Sarain Fox
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- Activist
- broadcaster
- filmmaker
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Sarain Fox is a Canadian Anishinaabe activist, broadcaster and filmmaker.[1] She is most noted for her 2020 documentary film Inendi,[2] for which she received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Host or Interviewer in a News or Information Program or Series at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021.[3]
She has also been host of the Viceland/APTN documentary series Rise,[4] and cohost of APTN's documentary series Future History.[5]
In 2021 she directed Giiwewizh, a series of short documentaries about indigenous musicians which premiered at the International Indigenous Music Summit.[6]
In 2023 she hosted Indigiqueer, a special about LGBT First Nations people, for Citytv's VeraCity documentary series,[7] for which she won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Host or Interviewer in a News or Information Program or Series at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024.[8]
She has appeared as a guest judge in the third, fourth and fifth seasons of Canada's Drag Race[9] as well as the first and second seasons of Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World.
Fox is from Batchewana First Nation near Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario,[10] and grew up in Barrie.[11] In 2022, Fox and her cousin Chelsea Brunelle travelled with their uncle, Batchewana band councillor Harvey Bell, to Quebec City to protest the visit of Pope Francis.[12]
She is the partner of Nimkii Osawamick, a musician and dancer from Wiikwemkoong First Nation, associated with the band Nimkii and the Niniis.[13]