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 ''APTN National News'' is a Canadian television national news program broadcast by the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The program formerly broadcast in two daily editions, ''APTN National News Daytime'' at ...

at the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network covering the issues and stories of the Mi’kmaq,

Wolastoqey (Maliseet) The Wəlastəkwewiyik, or Maliseet (, also spelled Malecite), are an Algonquian-speaking First Nation of the Wabanaki Confederacy. They are the indigenous people of the Wolastoq ( Saint John River) valley and its tributaries. Their territory ...

and

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people in the Atlantic Canada.

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. 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.APTN Reporter Wins Major National Journalism Award June 8, 2015, Winnipeg, Manitoba Press Release

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Roache, Trina 21st-century First Nations people Canadian television reporters and correspondents Canadian women television journalists Living people Mi'kmaq people Year of birth missing (living people)