Although solitary confinement was abolished in 2019, it continues to operate under different names.

Joey Toutsaint estimates he has spent more than 2180 days in isolation. And he says every day has been a battle to overcome his thoughts of suicide.

APTN Investigates is taking viewers inside corrections facilities to see what's really behind the overrepresentation of Indigenous Peoples in Canada's justice system.

See the four-part series here: aptnnews.ca/insidecorrections

There's a silent epidemic of sexual abuse in First Nation communities across Treaty 3 territory in northwestern Ontario.

APTN speaks to survivors who say the only way to stop it is by talking about it.

It was meant to be the largest settlement agreement in history. Forty billion dollars for Indigenous children who have suffered in Canada's child welfare and health care systems.

Noah, now 21 years old, is among the leaders in this fight for dignity, compensation and the well-being of future generations.

Marilyn James has fought for recognition for her people for three decades, facing opposition every step of the way.

The feds consider her people extinct. BC courts ruled she has no standing. And now her cousins south of the border have a supreme court victory granting hunting rights. Members have frozen her out. Denouncing her claims as false.

Her story is one of genocide, identity and baskets.

Violence on the streets of Winnipeg is at an all-time high with random attacks and murders.

APTN Investigates goes right to the root of the problem through the lives of former gang members and finds a message of hope that things can change.

Nuxalk people want to protect their pristine ecosystem and stop mining exploration.

To do so they're employing a unique tactic - placing totem poles in the mountains as a warning to outsiders.

APTN journalist Brittany Guyot identifies alleged Catholic Church abusers who worked at various residential schools and in Indigenous communities.

She speaks with survivors and a priest who left the country after charges were brought forward.

In the quiet border town of Fort Frances, Ontario, women and children are being sexually exploited and too often by the very people and institutions that are supposed to protect them.

APTN Investigates speaks to the victims, identifies convicted sex offenders and alleged abusers.

This summer, Pope Francis apologized for the role the Catholic church played in Canada's Indian residential school system.

APTN Investigates takes a look back at the historic apology and speaks with survivors about a path forward.

We are all climate disaster survivors. That's the belief of the creators of the Climate Emergency Project – a nationwide network of academics, journalists, and students who are creating an oral history of victims of climate change disasters.

In B.C., APTN Investigates teamed up with Megaphone Magazine, The University of British Columbia and the University of Victoria to help tell the stories of climate disaster survivors from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.