Enooyaq Sudlovenick

Sudlovenick was born in Iqaluit c. 1992.[1] 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.[2]

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.[3]

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.[4]

Sudlovenick earned a Bachelor of Science in marine and freshwater biology from the University of Guelph.[3] She then earned a Masters of Science in veterinary medicine, pathology and microbiology at the University of Prince Edward Island before returning to Iqaluit.[1] Her thesis was on health in ringed seals collected by Inuit hunters for food, looking for the presence of antibodies of five parasites: trichinella, brucella, leptospira, erysipelas and toxoplasma.[1][3] She also studied Arctic char and beluga whales.[5]

As of 2021, Sudlovenick has been working on a PhD at the University of Manitoba, and is the president of the ArcticNet Student Association.[3]

Sudlovenick studies marine ecology in the Beaufort Sea, part of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, and the western Hudson Bay.[3] She uses Western scientific methods including serology and study of contaminants alongside Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit concerning aspects such as whale taste, birth and migration rates, and other traditional knowledge.[3][6] She has described using both approaches as "just mak[ing] for a better project overall."[5] She has also written about her experiences being an Indigenous scientist.[4] She has been cited in Canadian news outlets including CBC News on topics including Arctic marine animals and climate change detection.[7] She is a member of the Canadian Climate Institute.[6]

Sudlovenick was a recipient of the 2021 Weston Family Awards in Northern Research, a prestigious award, presented by the Weston Family Foundation, for scientists at the cutting edge of Arctic research.[5][8]