David Neufeld was born in 1953 in Winnipeg. He studied history in Manitoba and Ontario and graduated in 1979 with an M.A. in The History of Technology. He operated a consulting firm, D. Neufeld Consulting & Research, from his home in the Hamlet of CeePee, Saskatchewan, from 1979 to 1985. The focus of his work was in historical research, consulting for museums and heritage agencies, and residential energy conservation technology transfer for government and educational institutions. From 1986 onward, he worked in Whitehorse for the Canada Parks Service, Prairie and Northern Region, and as a Yukon and Western Arctic historian. (See file II.E.4 for additional biographical information).