On a cloudy day last spring, I found myself in the dining room of a home in North Bay. After a long drive from Toronto, I watched a deer stroll out from behind the trees in the backyard, and trot through the melting snow around Lees Creek – a quiet current that leads to the waterfront of the small Ontario city nicknamed “the gateway to the north.”| Investigative Journalism Bureau
The Investigative Journalism Bureau (IJB) is pleased to announce that award-winning investigative reporter Emma Jarratt has joined the team in a new role dedicated to uncovering child exploitation. Jarratt brings a wealth of experience, having led and contributed to investigations into human rights abuses, controversial surrogacy laws, medical malpractice, workplace misconduct and the exploitation of […] The post IJB welcomes award-winning investigative reporter Emma Jarratt to new role foc...| Investigative Journalism Bureau
There have been calls for a systemic overhaul of monitoring systems following an international investigation by 48 media partners in 46 countries — including Canada’s Investigative Journalism Bureau. The collaboration, led by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), the Times of London and Norway’s VG, detailed how physicians in Europe and North America have sometimes skirted sanctions, avoided […] The post Health officials call for action following ‘Bad ...| Investigative Journalism Bureau
In 2018, family physician Ken Shafquat Intikhab Abrahim was reprimanded by Florida’s medical board and banned from prescribing certain pain medications after being accused by officials of providing “potentially lethal” amounts of addictive drugs to patients. Four months later, he was reprimanded by North Carolina’s medical board for “willfully concealing” the Florida matter from them. […]| Investigative Journalism Bureau
By Jonathan Moreno Jonathan Moreno retired as a Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, of History and Sociology of Science, and of Philosophy, at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a prolific author and writer. The IJB report on so-called “professional guinea pigs,” people who loan their bodies to clinical research organizations (CROs) in […] The post INSIGHTS: Our way of thinking about informed consent has evolved over the last century. In a world of human guinea pigs, does ...| Investigative Journalism Bureau
The vast majority of Canada’s leading university research labs have stopped using dogs as test subjects in scientific research — a practice that Ontario Premier Doug Ford has promised to ban with forthcoming legislation.| Investigative Journalism Bureau
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 […]| Investigative Journalism Bureau
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 […]| Investigative Journalism Bureau
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 […]| Investigative Journalism Bureau
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. […]| Investigative Journalism Bureau
Ontario’s Patient Ombudsman Craig Thompson discusses how hospital complaints can drive systemic improvements in healthcare.| Investigative Journalism Bureau
Kelly Turner is the operations manager of Care Opinion Canada, a program of the Alberta-based non-profit Imagine Citizens Network that enables patients, families, and healthcare professionals to share their experiences with health and social care services. Health systems around the world are awakening to a critical truth: when we truly listen to those who use […]| Investigative Journalism Bureau
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.| Investigative Journalism Bureau
An expert in lead poisoning prevention asks why government officials continue to allow drinking water to be poisoned by lead. Dr. Bruce Lanphear is a Health Sciences professor at Simon Fraser University. Bruce led influential studies used by federal agencies around the world to set standards for harmful levels of lead in air, paint, water, […]| Investigative Journalism Bureau
The Investigative Journalism Bureau (IJB) and Unifor are proud to celebrate five years of partnership in supporting the next generation of investigative journalists through the IJB/Unifor Summer Internship Program. Since its launch in 2021, this initiative has provided young reporters with the opportunity to conduct in-depth research and reporting on major public interest issues, including […]| Investigative Journalism Bureau
IJB founder and director Rob Cribb joins host Tony Chapman on the Chatter That Matters podcast to discuss the vital role of investigative journalism in today’s democracy. Cribb has received both national and international reporting awards for his investigations into offshore tax evasion, child exploitation, human trafficking, dangerous doctors, environmental hazards, and public safety. He was part […]| Investigative Journalism Bureau
