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Dalla Lana Investigative Journalism Bureau/Toronto Star Investigation into Big Sugar
By Robert Cribb (Toronto Star Staff Reporter), Rhythm Sachdeva (FJHI '24), Declan Keogh, Investigative Journalism Bureau Accompanied by a video of children holding candy and set to the beat of a chart-topping pop song, the social media post from a Canadian registered dietitian said: “If your kiddo is obsessed with...
The Investigative Journalism Bureau launches new podcast, ‘Heliograph: The Investigative Journalism Playbook’
Out now, the monthly podcast celebrates the best in investigative journalism and features conversations with investigative reporters from around the world The Investigative Journalism Bureau is pleased to announce the debut of its monthly podcast, Heliograph: The Investigative Journalism Playbook, examining powerful investigative journalism from around the world. The podcast...
Dalla Lana Fellowship in Journalism & Health Impact – Accreditation
The Dalla Lana Fellowship in Journalism and Health Impact program has received accreditation by the Continuing Professional Development department at the Temerty Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto. Certificates of Completion: This program has been approved as a Certificate of Completion in Continuing Professional Development for 149 hours by Continuing Professional...
IJB partners with TVO Today to launch new podcast, In Our Heads
IJB partners with TVO Today to launch new podcast, In Our Heads. Out now, the series is based on the Investigative Journalism Bureau’s inaugural project with the Toronto Star, Generation Distress. Toronto – Generation Distress, the Investigative Journalism Bureau’s award-winning inaugural investigation with the Toronto Star, is now the subject of a...
Alumna Monica Kidd: One of Calgary’s most compelling citizens
Monica Kidd (FGJ '22) named one of Calgary's most compelling citizens by the Calgary Herald. Seabird biologist. CBC science reporter. Poet, novelist, essayist. Documentary producer. Animated filmmaker. Family physician. Medical humanities professor. Owner of Whisky Jack Letterpress. “When I have to fill out a form that asks for an occupation,...
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...
Canadian doctors, nurses provide medical aid to Ukrainian refugees in Poland
A group of nurses and doctors from Canada are working to provide medical assistance for Ukrainian refugees who have fled their homes as the war with Russia continues. The group is stationed in Poland at a checkpoint where refugees are being provided with medical care and warm meals once they cross the border. The small team...
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...
The kids are in crisis — and COVID-19 is making it worse
By Robert Cribb, Staff Reporter Declan Keogh, Investigative Journalism Bureau One in seven Ontario students in grades 7 to 12 say they harmed themselves on purpose in the past year. One in six had serious thoughts of suicide. One in three say that there was a time in the past year when...
Dalla Lana’s new IJB is a promising development in investigative journalism
Whether it’s sitting in front of a television screen at home watching the daily updates on COVID-19 or reading about the latest developments of a potential vaccine in your copy of The Globe and Mail, the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic rest at the core of current journalistic inquiry. During this...