Shaneen Robinson

Cree and Gitxsan

is a multi-award-winning broadcaster who’s been on Canada’s media scene for more than two decades.

She’s worked at CTV News Winnipeg as a daily news reporter where her stories aired on CTV Newsnet/News Channel, CTV National News, and CNN.

She also worked for many years as an announcer on NCI FM and as a correspondent for APTN National News where she garnered much attention for her award-winning series about The Sacred Sundance.

She is proud of her final journalistic work with the network, Breaching the Sacred—a 22-minute investigative piece exploring the tragic reality of Indigenous women living with addictions and using while pregnant.

She was honoured to win first place for the Canadian Aboriginal Writing Challenge for her play, Notay Kiskintamowin “Wanting to Know”, the same year she was named a National Aboriginal Role Model by the Governor General of Canada and graduated from the University of Winnipeg where she founded the Indigenous Course Requirement and is recognized as Notable Alumni.

Shaneen is well known across the country and abroad and is dedicated to promoting Indigenous talent. A highly sought master of ceremonies, event planner, promoter and advocate, Shaneen loves to keep busy in the community and has sat on many boards including Cancer Care Manitoba, Canadian Blood Services and Bear Clan Patrol Inc. She is proud to currently sit on the board of directors for The Canadian Folk Music Awards, BreakOut West Indigenous Committee as well as being an academy delegate for The Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS). Shaneen has showcased Indigenous artists and their music throughout her career and is proud to have served as the Indigenous Music Development Coordinator at Manitoba Music from 2018-2024.

She is currently settling into her new role as the Program Director and Morning Show Host at CFNR.

Shaneen aspires to continue working with Indigenous Elders, youth, women, and artists and sharing their stories. Shaneen’s most important role in life is at home with her husband Martin and their three sons-Sampson, Marrick and Miller.