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Shina Novalinga (Inuktitut syllabics: ᓯ̵ᓇ ᓄᕙᓕᓐᒐ, born 1998) is an Inuk social media personality, singer, and activist. She gained fame for posting videos throat singing with her mother on TikTok and Instagram. As of August 2022, she has over 4 million TikTok followers and 2 million Instagram followers.

Early life and education

Shina Novalinga was born in 1998 to her mother Caroline (Kayuula) Novalinga, a professional throat singer, in Puvirnituq, Nunavik, Canada and moved to Montreal when she was four years old. She describes herself as half Inuk and half Quebecoise. Novalinga learned to speak Inuktitut with her mother, and began throat singing under her mother's instruction when she was seven. She has a younger sister named Catherine Lizotte.

In the spring of 2021, Novalinga graduated with a degree in business management from John Abbott College in Quebec. She started a one-year program in Inuit Studies at Nunavik Sivunitsavut in Montreal in fall 2021.

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