Elisapie
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.
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Elisapie

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- Name
- Elisapie
- Birth Name
- Elisapie Isaac
- Born
- 1977
- Birthplace
- Moose Factory, Ontario, Canada
- Occupation
- * Musician
- Nationality
- Canada.
- Fields
- pop.
- Known for
- Arnaq.
- Honours
- Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec, Felix Award for Indigenous Artist of the Year, Juno Award for Contemporary Indigenous Artist or Group of the Year and Oliver Schroer Pushing the Boundaries Award.
- Languages
- Inuktitut, French and English.
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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.
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Elisapie (born 1977) is a Canadian film director and singer-songwriter. The film director was born in Salluit. Elisapie is a member of Taima.
Works include Arnaq. Genres include pop and pop music. Languages used include English, French and Inuktitut. The film director received Felix Award for Indigenous Artist of the Year, Oliver Schroer Pushing the Boundaries Award and Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec.
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Biography
Biography
The recorded working language is Inuktitut, French and English. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are pop. Works named in the authority record are Arnaq. Distinctions recorded are Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec, Felix Award for Indigenous Artist of the Year, Juno Award for Contemporary Indigenous Artist or Group of the Year and Oliver Schroer Pushing the Boundaries Award.

Elisapie Isaac aux FrancoFolies de Montréal lors d'une répétition du spectacle Terre, planète bleue
Jean Gagnon · J'ai pris moi-même ce cliché

Elisapie Isaac à la Marche pour le climat du 27 Sept 2019 à Montreal.
Lëa-Kim Châteauneuf
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Elisapie • Birth Name — Elisapie Isaac • Born — 1977 • Birthplace — Moose Factory, Ontario, Canada • Occupation — * Musician • documentary filmmaker • Years Active — 1989—present • Website — elisapie.com
Biography
Biography
Elisapie was born in Moose Factory, Ontario, to an Inuk mother and a father from Newfoundland. She was adopted at birth and raised by Anglican parents in Salluit, QC who were distant relatives of her biological mother, Eva Audlaluk, a host at the local branch of a northern radio network. She grew up listening to Christian hymns translated into Inuktitut. She performed at age 12 with the Salluit band Sugluk, one of whose members was her uncle George Kakayuk. Her music aspirations led her to move to Montreal in her early 20s, where she formed the musical duo Taima with the instrumentalist Alain Auger. The act's name is Inuktitut for "that's all" or "it is done". The band's sole album, Taima, won the Juno Award for Aboriginal Recording of the Year in 2005. In 2010, Isaac's first solo album, There Will Be Stars, was released by Pheromone Recordings. On the album, she sings in English, French, and Inuktitut. Her second solo album, Travelling Love, was released in October 2012 under the name Elisapie. During the Juno Awards, she was mistakenly nominated as Breakthrough Artist of the Year, before it was revealed that she had been a Juno winner in 2005; the nomination was rescinded and given to Shawn Hook instead. 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.
Personal life
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.
Acting roles
Acting roles
• Year — Title — Role — Notes — Ref. • 2008 — The Necessities of Life — Inuit mother • 2013 — The Legend of Sarila — Sedna — Voice • 2020 — Soul — Miali — Voice • 2022 — Motel Paradis — Sabrina Bérubé-Caron • 2023 — V F C
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
Her recorded languages were Inuktitut, French and English.
Filmmaking roles
• Year — Title — Credited as — Notes — Ref. • Director — Writer • 2003 — If the Weather Permits — Short documentary film
Film
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. In 2016, she had an acting role in Marc Séguin's film Stealing Alice. In 2026, Isaac and Séguin collaborated on the short animated film Piluk, which is slated to premiere at the 79th Locarno Film Festival.
Discography
with 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)
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Recognition and collections
Elisapie received Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec, Felix Award for Indigenous Artist of the Year, Juno Award for Contemporary Indigenous Artist or Group of the Year and Oliver Schroer Pushing the Boundaries Award.
Awards and nominations
• 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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- 1."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. inuit.uqam.ca.
- 4."Hudson Bay(bies): An untold Canadian history" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kle34ob4-C4&t=681s, August 19, 2026. CBC Docs/Elisapie Isaac. Retrieved August 27, 2026.
- 5."Elisapie Isaac to play Iqaluit at month's end" . Nunatsiaq Online, March 8, 2010.
- 6.Friend, David. As her pop covers album 'Inuktitut' sails to success, Elisapie finds a renewed voice. CityNews/The Canadian Press. August 17, 2024.
- 7.Dicknoether, Alan dead link. The First Talentshow Salluit: Forging a bond between generations. Above & Beyond: Canada's Arctic Journal. Arctic Journal. July 2026.
- 8.George, Jane. Isaac CD reaches wide audiences. Nunatsiaq News. February 27, 2004.
- 9.Taima. Asuilaak Living Dictionary.
- 10.Patch, Nick. Quebec singer Elisapie tries to laugh off being an ex-Juno nominee. Montreal Gazette. The Canadian Press. March 28, 2013.
- 11.2019 JUNO Award Nominees. Juno Awards.
- 12."Dominique Fils-Aimé, Les Louanges et Elisapie nommés sur la courte liste du prix Polaris". Voir, July 16, 2019.
- 13.Elisapie: A Communication | Farah Joan.
- 14.Elsa Keslassy, "Canadian Producers C.S. Roy, Stéphanie Morissette Unveil Horror-AR Experience 'V F C'". Variety, July 14, 2021.
- 15."How Elisapie gave new meaning to 10 pop and rock classics by translating them into Inuktitut". Q, September 21, 2023.
- 16."Junos 2024: full list of winners". CBC Music, March 23, 2024.
- 17."Junos 2025: full list of winners"
- 18.David Friend, "Calgary rock project Cindy Lee among acts shortlisted for Polaris Music Prize". Global News, July 12, 2024.
- 19.Digest: New Stamps of Canada 2024, pt. 3. findyourstampsvalue.com. July 20, 2024.
- 20.National Film Board of Canada. If the Weather Permits. Collection.
- 21.National Film Board of Canada. NFB and Inuit partners launch Unikkausivut: Sharing Our Stories. Press release.
- 22.La création selon Marc Séguin. lapresse.ca. January 3, 2016.
- 23.Animated short co-directed by Elisapie selected for international film festival. nunatsiaq.com. July 6, 2026.
- 24.La chanteuse Elisapie Isaac attend la visite de la cigogne. envedette.ca. February 14, 2018.
- 25.Jeremy Kay, "Canadian Academy unveils nominees". Screen Daily, January 13, 2014.
- 26."Le Félix de Florent Vollant : une fierté partagée". Ici Radio-Canada Côte-Nord, October 28, 2019.
- 27.Cédric Bélanger, "Gala de l'ADISQ: l'année des Cowboys Fringants". Le Journal de Québec, November 1, 2020.
- 28."Junos 2024: full list of winners". CBC Music, March 23, 2024.
- 29.David Friend, "Calgary rock project Cindy Lee among acts shortlisted for Polaris Music Prize". Global News, July 12, 2024.
- 30.BLIKTV sort la bande musicale de la série télé Eaux Turbulentes. kkbox.com. April 16, 2020.
- 31.Elisapie Isaac (visual voices guide). Behind The Voice Actors.
- 32.If the Weather Permits. nfb.ca.
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