Canadian
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television journalist for
CBC Newsworld
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.
Early life and education
Robinson was born in Kitimat (also spelled Kitamaat). She lived briefly on her mother's
reserve
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Places
* Reserve, Kansas, a US city
* Reserve, Louisiana, a census-designated place in St. John the Baptist Parish
* Reserve, Montana, a census-designated place in Sheridan County
* Reserve, New Mexico, a US vi ...
in
Bella Bella, British Columbia
Bella Bella, also known as Waglisla, is the home of the Heiltsuk and is an unincorporated community and Indian reserve community located within Bella Bella Indian Reserve No. 1 on the east coast of Campbell Island in the Central Coast region ...
, but returned to Kitamaat at age six. She is a member of the
Haisla Haisla may refer to:
* Haisla people, an indigenous people living in Kitamaat, British Columbia, Canada.
* Haisla language, their northern Wakashan language.
* Haisla Nation The Haisla Nation is the Indian Act-mandated band government which nominall ...
and HeiltsukFirst Nations.
Robinson earned an honours degree in mass communications from
Carleton University
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in 1995, and a master's degree in journalism from the
University of Western Ontario
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in 1996.
Career
At age sixteen Robinson began her journalism career by writing articles for ''The Northern Sentinel Press''. She has also written for
Aboriginal Voices
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*Aborigines (mythology), in Roman mythology
* Indigenous peoples, general term for ethnic groups who are the earliest known inhabitants of an area
*One of several groups of indigenous peoples, see ...
, ''
The Rez
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'', and Dreamspeaker. She previously reported for '' BCTV News'' and hosted the program ''Pressure Point'' on
Rogers Television
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in
Vancouver
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.
From August 1998 to March 2013, Robinson anchored evening news broadcasts for CBC. She also hosted a weekly edition of ''
Absolutely Canadian
''Absolutely Canadian'' is a Canadian documentary television series. Formerly a weekday news series on CBC Newsworld, it currently airs as a weekly series on CBC Television.
Newsworld
In its CBC Newsworld era, the program aired news reports on ...
'' devoted to First Nations news. In 2004 Robinson replaced Knowlton Nash as the host of CBC's educational series ''News in Review''. In 2013, she hosted the biography series " All Our Relations," aired on APTN.
She has worked for the Canadian government (in the Ministry of Indian and Northern Affairs), and has taught students in the
Junior Achievement
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''Stay in School'' program.
She presently holds title of founder and president of Carla Robinson Media Productions.
Family
Robinson has two children: Sam Robinson and Leenah Robinson. Interview with Eden Robinson, accessed 2 October 2009 Her sister,
Eden Robinson
Eden Victoria Lena Robinson (born 19 January 1968) is an Indigenous Canadian author. She is a member of the Haisla and Heiltsuk First Nations.CBC News: Absolutely Canadian