"I always repeat to them the quote that hangs over my desk: 'Speak the truth, even if your voice shakes.'" - @Em_CRJ reflects on investigating the systemic abuse of women.
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Ontario’s teachers and health-care practitioners face mandatory licence revocation if they have committed sexual abuse.
Most lawyers who commit the same offences face no such punishment, the Investigative Journalism Bureau finds https://t.co/he0q5Uli2e
At least two Canadian lawyers were charged with possessing child sexual abuse material and other child exploitation offences last week. We looked at 39 cases where lawyers and judges were convicted or disciplined for child sexual offences or misconduct. Many continue to practice
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.
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We're proud to announce that IJB reporter @Em_CRJ is nominated for a prestigious Landsberg award, recognizing journalists whose work enhances awareness of women’s issues!
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And here's the followup article on injury and death during childbirth: Canada is terrible at tracking maternal death rates during childbirth: https://t.co/JzVKkcCaHM
Canadians are dying preventable childbirth deaths. Here’s how health providers are missing opportunities to improve childbirth outcomes.
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We're grateful to @BigIfTrueTVO for featuring us! Tune in to see how investigative journalism fills critical gaps in the public's right to know at a time when reliable information is more important than ever.
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Despite growing ethical and legal debate over NDAs, they remain widely used, leaving sexual harassment complainants with a stark choice
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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.
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Killers of Indigenous women less likely to face murder charges. ‘The justice institution has failed us’
In the vast majority of cases, Indigenous women victims were killed by someone they knew
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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: https://t.co/gpQ8zvQFC4
We spent more than a year tracking the killings and suspicious deaths of women and girls in Canada. Here’s what we found.
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My first byline with the Investigative Journalism Bureau, an amazing team of talented reporters. The femicide numbers in Canada are shocking. We will monitor Ottawa's proposed Bill C-16 to see if it will help. Please read & share. @UofT_ijb@jennaolsen_ https://t.co/xcFLAFy2EI