Brett Wheler, M.Sc.

Biography

Brett Wheler has worked in resource management and regulation in the Mackenzie Valley, Northwest Territories since 2010. Mr. Wheler holds a Master of Science in Earth Sciences from Simon Fraser University and a Bachelor of Science in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences from the University of Alberta. Prior to joining the Wek’eezhii Land and Water Board, he conducted glaciology work as an independent consultant, coordinated a water and sanitation program in rural Mexico, and contributed to vulnerability and resilience research with the United Nations University International Network for Water, Environment, and Health. Brett now works with the Mackenzie Valley Review Board, in Yellowknife, as the senior environmental assessment policy advisor.