Trina Roache is a proud member of the Glooscap Mi’kmaw community in Nova Scotia. She’s an award-winning video journalist and assistant professor at the School of Journalism at the University of King’s College in Kjipuktuk (Halifax). Trina brings over two decades of experience working for CBC, APTN National News, and APTN Investigates to her current role as an educator.
Trina weaves a Mi’kmaw perspective into both her journalism and the classroom, collaborating on vital courses that envision a decolonized media, like Reporting in Mi’kma’ki and Indigenous Peoples and Media.
Over the years, Trina’s work has been recognized for visual storytelling skills, human rights reporting, and Indigenous reporting from the Canadian Journalist Association, the Indigenous Journalists Association, Canadian Screen Awards, Amnesty International Canada, and the Atlantic Journalism Awards. She sits on several boards including the Indigenous Screen Office, AfterWords Literary Festival, Atlantic Journalism Awards, and is excited to join the Narwhal board as one its newest members.
