These special projects are the work of the students in the course Online Journalism in the Master of Arts in Jourrnalism program at the University of Western Ontario. Each year, they form groups and conceive, research, write, and build a series of original stories for the Web. These stories can include text, photos, graphics, audio and video. These nine selected projects were produced by the class of 2007/08. Please see the work of previous classes here.

Ontario mental health care has been downloaded from hospitals onto commun- ities. The result was an increase of mentally ill people in court. The solution was the London Mental Health Court. [Read More]

Internationally trained immigrants are often disappointed with Canada. What you need to know about Canada's immigration policy and recognition of foreign credentials. [Read More]

Thousands of foreign workers migrate to Ontario farms each year. They do menial labour so we don't have to. But the workers aren't afforded the same basic rights as Canadians. [Read More]

Autism. Very little is known about the disorder. Now scientists claim to have found a gut-brain link.  Could changing one's diet be the beginning of a cure?  [Read More]

Teaching. It’s a career option that university students can’t take for granted anymore. In Ontario, a lack of jobs is keeping teacher’s college grads out of the classroom. [Read More]

Licensed or unlicensed? For profit or non-profit? A system or a subsidy? When it comes to daycare in Canada, parents and politicians alike face a series of difficult choices. [Read More]

 

 

In a dangerous new trend, teens are setting themselves on fire…for fun. Find out what they're thinking when they put flame to skin and who's responsible when things go wrong. [Read More]