Elisapie

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name	Elisapie
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caption	Elisapie performing in 2024
birth_name	Elisapie Isaac
birth_date
birth_place	Salluit, Quebec, Canada
occupation
years_active	1989—present
website
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instrument	Vocals
past_member_of
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Elisapie Isaac (also known simply as Elisapie; syllabics: ᐃᓕᓴᐱ; born 1977) is a Canadian Inuk musician, broadcaster, documentary filmmaker, activist, and actress. She spent her childhood in Salluit, Nunavik, Quebec, and moved to Montreal in 1999 to pursue communication studies in order to become a journalist.

Biography

Born in Salluit, Quebec to an Inuk mother and a father from Newfoundland, she performed at age twelve with the Salluit band Sugluk, one of whose members was her uncle George Kakayuk. Isaac collaborated with instrumentalist Alain Auger in the musical project Taima (Inuktitut for "that's all" or "it is done") in the early 2000s. The band's sole album, Taima, won the Juno Award for Aboriginal Recording of the Year in 2005. In 2006, Isaac wrote lyrics for songs composed by Bruno Coulais for the film The White Planet.

In 2010, Isaac's first solo album, There Will Be Stars, was released by Pheromone Recordings. She garnered a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Original Song at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards for her song "Far Away", which appeared in the film The Legend of Sarila. At the Juno Awards of 2019, her album The Ballad of the Runaway Girl was nominated for the Indigenous Music Album of the Year. In July 2019, the album was shortlisted for the 2019 Polaris Music Prize. This album again contained lyrics in English, French, and Inuktitut.

Isaac has an extensive background in media production as well. When asked about her work in this medium in relation to her music, she has stated "I really believe that communication and radio was really a place for me to express my inner creativity, and I love that medium. And it has helped me to be a little more aware, especially when I have to be doing interviews and have a larger vision of my work than just the artiste point of view".

In 2021, Isaac was announced to have landed her first onscreen acting role, in C.S. Roy's forthcoming augmented reality film, V F C. She also had a part in the television crime drama series Motel Paradis in 2022.

In 2023, she released the album Inuktitut, consisting of ten Inuktitut-language covers of classic pop and rock songs. She won the award for Contemporary Indigenous Artist of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2024, and Best Adult Alternative Album at the Juno Awards of 2025. The album was a shortlisted finalist for the 2024 Polaris Music Prize.

On June 13, 2024, Canada Post released a series of stamps titled "Indigenous Leaders". One of them is dedicated to Isaac, marking her cultural contributions.

''If the Weather Permits''

Isaac's 2003 National Film Board of Canada documentary If the Weather Permits, filmed in Kangiqsujuaq, northern Quebec, looks at the changing lifestyles of Inuit in Nunavik. The film received several awards, including the Claude Jutra Award for best new director at the Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois, and the Rigoberta Menchú Prize at the First Peoples' Festival. It is included in the 2011 Inuit film anthology Unikkausivut: Sharing Our Stories.

Personal life

Isaac dated actor Patrice Robitaille from 2003 to 2011. In 2006, she gave birth to a daughter. She also has a son, born in 2014. In February 2018, she revealed that she was pregnant with her third child, a boy.

Awards and nominations

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Year	Award	Category	Nominee/Work	Result	Ref
2005	Juno Award	Aboriginal Recording of the Year	Taima
2014	Canadian Screen Award	Best Original Song	"Far Away" (The Legend of Sarila)
2019	Juno Award	Indigenous Music Album of the Year	The Ballad of the Runaway Girl
2019	Polaris Music Prize	Long List, Short List	The Ballad of the Runaway Girl
2019	Félix Award	Indigenous Artist of the Year	Elisapie
2020
2023	Juno Awards	Contemporary Indigenous Artist of the Year	Inuktitut
2024	Polaris Music Prize	Shortlist
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Discography

Taima

• Taima (2004)

Solo

• There Will Be Stars (2010)
• Travelling Love (2012)
• The Ballad of the Runaway Girl (2018)
• Eaux turbulentes (2020) – television soundtrack, with Frédéric Levac
• Inuktitut (2023)

Filmography

Acting roles

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Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2013	The Legend of Sarila	Sedna	Voice	url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Elisapie-Isaac/
2020	Soul	Miali	Voice
2022	Motel Paradis	Sabrina Bérubé-Caron
2023	V F C
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Filmmaking roles

