In 2018, she became an active advocate for songwriters, serving on the board of SOCAN as well as the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame. She has also been busy writing songs for children’s television, including for the popular “Thomas the Tank Engine.” In addition to her regular commercial voice acting gigs, in 2021 Damhnait voiced the character of Vala for the video game Warframe. Damhnait also recorded “Me and the Sky” for the Covers From Away compilation, featuring Newfoundland artists covering songs from the hit musical of the same name.

Damhnait has travelled to both Kabul and Kandahar to perform for Canadian Forces personnel, and journeyed to Kenya to contribute to the music-focused documentary Song for Africa, a project aimed at raising awareness among Canada’s youth about the AIDS pandemic in Africa. She later returned to Rwanda to continue the initiative.

A multiple ECMA, SOCAN, and Canadian Radio Music Award winner, and a multiple JUNO, CMAO, and CCMA Award nominee, Damhnait has written songs for numerous artists, as well as for film and television. For several years, she wrote a weekly column for Newfoundland and Labrador’s The Evening Telegram, and she released a book called Miscellaneous Female, recounting her life as a travelling musician and writer.

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