Trina Roache is a Mi'kmaq video journalist, educated at University of King's College. She has worked with CBC, as a freelancer and with APTN National News at the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network covering the issues and stories of the Mi’kmaq, Wolastoqey (Maliseet) and Peskotomuhkati people in the Atlantic Canada.[1][2] She is a member of the Glooscap First Nation.[3]

Awards and honors

In 2014 Roache won the Journalists for Human Rights (JHR)/Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) Award for Human Rights Reporting at the annual awards of the CAJ.[4][5] Her winning story Outside the Circle looked at Indigenous families struggling to use the provisions of "Jordan's Principle", a Canadian policy aimed at ensuring Indigenous children with special needs receive adequate health care. Jordan’s Principle passed as a unanimous motion by Canada's House of Commons. Roache's piece demonstrated that far from solving the issue Indigenous children requiring special medical attention on reserve continue to get lost in jurisdictional squabbles between Canada's federal government and the provinces, and families often find themselves battling for help in the courts.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ Who is Mi'kmaq? About Trina Roache October 31, 2013 CBC Article with bio. http://www.cbc.ca/ns/features/mikmaq/
  2. ↑ "About Us". APTN National News (Winnipeg: Aboriginal Peoples Television Network).http://aptn.ca/news/aptn-national-news/
  3. ↑ "Trina Roache". University of King's College. Retrieved 2023-08-20.
  4. ↑ 2014 CAJ Awards - 205 - JHR/CAJ Human Rights Reporting Video CAJ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKDwkS6W6GM
  5. ↑ Aura of Power takes top CAJ Awards prize HALIFAX, June 6, 2015 Canadian Association of Journalist Press Release http://www.caj.ca/aura-of-power-takes-top-caj-awards-prize/
  6. ↑ 2014 CAJ Awards - 205 - JHR/CAJ Human Rights Reporting Video CAJ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKDwkS6W6GM
  7. ↑ APTN Reporter Wins Major National Journalism Award June 8, 2015, Winnipeg, Manitoba Press Release "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-12-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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