Miriam Lafontaine
Contributor

Miriam Lafontaine is a freelance journalist, formerly with the Toronto Star. Before joining the Star she worked as editor in chief of The Link, one of Concordia University's independent newspapers, where she wrote about tuition, sexual violence on campus, and the misuse of student association funds. She has also worked with the Institute for Investigative Journalism as a researcher, where she reported on lead in Quebec drinking water for Global News and Le Devoir. She is a winner of the FPJQ Grand Prize and a Canadian Association of Journalists award for data journalism.

‘You used the system to oppress us’: Montreal to apologize, pay $6 million for illegal arrests
Miriam Lafontaine
January 30, 2023
Education in crisis: Teachers are burning out, unions are preparing to strike
Miriam Lafontaine
March 22, 2021
Drug overdoses rise in Montreal but government is slow to release figures
Miriam Lafontaine
December 3, 2020
Brutalité policière
Des journalistes montréalais.es victimes d’intimidation et de brutalité policière lors de manifestations
Miriam Lafontaine
July 6, 2020
Investigation: Montreal journalists face police intimidation, brutality when reporting at protests
Miriam Lafontaine
June 2, 2020