Tanya Tagaq (Virtual Event)
From Nunavut, Tanya Tagaq is an improvisational singer, avant-garde composer and author. A member of the Order of Canada, Polaris Music Prize and JUNO Award winner and recipient of multiple honorary doctorates, Tagaq is an original disruptor, a world-changing figure at the forefront of seismic social, political and environmental change.
Tagaq's bestselling, award winning debut novel Split Tooth has been translated into multiple languages and sold around the world, she released her first children's book It Bears Repeating in 2024, this title was recently included in Dolly Parton's Imagination Library program. Her second children's book I'd Give You My Tail came out in April 2025. A full-length feature documentary on Tanya's life, career, and art called Ever Deadly debuted at TIFF in 2022. She has also acted in and composed for HBO's True Detective: Night Country and Netflix series North of North, and her vocals are featured in Mission Impossible: The Finale Reckoning.
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