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Year	Title	Credited as	Notes	Ref.	Director	Writer
2003	If the Weather Permits			Short documentary film
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References

References

1. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130331224252/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hZfaVTdDdHtQbfTS6_8iqJRCHDVA "Inuit pop, Algonquin rap, Innu reggae aim for mainstream"]. [[Agence France-Presse]], October 8, 2009.
2. "Profile: Elisapie Isaac". [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]].
3. "Isaac, Elisapie {{!}} Inuit Literatures ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᓪᓚᒍᓯᖏᑦ Littératures inuites".
4. [http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/8769_elisapie_isaac_to_play_iqaluit_at_months_end/ "Elisapie Isaac to play Iqaluit at month’s end"] {{Webarchive. link. (October 8, 2011 . ''Nunatsiaq Online'', March 8, 2010.)
5. Dicknoether, Alan. "The First Talentshow Salluit: Forging a bond between generations".
6. (February 27, 2004). "Isaac CD reaches wide audiences".
7. "Taima". Asuilaak Living Dictionary.
8. Patch, Nick. (March 28, 2013). "Quebec singer Elisapie tries to laugh off being an ex-Juno nominee". [[The Canadian Press]].
9. "2019 JUNO Award Nominees".
10. [https://voir.ca/nouvelles/actualite-musicale/2019/07/16/dominique-fils-aime-nommee-sur-la-courte-liste-du-prix-polaris/ "Dominique Fils-Aimé, Les Louanges et Elisapie nommés sur la courte liste du prix Polaris"]. ''[[Voir]]'', July 16, 2019.
11. "Elisapie: A Communication | Farah Joan".
12. Elsa Keslassy, [https://variety.com/2021/digital/global/c-s-roy-stephanie-morissette-vfc-1235019521/ "Canadian Producers C.S. Roy, Stéphanie Morissette Unveil Horror-AR Experience ‘V F C’"]. ''[[Variety (magazine). Variety]]'', July 14, 2021.
13. [https://www.cbc.ca/arts/q/elisapie-on-her-new-album-inuktitut-1.6971863 "How Elisapie gave new meaning to 10 pop and rock classics by translating them into Inuktitut"]. ''[[Q (radio show). Q]]'', September 21, 2023.
14. [https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/juno-awards-2024-full-list-winners-1.7149545 "Junos 2024: full list of winners"]. [[CBC Music]], March 23, 2024.
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16. David Friend, [https://globalnews.ca/news/10619339/polaris-music-prize-shortlist-cindy-lee-beaches-charlotte-cardin-allison-russell/ "Calgary rock project Cindy Lee among acts shortlisted for Polaris Music Prize"]. [[Global News]], July 12, 2024.
17. (July 20, 2024). "Digest: New Stamps of Canada 2024, pt. 3".
18. "If the Weather Permits". [[National Film Board of Canada]].
19. "NFB and Inuit partners launch Unikkausivut: Sharing Our Stories". National Film Board of Canada.
20. (February 14, 2018). "La chanteuse Elisapie Isaac attend la visite de la cigogne".
21. Jeremy Kay, [https://www.screendaily.com/awards/canadian-academy-unveils-nominees-/5065309.article "Canadian Academy unveils nominees"]. ''[[Screen Daily]]'', January 13, 2014.
22. [https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1364733/felix-florent-vollant-adisq-fierte-partagee "Le Félix de Florent Vollant : une fierté partagée"]. [[Ici Radio-Canada]] Côte-Nord, October 28, 2019.
23. Cédric Bélanger, [https://www.journaldequebec.com/2020/11/01/voici-tous-les-gagnants-du-42e-gala-de-ladisq-1-1 "Gala de l'ADISQ: l'année des Cowboys Fringants"]. ''[[Le Journal de Québec]]'', November 1, 2020.
24. [https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/juno-awards-2024-full-list-winners-1.7149545 "Junos 2024: full list of winners"]. [[CBC Music]], March 23, 2024.
25. David Friend, [https://globalnews.ca/news/10619339/polaris-music-prize-shortlist-cindy-lee-beaches-charlotte-cardin-allison-russell/ "Calgary rock project Cindy Lee among acts shortlisted for Polaris Music Prize"]. [[Global News]], July 12, 2024.
26. (April 16, 2020). "BLIKTV sort la bande musicale de la série télé Eaux Turbulentes".
27. "Elisapie Isaac (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors.
28. "If the Weather Permits".

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