerable moments. It’s no secret that the system they work in is under strain, and those on the front lines providing acute care are overworked and often under-supported. But what about the unique challenges faced by mental health workers? Mental health care has evolved […]| Investigative Journalism Bureau
Still on a high from wins at the Canadian Screen Awards in late May, the newest member to the Investigative Journalism Bureau (IJB), Ryan McMahon, says joining the newsroom feels like the natural next step in his evolution as a storyteller. McMahon’s docuseries Thunder Bay earned three nominations, taking home awards for best factual series […]| Investigative Journalism Bureau
Canada’s Indigenous mental health program is meant to be a lifeline. Instead, it’s so mired in red tape it seems ‘set up to deter people from accessing’ care| Investigative Journalism Bureau
Ontario First Nations leaders are demanding federal politicians commit to reforming what they call a failing national program to support mental health in their communities. In a report released Tuesday, the Chiefs of Ontario — which represents the leadership of 133 First Nations across the province — outlined federal election priorities which include pressing all […]| Investigative Journalism Bureau
