Elisapie Isaac (also known simply as Elisapie; syllabics: ᐃᓕᓴᐱ) is a Canadian Inuk musician, broadcaster, documentary filmmaker, and activist She spent her childhood in Salluit, Nunavik, Quebec, and moved to Montreal in 1999 to pursue communication studies in order to become a journalistBorn in Salluit, Quebec to an Inuk mother and a father from Newfoundland, she performed at age twelve with the Salluit band Sugluk 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 PlanetIn 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as Breakthrough Artist of the Year, before it was revealed that she had been a Juno winner in 2005; the nomination was rescinded and given to Shawn Hook instead
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