(Ottawa, ON) May 26, 2021 – On this week’s Roots & Hoots episode, the Legacy of Hope Foundation’s (LHF) host, Gordon Spence, is pleased to be joined by Inuk actress, Anna Lambe who is known for her roles as Sarah in CBCs Trickster as well as Spring from the movie The Grizzlies. Anna is a two-time Canadian Screen Award nominee. Together, they discuss Anna’s new found platform and visibility, as well as her emphasis on promoting Inuit artists, experiences, and stories.

Anna was raised in Iqaluit, Nunavut. Her family comes from the Northern Quebec area and was living in Grise Fiord until her father became an RCMP officer. Currently Anna is filming a TV show in Nova Scotia, while also studying International Development and Globalization at the University of Ottawa. Anna works with Connected North, an organization which seeks to uplift and empower Indigenous Youth through self-care and by getting involved in the arts. Anna and Gordon weave through what brought her into acting, gaining critical success and acclaim, while also touching on her advocacy, activism, and the importance of representing Inuk women on screen. Anna speaks on how she grew up and how for a long time she had been ashamed of her identity. This was due to being fed negative stereotypes about her own people from statistics, and through media narratives. She began to analyze her surroundings and shift the narrative of what it means to be Inuk woman, by looking more critically. Today she is proud of her identity, and grateful to the ancestors, for their resilience and seeks to honour them by making the most of her life.

“We are so pleased to have had Anna with us to share her experiences and to raise awareness of the challenges being experienced by Inuit in Nunavut, and to know she is an inspiration to others. Her voice is strong, and her career is one to watch!” said Teresa Edwards, the Executive Director and In-House Legal Counsel of the LHF.

To listen to the podcast, visit: https://bit.ly/rootsnhoots

The LHF is pleased to be celebrating our 20-year anniversary as a national, Indigenous-led, charitable organization that has been working to promote healing and Reconciliation in Canada. The LHF’s goal is to educate and raise awareness about the history and existing intergenerational impacts of the Residential and Day School System, Sixties Scoop, and other colonial acts of oppression on Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit, and Metis) Peoples.

The LHF has 20 exhibitions that are available for loan for free. Our exhibition, Escaping Residential Schools: Running for their Lives, is now available through an animated virtual video, along with the Survivors’ Oral Testimonies. The exhibition examines the experience of Survivors of the Residential School System and raises awareness on the impacts it has on our communities. For more information on the project, please visit: https://legacyofhope.ca/project/escapingrs/ The LHF is working on making its other exhibitions also available on line. The LHF also has curriculum from K-12 and for adults, along with Activity Guides, aimed at educating Canadians about Indigenous history and the shared history of Residential Schools, the Sixties Scoop, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and Day Schools. The LHF works to develop empathy and understanding so as to eliminate racism and foster Reconciliation in Canada.

For media inquiries:
Teresa Edwards, B.A. JD.
Executive Director and In-House Legal Counsel
Legacy of Hope Foundation
Phone: 613-237-4806 Ext. 303 info@legacyofhope.ca