Gina Lam is a singer-songwriter best known by her stage moniker, Ginalina. A second generation Canadian with Taiwanese roots, her work has themes of nature connection, cultural heritage, and community building. Her music projects include family folk, fusion folk, and adult contemporary folk, and her albums have received 4 Juno nominations, 5 Canadian Folk Music Award nominations, and several Western Canadian Music Awards. Recent tour highlights include Mariposa Folk Festival, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Yukon Arts Centre, Jade Music Festival Asia, and the Vancouver International Children’s Festival. A former Professional Engineer with a focus on process improvement and project management, Gina now nurtures a fulfilling multidisciplinary artist career researching, performing, writing books, mentoring emerging artists through Creative BC and Women in Music Canada, and supporting remote youth communities through Connected North. She believes in the purpose and power of music to inspire curiosity, compassion, and change.
Gina lives on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the West Coast Salish peoples: Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh, and Musqueam Nations.