Janice Dickson

Janice Dickson, an international affairs reporter for The Globe and Mail, dives into the harrowing subject of 19,000 Ukrainian children abducted by Russian forces. She shares chilling insights from a camp pamphlet detailing rules for behavior around militarized counselors. As ages range from 8 to 17, the risks of forced recruitment and PTSD loom large. Dickson highlights the Russian agenda of re-educating these children through propaganda, echoing dark historical patterns of abduction and abuse, while stressing the urgency of international efforts to reunite the children with their families.