Heather Exner-Pirot is a Senior Fellow and Director of Natural Resources, Energy, and Environment at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. She serves as a Special Advisor to the Business Council of Canada, and Managing Editor of the Arctic Yearbook. She is an internationally recognized scholar and policy expert whose work focuses on natural resource development, energy security, critical minerals, Arctic governance, Indigenous economic participation, and Canadian competitiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr. Exner-Pirot has held board and\u00a0fellowship\u00a0appointments with Indigenous, Canadian and international institutions and is a frequent contributor to public policy discussions on resource development, trade, energy, and northern affairs. Her research emphasizes practical approaches to strengthening Canada’s economic prosperity, resilience, and strategic position through responsible development of its natural resources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":32943,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n