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Trevor Jang

Trevor Jang is an award-winning journalist and writer with a passion for Indigenous issues. He was a recipient of the 2016 CBC Indigenous Fellowship through the Canadian Journalism Foundation and a finalist for the 2016 British Columbia Association of Broadcasters Excellence in News Reporting award. Trevor spent two years hosting a radio show on Canada’s First Nations Radio (CFNR) Network in northern B.C. which focused on First Nations culture, music and issues. He is a mix of Chinese-Canadian and Wet’suwet’en descent.

Trevor's Latest Articles

Improving our media coverage of northern B.C. will take time
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Urban Nation
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December 9, 2016

Reporter Trevor Jang reflects on an assignment that got personal.

Energy projects fuel tension between Trudeau and First Nations
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Urban Nation
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October 20, 2016

Experts say approving mega-projects without First Nations consent creates economic uncertainty and hinders reconciliation.

Government greenlights PNW LNG, but will the project be stopped?
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Urban Nation
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September 30, 2016

Conditional approval sets the stage for a long legal fight over whether or not some First Nations groups were properly consulted and who can truly speak for the land.

Documents raise questions about negotiations between Enbridge and Haida hereditary chiefs
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Urban Nation
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August 29, 2016

Two hereditary chiefs have lost their titles and the Haida Nation is divided over Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline in the aftermath of a historic potlatch.

What made this Haida clan potlatch so historic?
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Urban Nation
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August 29, 2016

A clan’s decision to strip two hereditary chiefs of their titles for secretly supporting Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline leaves more questions than answers, and the Haida struggling for unity.