Daniel T'seleie

Bio

Daniel T'seleie lives in Yellowknife and works with NGOs on climate change mitigation and adaptation. After spending a year and a half with Yellowknife-based Ecology North as a climate change planner for Tlicho communities, Daniel has recently taken Northern Climate Internship with Climate Action Network Canada, and is supporting the work of the Northern Voices in the Global Climate Coalition.

Daniel completed high school in Yellowknife before spending the next several years of his life working a combination of jobs and attending McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario where he graduated with a BSc in mathematical sciences in 2007. Prior to his current focus on climate change issues, Daniel has taught math, worked as a photojournalist in Yellowknife and Iqaluit, and held policy positions with the Government of the Northwest Territories.

Community
Daniel T'seleie is a member of the K'asho Got'ine First Nation from Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories.Despite living in Yellowknife, Daniel considers Fort Good Hope his home, and regularly returns to visit family and go hunting. He also enjoys reading, writing and playing music with his friends in Yellowknife.

Issue of Investigation
Daniel will be researching climate change in the North, the policy decisions at multiple levels of government relating to climate change mitigation, and the role Northern voices have to play in these policy decisions. A focus will be put on policy instruments and other strategies that can reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the Northwest Territories.