Enooyaq Sudlovenick

Enooyaq Sudlovenick (born c. 1992) is an Inuk Canadian marine biologist. She was a recipient of the 2021 Weston Family Awards in Northern Research for her research into the health of marine animals of the Arctic.

Early life

Sudlovenick was born in Iqaluit c. 1992. Her great-grandfather on her mother's side was a German whaler while her other maternal ancestors were North Baffin Inuit in an area ranging from modern-day Pond Inlet to Somerset Island and as far as Taloyoak on the mainland. Her father's ancestors were Inuit from Inukjuaq in Nunavik.

She grew up in Iqaluit and Pond Inlet on Baffin Island, and as a child ventured with her parents into the waters of Nunavut to examine marine life including sea angels, northern krill, and eels.

Education

Sudlovenick worked at a summer student job with the Canadian Wildlife Service on Prince Leopold Island, and was inspired by a pod of narwhals to pursue marine ecology over terrestrial ecology.

Sudlovenick earned a Bachelor of Science in marine and freshwater biology from the University of Guelph.

As of 2021, Sudlovenick has been working on a PhD at the University of Manitoba, and is the president of the ArcticNet Student Association. She has described using both approaches as "just mak[ing] for a better project overall." She is a member of the Canadian Climate Institute.