DIANA OOLEEPEEKA NEILL-ANAWAK
M.Sc.(A), Reg. SLP 

ᑎᐋᓇ ᐅᐱᓐᓇᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᓅᓪᓗᓂ ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᖕᒥᐅᑕᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ, ᓄᓇᓕᐸᐅᔭᕐᓃᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᓄᒃ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑐᓂ ᓄᓇᑐᖃᕆᔭᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᔭᓗᓇᐃᕝ ᑎᓃ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᓴᒻᐸ ᑮᐃ (ᔭᓗᓇᐃᕝ), ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᕐᒥ.

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. 

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ᐊᐅᓚᑦᓯᕙᑦᑐᖅ ᓇᒻᒥᓂᕐᒥᓂ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᖅᑎᑦᓯᓪᓗᓂ ᐅᖃᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᓪᓗ ᐊᔪᕈᓐᓃᖅᓴᐃᓂᕐᒥ, ᐊᐅᓪᓚᕋᔪᑦᑑᓪᓗᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ. ᑎᒍᓯᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᖑᑎᕆᕙᓪᓕᐊᓪᓗᓂ ᓯᓚᑎᒥᓃᖔᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᓂᕐᒥ ᐅᖃᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᔪᕈᓐᓃᖅᓴᐃᓂᕐᒥᒍᑦ.

She runs this private practice offering Speech and Language Therapy, traveling frequently to communities in Nunavut. She is reclaiming her language and is decolonizing her practice of Speech and Language Therapy.

 

ᑎᐋᓇ ᐊᓯᔾᔩᒋᐊᖅᑎᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᖅ NDN ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖏᓐᓄᑦ 2024/26 NDN ᐊᓯᔾᔩᒋᐊᖅᑎᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᓄᑦ

Diana is a a Changemaker with the NDN Collective 2024/26 NDN Changemaker Fellowship Cohort 

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ᖁᕕᐊᒋᔭᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᒥᖅᓱᖃᑦᑕᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᑎᒋᓂᑦ ᐳᐊᓗᓂᓪᓗ, ᕿᒻᒥᒥᓂᒃ ᐱᓱᕋᔮᑦᑎᑦᓯᓂᖅ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᖅᓯᒪᓗᓂ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐅᒥᐊᖅᑐᕆᐊᑦᓴᖅ ᐃᓚᒥᓂᒃ ᓅᓯᒪᖃᑎᖃᕐᓗᓂ. ᐊᔭᐅᖅᑐᐃᔨᐅᕗᖅ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᐅᑎᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖁᕕᐊᒋᔭᖃᓪᓚᕆᑦᑐᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᓪᓗ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᕙᑦᑐᓂᒃ.

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.   

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ᐊᑐᖅᓯᒪᓂᖃᓪᓚᕆᑦᑐᖅ ᐅᖃᕈᓐᓇᑦᓯᐊᖏᑦᑐᓄᑦ-ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᔪᕈᓐᓃᓴᐃᔨᐅᓂᕐᒥ, ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᖃᑦᓯᐊᖅᑐᓂᓪᓗ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐱᖃᓯᐅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐅᖃᕈᓐᓇᑦᓯᐊᙱᓐᓂᖅ, ᐃᓗᓯᕐᓗᑦᑐᓂᑦ, ᓇᔾᔨᐊᖑᓪᓗᑎᑦ ᐃᒥᐊᓗᖕᒧᑦ ᐊᑦᑐᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᒍᑎᓕᓐᓂᑦ (FASD), ᓄᑕᖅᑲᑦ ᐅᖃᕈᓐᓇᑦᓯᐊᙱᓐᓂᖅ, ᑎᒥᒥᒍᑦ ᐊᑐᕐᓗᓂ ᐊᓯᐊᒍᖔᕐᓗ ᑐᓴᐅᒪᖃᑦᑕᐅᑎᓂᖅ (AAC), ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑎᖃᖅᑐᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᓯᖏᑦ. ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖃᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᖅ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᖃᑎᒌᙱᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᐃᓪᓗᓂ ᐅᖃᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᒥᓪᓗ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᑦᓯᓂᕐᒥᒃ.

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.   

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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). ​As SLP she is registered with Ordre des Orthophonistes et Audiologistes du Québec (OOAQ).    

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