Background
Robinson was born in Kitimat (also spelled Kitamaat). She lived briefly on her mother"s reservation in Bella Bella, British Columbia, but returned to Kitamaat at age six.
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Carla Robinson
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Education
Carleton University; University of Western Ontario.
Career
Robinson earned an honours degree in mass communications from Carleton University in 1995, and a master"s degree in journalism from the University of Western Ontario in 1996. Robinson has two children. Sam Robinson and Leenah Robinson.
Her sister, Eden Robinson, is a noted Canadian writer
At age sixteen Robinson began her journalism career, by writing articles for The Northern Sentinel Press. She has also written for Aboriginal Voices, The Rez, and Dreamspeaker.
She previously reported for BCTV News and hosted the program Pressure Point on Rogers Television in Vancouver. From August 1998 to March 2013, Robinson anchored evening news broadcasts for Canadian Broadcasting Company. She also hosted a weekly edition of Absolutely Canadian devoted to First Nations news.
In 2004 Robinson replaced Knowlton Nash as the host of Canadian Broadcasting Company"s educational series News in Review.
In 2013, she hosted the biography series "All Our Relations," aired on APTN.
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Membership
Carla Robinson is a member of the Haisla and Heiltsuk First Nations.
