Jean-Luc Kanapé Explained

Jean-Luc Kanapé is an Innu activist and actor from Canada, most prominent as a caribou conservationist.^[1] A researcher for the Pessamit Innu Band council, he is involved in efforts to track and monitor the population of caribou in the Pipmuacan region near Pessamit and Baie-Comeau.^[2]

In 2021 he received an emerging leadership award from the First Nations Guardians Gathering, an organization of indigenous environmentalists and conservationists.^[3]

He had his first acting role in the 2021 film Nouveau Québec,^[4] for which he received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Supporting Performance in a Film at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023.^[5]

In 2024 he appeared in François Péloquin's film The Thawing of Ice (La fonte des glaces).^[6]

Notes and References

1. https://borneobulletin.com.bn/in-canadas-boreal-forest-one-man-works-to-save-the-caribou/ "In Canada’s boreal forest, one man works to save the caribou"
2. Marie-Laure Josselin, "Le gardien des atikuet". Ici Radio-Canada, April 24, 2021.
3. Josianne Bérubé, "Jean-Luc Kanapé remporte un prix soulignant le leadership autochtone". Le Manic, June 19, 2021.
4. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere/emissions/kuei-kwe/segments/entrevue/395686/communaute-autochtone-nature-fiction-pessamit "Jean-Luc Kanapé dans Nouveau-Québec : « une réconciliation entre les deux peuples »"
5. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1958298/viking-prix-ecrans-canadiens-2023-nominations "Le film québécois Viking obtient 13 nominations aux prix Écrans canadiens"
6. Charles-Henri Ramond, "La fonte des glaces en salle le 22 mars". Films du Québec, January 26, 2024.