Workshop:

Elisapie makes her culture resonate with finesse by mixing modernity and tradition. In this workshop, the audience is invited to take a unique journey into the heart of Inuit culture through the lens of Elisapie. Through her story and those of her community, she will dive into themes of identity, reflecting on her experiences as an artist and on healing through music and artistic expression. She will share how language — Inuktitut, but also French, and English — shapes her songwriting and explore the musical inspirations that have defined her as a creator. Accompanied by her musicians on this acoustic musical road trip, Elisapie tries to capture the way music travels and takes on the baggage and history of those who listen to it.

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Inuk artist Elisapie is an acclaimed musician, broadcaster, filmmaker, activist and actor.  Her resonant voice is powered by an unconditional attachment to her home, a village in Nunavik, in the northernmost region of Quebec. This remote territory and its ancient language (Inuktitut), which embodies the harshness and wild beauty of the environment, are at the core of Elisapie’s rich creative journey. Her 2023 album Inuktitut features ten Inuktitut-language covers of classic pop and rock songs, including a haunting take on Blondie’s Heart of Glass. This album won her the award for Contemporary Indigenous Artist of the Year at the 2024 Juno Awards. Always surrounded by the best musicians from the Montreal indie and folk scenes, Elisapie makes her culture resonate with finesse by mixing modernity and tradition and is so revered as a cultural leader that Canada Post recently dedicated a stamp to her.