In a special edition of APTN Investigates Retrospectives, recently-retired APTN reporter Kathleen Martens looks back at her groundbreaking series on the Independent Assessment Process (IAP).

Martens spoke with many residential school survivors who felt that they were once again being taken advantage of – and sought accountability at the highest levels of Canadian bureaucracy.

Complaints lead to IAP investigation - Originally aired Nov 28, 2011: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctuCKRSn_vE

IAP Follow-Up - Originally aired March 9, 2012: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe5LqOCccqQ

Abuse of Process - Originally aired April 19, 2013: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJk0zcTuKpE

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The population of Puvirnituq, QC is booming… but their water infrastructure is breaking. For years the Inuit community in Nunavik has had water shortages, and documents obtained by APTN Investigates show that a permanent solution might be a pipe dream.

Pipe Dreams: The Water Crisis in Nunavik | By Tom Fennario

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APTN Investigates video journalist Rob Smith travels home to Kingcome Inlet, BC to explore how his family dealt with a year of grief and loss.

What he found was a resilient clan determined to stick together through love and culture in the face of tragedies and decades of compounding trauma.

A path towards healing, out of the darkness.

APTN Investigates: Out of the Darkness | By Rob Smith

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Prisoners across Canada are producing goods for crown corporations and more recently, for public consumption. Experts warn the true cost of this labour goes far beyond dollars, raising difficult questions about dignity, rehabilitation and justice.

APTN Investigates: Fields of Confinement | By Brittany Guyot

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The mystery man is finally revealed.

He sits down with reporter Kenneth Jackson and explains why he left Tyendinaga 10 years ago after the bodies of Tyler Maracle and Matty Fairman were pulled from the water.

And has never returned.

APTN Investigates: Secrets of the Bay - Chapter 5 | By Kenneth Jackson

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The 1963 rape and murder of 18-year-old Ann Mary Dick devastated the small Kaska community of Upper Liard, Yukon.

Now, more than five decades later, her siblings are seeking justice over the RCMP's mishandling of the investigation and that of another historic death in the region.

APTN Investigates: Justice for my Sister | By Tamara Pimentel

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Indigenous People are climbing over industry-imposed fence lines to raise concerns about the lack of inclusion in addressing plastic pollution.

In a special hour-long episode, APTN Investigates takes a microscopic look at "sacrifice zones" to find out exactly how Indigenous rights are being upheld.

In the woods near a former orphanage, records suggest that many children, including unknown numbers of Métis, remain in unmarked graves.

Activists have fought hard to protect Lemay Forest from private development – and then Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew stepped in.