Tuutalik Boychuk grew up in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. She comes from an Inuk mother and a father of European descent. She has a BA in Environmental Studies and a BSc in Psychology from the University of Toronto. She also has an MA in Educational Studies from McGill University. She is the author of two novellas: “Tiita’s Daughter” (2024), a biography about her mother, and “Suluti” (2025), a science fiction fantasy set in Iqaluit.