Elisapie Isaac, 2023 Concordia Honorary Doctorate

For her Inuktitut artistry and activism
Born and raised in the remote Nunavik village of Salluit, Elisapie - as she is known - is an emblematic and award-winning Canadian Inuk singer-songwriter, filmmaker and activist. She created and produced the first Canada-wide broadcast TV show to celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day, Le grand solstice (2021, 2022, 2023) and, with her company Sanajik Films, produces documentaries that tell stories through Indigenous and Inuit eyes. Her fourth solo album, Inuktitut, due out this fall, translates classic rock and pop songs from the 1960s to 1990s into her language.