Beatrice Deer (born 1985) is a Canadian Inuk singer born in Quaqtaq, Nunavik, Quebec in 1985.[1] She released her debut album, Just Bea, in 2005, and won a Canadian Aboriginal Music Award for Best Inuit/Cultural Album.[2] In 2010, she released her self-titled album, Beatrice Deer, and later that same year, she released a Christmas album, An Arctic Christmas.

Beatrice Deer
Born
NationalityCanadian
StyleFolk, Pop music, rock
Websitewww.beatricedeerband.com

Biography

Deer is of Inuk descent and was born in Quaqtaq.[3] She is the cousin of Jaaji of the band Twin Flames.[4]

Beatrice Deer performs throughout the north with her band.

Awards

  • Best Inuit/Cultural Album at the Canadian Aboriginal Music Award[2]
  • 2021: laureate at the Canadian Indigenous Music Awards.[5]

She was a Felix Award nominee for Indigenous Artist of the Year at the 44th Félix Awards in 2022.[6]

Discography

  • Just Bea (2005)
No.TitleLength
1."True Angel"3:22
2."My Friends"2:35
3."Live With It"2:59
4."Ilangani"2:31
5."Do I"4:10
6."Life in the North"3:50
7."Sad Song"5:12
8."Nalligivagit"5:35
9."Nalligivagit (Remix)"5:21
  • Beatrice Deer (2010)
No.TitleLength
1."Come With Me"3:17
2."Missed You"3:25
3."Ilaapik"4:25
4."Langasivunga"6:00
5."Another Chance Of Hope"2:55
6."Nunaga"4:18
7."Take Me As I Am"4:17
8."Pride"4:48
  • Fox (2015)
No.TitleLength
1."Competition (feat. Akinisie Sivuarapik)"1:17
2."Painng"3:36
3."Uvikkaulaukagit"4:16
4."Relocation"5:19
5."Katatjaniq (feat. Akinisie Sivuarapik)"0:29
6."Fox (feat. Johnny Griffin)"3:32
7."Pisiq (feat. Louisa Kulula)"0:39
  • My All To You (2018)[7]
No.TitleLength
1."1997"4:02
2."Takugiursugit"3:24
3."My All To You"5:22
4."Atungak"3:13
5."Sapannga Sujunukua"1:32
6."Isumavunga"4:43
7."Immutaa"3:31
8."Mali"3:28
9."Qaujimagit"4:37
10."You're With Me"3:52
Total length:37:44

References

  1. "Deer, Beatrice | Inuit Literatures ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᓪᓚᒍᓯᖏᑦ Littératures inuites". inuit.uqam.ca. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
  2. 1 2 "Beatrice Deer". Northern Lights Trade Show 2008. Archived from the original on 8 September 2008. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
  3. "Beatrice Deer's new EP combines the modern and traditional". CBC News. 21 March 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  4. "Nunavik’s Jaaji Uppik finds his voice". Nunatsiaq News, March 31, 2014.
  5. "Écoute sélective | La paix intérieure de Beatrice Deer". La Presse (in French). 2021-12-14. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
  6. Myriam Bercier, "Les résultats du gala de l’ADISQ 2022". Le Canal Auditif, November 6, 2022.
  7. "My All To You by Beatrice Deer on Spotify". open.spotify.com. Retrieved 19 May 2020.

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