Photo: Mathieu Parker Introducing Mathieu Parker: The new director of the Arctic Council Secretariat October 21, 2021СЕКРЕТАРИАТ АРКТИЧЕСКОГО СОВЕТА Since the end of September, Mathieu Parker is the new Director of the Arctic Council Secretariat (ACS). The former Canadian government executive takes over the role from Nina Buvang Vaaja, who ended her term as ACS Director in August 2021 after serving the Council for twelve years. With over two decades of experience within the Government of Canada including 12 years as an executive, Mathieu Parker spent the last five years working first as Director General, and subsequently as Vice-President of Pan-Territorial Operations for the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor) in Iqaluit, Nunavut. Mathieu Parker is excited at the prospect of contributing his Canadian Arctic experience to the ACS in the Norwegian capital of the Arctic, Tromsø, with the ambition to further strengthen the Council’s standing secretariat while supporting and increasing public awareness of the work of the Arctic Council.