Bureaucrat
Steen served a long career as a civil servant on both the territorial and municipal levels of government. He began working for the Tuktoyaktuk municipal government in 1977. He served as Justice of the Peace and as the coroner for the hamlet until 1990.
In 1987 Steen was promoted to Senior Administration Officer for Paulatuk and Tuktoyaktuk. He held that position until he was hired on by the Government of the Northwest Territories in 1991. The government made him the Highway Maintenance Supervisor for Tuktoyaktuk and Wrigley, he served in that role until election in 1995.
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