Media Coverage
Toronto Star, by Alyshah Hasham, “Deaths in Ontario jail nearly double in one year, report shows” (December 20, 2022), https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2022/12/20/deaths-in-ontario-jail-nearly-double-in-one-year-report-shows.html.
CBC News, “Doubling of inmate deaths in Ontario prompts call for correctional oversight body” (January 28, 2023), https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/calls-for-answers-grow-as-deaths-double-in-ontario-jails-1.6725844.
CTV News, “Calling for investigations into deaths in Ontario prisons” (January 29, 2023), https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/video?clipId=2618607.
CBC News: Ottawa Morning with Robyn Bresnahan, “New research shows inmate deaths in Ontario on the rise” (January 31, 2023), Not available online.
CBC News Ottawa, by Thomas Daigle, “Researchers fill data gap on police-involved killings” (February 23, 2023), https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-police-involved-deaths-tracking-1.6757768.
CBC News: The National, by Thomas Daigle, “Project tracking police-involved deaths suggests steady increase” (February 23, 2023), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4GK3sexS9w.
The Globe and Mail, by Colin Freeze, “Police-involved fatal incidents on the rise in Canada despite promises to curb violence” (February 23, 2023), https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-police-involved-fatal-incidents-on-the-rise-in-canada-despite-promises/.
Toronto Star, by Wendy Gillis, “Canadian police used deadly force at record rates in 2022, new research finds” (February 23, 2023), https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/canadian-police-used-deadly-force-at-record-rates-in-2022-new-research-finds/article_55ba9619-0336-5e40-b47d-69770d73a87d.html.
Global News, by Heather Yourex-West, “Police-involved deaths in Canada on the rise: researchers” (February 23, 2023), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONUpzWGbFoc.
Global News, by Darrian Matassa-Fung and Julie Nolin, “Number of police-involved deaths in B.C. hit 20-year high in 2022: report” (February 23, 2023), https://globalnews.ca/news/9508022/national-report-deaths-police-bc-2000-2022/.
CBC News: National News Live, “Deadly Police Encounters, Tracking (In)Justice” (February 23, 2023), https://main.mp4.cbc.ca/prodVideo/news/CBC_News_VMS/899/743/Tanya-Sharpe.mp4.
CBC News: Canada Tonight with Dwight Drummond, “Deadly Police Encounters” (February 23, 2023), Not available online.
Omni News, by Dorsa Rahba, “Increase in police-involved deaths in Canada: report” (February 24, 2023), https://www.omnitv.ca/increase-in-police-involved-deaths-in-canada-report/.
CBC News, by Taylor Lambert, “Edmonton has 2nd-most police-involved deaths among municipal forces in Canada, database shows” (May 2, 2023), https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-has-2nd-most-police-involved-deaths-1.6828204.
Times Colonist, by Nathan Griffiths, “B.C. police among Canada’s deadliest, figures suggest” (May 5, 2023), https://www.timescolonist.com/bc-news/bc-police-among-canadas-deadliest-figures-suggest-6960528.
Ricochet, by Jamil Hussain, “Researching police misconduct: Ricochet teams up with Tracking (In)justice” (June 16, 2023), https://ricochet.media/justice/police-state/researching-police-misconduct-ricochet-teams-up-with-tracking-injustice/.
Ricochet, “Nearly 1,500 people in Canada have died in custody in the past two decades, according to new analysis” (August 10, 2023), https://ricochet.media/en/3977/new-data-65-canadians-die-in-custody-each-year.
CBC News, “‘I felt hollow’: Jurors at Faqiri inquest hear of segregation, remand overuse in Ontario jails” (November 21, 2023), https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/soleiman-faqiri-inquest-day-2-ontario-jails-1.7035555.
Toronto Star, by Mahdis Ramzy, “Canada’s first database to track in-custody deaths has been released. Here’s what it reveals” (August 9, 2024), https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/canadas-first-database-to-track-in-custody-deaths-has-been-released-heres-what-it-reveals/article_9ef8e2f4-55b8-11ef-a462-b37a25c85a46.html.
CBC News Newfoundland & Labrador, by Stephanie Smellie, “New database tracks more than 2,100 deaths in custody across Canada since 2000” (August 10, 2024), https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/deaths-in-custody-database-1.7291296.
Pivot, by Félix Hébert-Bernier, “La moitié des décès de personnes détenues au Canada sont évitables” (August 15, 2024), https://pivot.quebec/2024/08/15/la-moitie-des-deces-de-personnes-detenues-au-canada-sont-evitables/.
Toronto Star, “Deaths of 9 Indigenous people at hands of police in one month fuel renewed calls for action” (November 12, 2024), https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/deaths-of-9-indigenous-people-at-hands-of-police-in-one-month-fuel-renewed-calls/article_8df027aa-a12c-11ef-9197-cb6f211ca98e.html.
Radio-Canada, by Emmanuelle Boisvert, “Le masque anti-crachat, un outil controversé” (November 25, 2024), https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2122233/police-force-masque-crachat.
Toronto Star, by Jasmine Spearchief-Morris, “He was unarmed and non-violent. Why did he die after an encounter with three police officers?” (December 23, 2024), https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/he-was-unarmed-and-non-violent-why-did-he-die-after-an-encounter-with-three/article_b2c7c31e-b70a-11ef-befe-6b0603bab1cf.html.
The Charlatan, by Chantal Alizor, “Project tracking police-involved deaths in Canada receives grant to continue research” (January 17, 2025), https://charlatan.ca/project-tracking-police-involved-deaths-in-canada-receives-grant-to-continue-research/.