Teneal Nole, MBA, FNHP, FNHM

Director

Dease River First Nation, BC

Teneal lives in Northern BC in the community of Dease Lake located in Tahltan Territory, two (2) hours from the Yukon border. She has ten years of experience in housing in rural communities, some only assessable by narrow dirt roads, one way in and one way out. She has experience working with communities only accessible by air or boat, but each community has faced their own set of challenges. Even with 100-200 KM separating them, they cand be very different. Teneal has successfully obtained millions of dollars in housing renovation funds and new builds funds since 2018 and worked hard to bring 2 communities out of significant health and safety maintenance by creating plans for maintenance and prevention in all three communities.

Teneal realized the importance of leadership support with housing, strategic planning, and policy enforcement. She believed that housing will only go as far as leaders allow it to go. Teneal has taken the step to obtain her First Nations Housing Manager certification through Vancouver Island University, as well as being certified as a First Nations Housing Professional through the First Nations Housing Professionals Association (FNHPA). Further, she has taken numerous CMHC workshops such as mold identification, client counselling, rent collection, and identifying home maintenance. Most recently, Teneal successfully completed a Master's in Business Administration and Indigenous Business in Leadership in the summer of 2023 with Simon Fraser University. Using her education, experience, and passion for the work, she has the motivation and skills to take on many challenges in the housing field to help our people.