CBC journalist Jody Porter remembered for her compassionate storytelling, commitment to truth
Jody Porter, pictured in 2016, was a senior reporter with CBC Thunder Bay, covering Indigenous and social justice issues since 2000. She died on July 19, the day she turned 50, after living several years with ovarian cancer.
"She became a safe place in the community early on for me as a community member, as an Indigenous woman," Derosier said. In Sioux Lookout, she was the editor for the Wawatay Native Communications Society, an independent, self-governing media organization dedicated to telling stories from the 49 First Nations that make up the Nishnawbe Aski Nation in northern Ontario.
Porter's friends remember her as someone who was fun to be with, and who had a sense of humour and infectious laugh. Wearing her biking jacket in this photo, Porter loved her motorcycle, being outdoors, and spending time with friends and family. "As a settler and as a white woman in our communities, she wasn't afraid of that. She stepped into that with courage, long before anyone else was really doing that. I know myself and many others have deep gratitude, and respect and love for her for going to those places."
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