DIANA OOLEEPEEKA NEILL-ANAWAK
M.Sc.(A), Reg. SLP
Diana is a proud Inuk from the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, turned Urban Inuk now living on the traditional territories of the Yellowknife Dene First Nation in Samba K’e (Yellowknife), Northwest Territories.
She runs this private practice offering Speech and Language Therapy, traveling frequently to communities in Nunavut. She aspires to reclaim her language and is decolonizing her practice of Speech and Language Therapy.
She loves sewing parkas and mitts, taking her dogs on walks, and camping or boating with her family. She is an advocate for Indigenous Peoples and Rights and really enjoys community and cultural activities.
As an experienced Speech-Language Therapist, she has training and experience in a variety of areas including for Stuttering, Autism, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD), Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), Developmental Language Disorders, Speech sound Disorders and more. She works with children of all ages to support speech and language development.
She graduated from McGill University with a Masters in Communication Sciences and Disorders (2015), and a Bachelor of Arts, Honors in Linguistics from Concordia University (2008), as well as a Diploma in Public Administration and Governance from McGill University (2023).
Diana sits on the board of directors for Speech and Audiology Canada, brining a voice for Northern and an Indigenous perspective, and she guest lectures and supervises SLP Students as an Adjunct Lecturer in the Department of Speech Language Pathology, University of Toronto. As SLP she is registered with Ordre des Orthophonistes et Audiologistes du Québec (OOAQ).