Karen Pinette-Fontaine (born January 5, 1999), known by the stage name Kanen, is an

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singer-songwriter from

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. She is most noted as a

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nominee for Indigenous Artist of the Year at the

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'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, and released her self-titled debut EP that year. She competed in the 2020 edition of the

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music competition. She has also been associated with the

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filmmaking collective, for which she directed the short film ''Battles (Batailles)''"Les réalisatrices autochtones à l'honneur"

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, March 6, 2017. and appeared as herself in

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's documentary film ''Wapikoni''.

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