| Karen Pinette-Fontaine | |
| Birth Place: | Uashat |
| Occupation: | Singer, Songwriter |
| Nationality: | Canadian |
| Genre: | Folk music, Pop music |
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Kanen is the stage name of Karen Pinette-Fontaine (born January 5, 1999), an Innu singer-songwriter from Uashat-Maliotenam, Quebec.[1] She is most noted as a Felix Award nominee for Indigenous Artist of the Year at the 43rd Félix Awards.[2]
Pinette-Fontaine launched her musical career as a member of Florent Vollant's Nikamu Mamuitun collective in 2019, alongside Marcie Michaud-Gagnon, Joëlle St-Pierre, Chloé Lacasse, Scott-Pien Picard, Matiu, Cédrik St-Onge and Ivan Boivin,[3] and released her self-titled debut EP that year.[4] She competed in the 2020 edition of the Francouvertes music competition.[5]
She has also been associated with the Wapikoni Mobile filmmaking collective,[6] for which she directed the short film Battles (Batailles)[7] and appeared as herself in Sonia Bonspille Boileau's documentary film Wapikoni.